How to know if someone is an entrepreneur

One thing defines an entrepreneur: constructive values.

They are usually the seller: they do *everything* to get people to buy their stuff. We all have the image in our head; the “wheel dealer”, picking any opportunity to try and exploit (and other people) for profit.

In fact, the term “entrepreneur” seems to have varied in today’s lexicon, from “something you did” (usually to improve people’s lives) to a mixture of “money-mad hustler” and “someone who doesn’t follow the rules’ “.

The reality is that the modern meaning could not be further away of the truth

Entrepreneurship It is not a vocation or job. It’s not a label you apply to yourself to make yourself more attractive to a particular party or clientele…it’s a path to do things

Many “business” types actually have jobs. They will never admit that they are “entrepreneurs”, even though they exhibit all the traits of one. The question is what are these traits and if you, or someone you know, has them.

What is an “entrepreneur”??

Entrepreneur is a word derived from French, loosely describing a “problem solver”.

While its connotation has changed over the years, the premise remains: an “entrepreneur” is someone who creates a “widget” and has the ability to encourage other people to buy it.

What this “widget” is can be a commercial product, service or idea.

In fact, it’s interesting…some of the greatest “entrepreneurs” in history actually had not a thing to do with money. They were completely focused on developing a particular “outcome” and wholeheartedly committed to its realization.

Whether this means conquering the Persian empire (Alexander), developing the light bulb (Edison) or creating stable PC systems (Gary Kildall), conquering the Aztec empire (Cortez), the term “entrepreneur” Really denotes someone who loves build something.

The BIG difference between the “original” entrepreneurs and the new-age swathes of idiots (who generally extol a hedonistic lifestyle + seem to have an infatuation with “crypto”) is that the former were generally committed to a single profession and succeed “leverage” that through the development of increasingly ambitious “projects”.

These projects can be anything…but everyone it had a fundamental “reason” for existing. This reason was what prompted the creator to continue the effort, and continue even when it was questionable whether it was “possible” or not. Obviously, the reason we remember them is that they not only discovered that it was “possible”, but completely doable… hence their success.

How to know if someone is one

The typical sign is that they will. weird stuff…

• interest in esoteric ideas

• pursuit of interests not directly related to the accumulation of wealth

• strong displays of passion for particular topics

• immersive nature with different ideas (trying to recreate historical events, etc.)

The point is that REAL entrepreneurs are usually not worried about money. absolutely.

Your main concern is creating a “thing”. What that thing is, is determined by its character or interests… but in everyone example of someone who has achieved a great deal of success, they were totally and utterly focused on doing “their thing” no matter what.

This is really important.

The modern world seems to have all the 18-year-old men who want to be “entrepreneurs,” like it’s a badge of honor or something. If you’re not “growing”, you’re “dying”… right?

The truth is that our society has become so focused on convenience that most of these money-hoarding idiots don’t even consider themselves “entrepreneurs” in business.

They have no experience, no skills and are only clinging to the latest “fad” to escape the mediocrity that has come to permeate Western consumer culture.

Entrepreneurship usually follows YEARS of interest in a particular subject. It usually follows HUGE investments of time and energy in cultivating a set of skills, experience, and “involvement” in a particular space.

Most importantly, entrepreneurship is about doing something “your way.”

Stay away from modern idiots

The BIGGEST problem I continually see with hordes of idiots is that they ALL follow a “book” or some other “rule” on “how” to be an entrepreneur.

I see it everyone the weather… boys reading everyone the biographies, the neural studies, the latest big fat rich cat books, all trying to discover the “secret” of massive success.

The irony is that all of this stuff just works on the “outside” of the problem: the same people who read all of the “stuff” end up with the SAME questions… “What am I selling?” – “How do I know if I am going to make money with a product?” – “Which is the secret get rich?”

• If you have to ask “what am I selling”, you are not an entrepreneur.

• If you have to listen to what a “successful” person has to say about a topic, you’re not an entrepreneur.

• If you have to take into account all the “rules” proposed by others, you are not an entrepreneur.

The point is that the modern world is full of would-be losers. Even the “successful” ones aren’t actually really successful; they may have made a lot of money, but what did they actually do? achieve? The answer is relatively little (or even nothing).

The truth is that if you want to “be” an entrepreneur, you have to get down to work.

EVERYONE has their own job. Some are models. Some are soccer players. Some are computer programmers. Some are painters.

The “trick” is to do ANYTHING to advance in an industry; Clean floors if necessary.

Once you start making progress, the “business” part comes from leverage any progress made within it, either to create and market a product, or to help a market better appreciate the potential of another device/product.

Characteristics of “real” entrepreneurs

• Quiet (or at least reserved)

• fully capable of hugging failure (in fact, use it as a spur to change/adapt)

• Working constantly on different elements within your “industry” (again, they all have a place)

• without fear of social constructions (just because someone said it doesn’t make it true)

• Laser focused on what “they” I want to do (Want to bring sustainable agriculture to Africa? This is the kind of thing a “real” entrepreneur will actually do.)

• without fear of give freely (most “entrepreneur” types are not attached to money at all…they usually don’t have much until they find business success)

If you haven’t figured it out, the core is the purpose.

The modern world has very little emphasis on purpose; rather it focuses on productivity.

There is nothing wrong with this, but it deprives most people of their passion. It’s good for GDP and for McDonald’s, but bad for the creativity that lies dormant in large numbers of people.

If you want to adopt “entrepreneurial” traits, the key is to be attuned to a particular “purpose” through which you can invest your whole life.

If you’re just looking at Ferrari and thinking you “want to get rich,” entrepreneurship isn’t going to do that. He is a very hard road, with only the most persistent and enduring surviving.

You need to get to work, and only then will you discover hidden opportunities where you can apply your knowledge, experience, or network to build something of real value to the world. This real value is then absorbed by the market, which will either pay handsomely for it or reject it. This is more or less what determines whether someone can be considered an “entrepreneur” or not.