Today . . . I am thinking about what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
Have you ever thought about what qualities and characteristics are distinctive of an entrepreneur? Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
Fortunately, psychologists, sociologists, and historians have been studying the behavior characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs for long enough to have come up with a composite list of attributes and characteristics. Read the list and mentally keep count of how many times you said, “Yes, that’s me!” At the end, you'll tally up the score and see if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
Top 10 Characteristics of Entrepreneurs
- You have a strong desire for autonomy, to be your own boss, and live life on your own terms.
- You are an independent self-starter, not needing or wanting others to tell you what to do.
- You have a powerful drive to make money and accumulate wealth.
- You are a calculated risk-taker with a higher-than-normal tolerance for failure and consider failure a non-issue.
- You like to be in control and call the shots.
- You are highly self-motivated and are indefatigably fearless when it comes to getting the job done.
- You had childhood experiences as a budding entrepreneur and/or entrepreneurial parents, grand parents, or relatives.
- You have a high level of energy that is sustainable over a long period of time.
- You are creative and innovative, a strong decision maker, and able to think quickly on your feet, and set things in motion.
- You are a big-picture thinker capable of seeing how everything relates to each other.
Scoring:
1-3: Don't quit your day job.
4-7: Call a coach, start saving start-up money, get the gears in motion!
8-10: Watch out, Donald Trump!
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Susan L. Reid
The original Accidental Pren-her™
Two-time award-winning author of Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Journey to Business Success
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