Saturday, August 28, 2010

7 signs that may mean you are an Entrepreneur



1 You love creating things.

You enjoy the creation and building process and can think of numerous ways to combine existing things and create something new and exciting.

2 You have a huge ego

You think that you could do better than your boss, in fact, you know you could do better. Having an ego is not a bad thing in the world of entrepreneurs, you are confident in your abilities and you are not afraid to show it.

3 You are a dreamer

You are supposed to be working on some accounts, but instead you are dreaming of business ideas and investment opportunities in the future. Part of you always feels like it is in the future, and that excites you.

4 Opportunity is everywhere

You see opportunities in every day life. In stores, on television, in the news etc… everything for you is an opportunity.

5 You are passionate

Everyone else seems to live to work, but you don’t. You are passionate about what you do, you enjoy it, and it makes you feel good. You can easily work on a new project until the late hours of the morning. Without passion, you don’t feel as alive.

6 You are a control freak

You almost always believe that you could do it better, even when you are paying someone to do it for you. You like to be in control, you like to make the decisions, and you like to answer only to yourself.

7 You like strategy

You like to dream, but you do so with an element of strategy. Everything is like a game or puzzle to you, from office politics to business success. You have an eye for strategic manoeuvres, and nothing is going to beat you.

Living Time

Recently I saw an advertisement for a time management booklet: "Shorter deadlines, competing priorities, endless meetings, interruptions and even higher quality expectations are just some of today's time challenges. And yet the number of hours in the day remains the same." 
As entrepreneurs we all struggle sometimes with managing our time effectively. I once heard an entrepreneur say that of the people he knows, his entrepreneur friends are the worst people when it comes to managing their time and priorities. Too often we fall prey to the misguided notion that being busy is the same as making progress.