A good article appeared over the weekend that analyzed over 500 entrepreneurs and in that study a consistent pattern appeared. Entrepreneurs are made not born. It’s something I’ve been preaching for awhile.
If entrepreneurs are not born then how are they made?
“They simply got tired of working for others, had a great idea they wanted to commercialize, or woke up one day with an urgent desire to build wealth before they retired. So they took the big leap.”
It really is that simple. At Lazzara Yachts we sell to very successful entrepreneurs and I make it a point to find out how they got to where they are. Nearly all of them have very humble backgrounds and quite frankly unremarkable stories as to how they were able to go from nothing to multi millions in a matter of years. Now I say unremarkable with the utmost respect for what they have done, taking nothing away for their hard work, risk taking and vision needed to be as successful as they are. The point is though that there isn’t a complex back story to their success. They are generally as simple as, having an idea and moving on that idea. For most they didn’t start out with clear visions of exactly how successful they would be, more a general idea that they had something that could work.
Everyone’s an entrepreneur is something I continue to say and while I realize not everyone will choose to be, I truly believe that everyone has the ability to be. Whether you choose to exercise that ability or not is up to you. Just know that you can be made into a successful entrepreneur you don’t have to be born “into it” .
What do you think? Leave a comment below and let me know? Can anyone be made into an entrepreneur?
