10 Signs You Have Entrepreneurial Spirit
If you look at the statistics for new businesses, you would find that the majority of them fail. Bad business ideas, lack of planning, and lack of capital are often the excuses, but what it really boils down to is that not everyone is born to be an entrepreneur. . To see if you have the entrepreneurial spirit, consider the following 10 signs:
1. Do you engage in somewhat risky behaviors? This doesn’t mean that you tend to leap off bridges and perform dangerous acts; it simply means that you are not afraid to take a risk and you have no fear of failing.
2. Do others describe you as tenacious? A great entrepreneur needs to be stubborn and must have the desire to persevere no matter how hard the struggle is for them.
3. Do you consider yourself to be a curious person? If you do not know the answer to something, do you invest your time to find out the answer?
4. Do you have the confidence to step out of your comfort zone? In all reality, stepping out to start up a new business is going to take all of the confidence in the world. You may be afraid, but the key is to not let it show to others.
5. Do you adapt easily to change? A new business is going to go through many changes during its growth period and, if you are not willing to adapt to the changes, the spirit may not be with you.
6. Do you like competition? Many of the most successful entrepreneurs will tell you that what they enjoy the most about owning a business is competing with other businesses to take over the number one spot.
7. Do you hate the idea of having limits to how much money you can make? You know you have the makings of an entrepreneur if you hate the idea of someone else putting limits on how much you can earn.
8. Do you consider anything you haven’t done as simply something you haven’t explored yet? Every successful entrepreneur must have the desire to continue to grow their business and take it beyond anything they imagined.
9. Does the idea of working for someone else bore you? Entrepreneurs like to be in charge and decide how their day will be spent.
10. Do you ask yourself why not? If you truly have the entrepreneurial spirit, you are never going to stop saying why not and will always push yourself to your limits.
Jonah Engler is an entrepreneur and a financial expert who hails from New York City.
