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Success And Entrepreneurs
1-on-1: Are
Entrepreneurs Born or Made?
By admin
Q: Do you think
entrepreneurs are made or born? I say born, my partner says made. What do you
say?
John Assaraf: I actually think it’s a combination of
both. We know that 50 percent of our thoughts and actions are genetically based
due to our heritage. The other 50 percent we learn from our environment and
conditioning as children.
What I
think determines success in entrepreneurs is whether someone has a burning
passion in their belly to make something of their lives regardless of genetics,
education or training.
There are
examples all over the world of both types who come from great business genetics
but who don’t do anything grand in business, and then there are those who come
up the ranks of poverty to create masterpieces.
Give me a
hungry-hunter type of personality willing do whatever it takes to create their
masterpiece, and I’ll show you a successful businessperson.
Nancy Michaels: I’d have to say there
are innate qualities that entrepreneurs are born with — self-discipline,
ambition, risk takers, etc.
That’s
not to say people can’t learn some of these skills, but I think the basic
attributes of an entrepreneur are within us. I have to say I was heavily
influenced by my dad, who had his own accounting business that he initially ran
from our home.
Home
offices were not in vogue back in the 1960s as they are today, and I made an
assumption when I was young that everyone owned their own business.
In fact,
I commented to my parents about how lucky I thought Julia Sullivan was because
her dad, the town’s librarian, “owned the library.”
When I
was 3, I wrapped my dad’s tie around my neck and when my Mom asked me where I
was going, I said, “to work.”
Although
I worked at two companies as an employee before starting my business in 1990, I
knew that I would not want to work for someone else for long and always felt I
would start my own business.
Mark LeBlanc: I think you are both
right. Some people seem to have the entrepreneurial DNA in their makeup, while
others adopt and adapt to their environments. These people are often encouraged
by their parents and family members who might be in business for themselves.
Let’s
remember that not all business owners are entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs
tend to be highly creative, ambitious, risk-takers and often better at starting
something versus growing it and running it well. If he or she surrounds
themselves with good people, the likelihood of success is greater.
Many
small-business owners and independent professionals start a business or
practice, grow it to a certain level and create a lifestyle that supports their
dreams.
They may
not have the ambition or goal to grow it larger than life and sell it, but they
maintain it until retirement or pass it on to a second generation or simply
shut it down when the time is right.
Most
people have the dream of starting a business whether it is full-time or
part-time. If you have a good idea, product or service, believe in yourself and
surround yourself with the right resources, you can achieve the level of
success you desire without necessarily possessing the creative and ambitious
traits of an entrepreneur.
There is
no right or wrong answer, but an understanding of what it will take to succeed.
Anything is possible when you put your mind to it.
SUCCESS is the only magazine that focuses
on people who take full responsibility for their own development and
income. SUCCESS readers understand that the world has changed and the
classic employer-to-employee relationship has changed from a patriarchal to a
transactional one. No longer can you expect a corporate training program and a
predictable growth track. Our readers understand and embrace that they are
responsible for their own long-term success and happiness, and need to be
proactive in finding the inspiration, motivation and training to achieve their
goals. Some may choose to start their own business but will prefer to keep it
small—what some would call a micro business—so they will always have total
control and visibility over its growth, spirit and contributions to
society. SUCCESS readers desire the freedom and control to make all
meaningful business decisions.
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