Entrepreneurship is a hot topic today in society, especially with our generation. The world is calling for more and more people to be creative, think outside the box, and turn problems into opportunities. There are many areas an individual can become an entrepreneur; entrepreneurship is not just in the business world but in all areas or society. Such as politics, sports, sciences, agriculture, and art just to name a few. Three key traits that will drive a person toward entrepreneurship are vision, intelligence, and ambition.
To be a successful entrepreneur you have to have vision. You have to be an individual that isn’t close minded and thinks outside the box. A great entrepreneur sees opportunities in everything and is always looking to improve or enhance the world around them. Bill Hybels stated that “Visionary people face the same problems everyone else’s faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to find a solution.” Therefore visionaries are proactive in their thinking and take immediate action; a very successful trait of an entrepreneur.
To have intelligence is another great characteristic of being an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur exhibits intelligence through their intellectual thinking and curiosity. He/she always needs to be investigating new ways to improve an idea or find a solution to a problem. In addition entrepreneurs also need to long and short-term planners so they can always be looking for new ways to accomplish his/her vision.
Ambition is what ties all these traits together. Every entrepreneur has to believe that he/she can do something better than before or else he/she is going to be very successful. They have to have a sense of urgency and with that typically accompanies the ambitious feelings of an entrepreneur. They always have to have a strong desire to get things done and to do it now not later. This desire comes from believing so strongly into what they are trying to accomplish; a true key to success.
These are not the only characteristics of an entrepreneur. But these are some of the traits that will separate the people that think they can become one from the ones that will actually fulfill their dream of becoming an entrepreneur.
2 comments:
Great post! I liked how you narrowed it down to 3 categories, you really made your point easy to understand. I think vision, intelligence, and ambition are 3 things we have to have to make us successful in no matter what we take on.
Well said. I agree the world needs entrepreneurs now more than ever, especially since the economy is currently in a bit of a recession.
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