Are
You Cut Out to be an Entrepreneur? Worksheet #1
Do You Have What It Takes?
Your business is more then
just the product or service, it is also you. Your business will depend
upon your knowledge and characteristics. The following questions will
help you evaluate yourself for becoming an entrepreneur.
1. Are you a self-starter?
Can you take on projects and tasks without delay? Or, do you wait
for someone to tell you what to do?
2. Can you take responsibility?
Are you willing to take charge of situations and take the risk of
whether or not something will work? Or, do you look for someone to
blame if things don't work out?
3. Are you self-motivated?
Do you keep yourself moving forward and try new solutions? Or, do
you constantly complain about burn-out and the work you have to do?
4. Are you a good planner?
Can you vision the steps and tasks that it takes to get something
done? Or, do your projects always take longer then you initially thought?
5. Are you trustworthy?
Are you honest and up front about your views and opinions? Or, do
you share your views and opinions only when it is safe?
6. Can you stick with it?
When you decide to accomplish something, do you keep trying to find
ways to make it work? Or, when things don't go the way you wished
they would do you give up or lose motivation?
7. Can you make decisions?
Do you analyze the situation and decide what is best for the situation
quickly? Or, do you wait for others to make decisions?
8. Can you get along with
others? Do you enjoy most people and find them interesting and challenging?
Or, do most people irritate you?
9. Are you creative and
innovative? Do you think of new ways to do things? Or, do you prefer
things to stay the way you are comfortable with them?
10. Are you healthy? Do
you exercise, eat right and have a lot of energy? Or, do you refrain
from regular exercise, healthy food and seem tired and worn out most
of the time?
11. Do you believe in yourself?
Do you feel confident about most things about you? Or, do you find
yourself saying "I can't," "I'm not very good at..."?
12. Are you optimistic?
Do you usually see the possibilities in situations? Or, do you find
yourself expecting the worst?
13. Do you know what is
really important to you? Are you clear on what values you use in making
decisions? Or, do you find yourself doing and saying things you wish
you would not have?
14. Are you a good listener?
Do you take the time to listen to and understand what others may be
thinking or feeling? Or, do you make assumptions about what they think
or feel without asking?
15. Are you an open learner?
Do you look forward to trying new things that you have never done
before? Or, do you prefer to stay with those things you are comfortable
with?
If you find yourself answering
yes to the first part of each question, you probably have the right
characteristics to be an entrepreneur.
If you are courageous and
open to learning, (successful entrepreneurs are!), you will ask someone
who knows you well to answer each of the above questions about you.
Learning about yourself is the most courageous learning of all.
