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Cyandin · 08-24-2010, 10:02 PM

I don't think you necessarily have to be "born" an entrepreneur. I didn't realize I was to be one myself until I got fired from my first real job out of high school.

I was working for a sign company in California, run by a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. After a year of being berated for the million things about me that are taboo to them, I was fired. I received full payout of my accrued vacation time and sick leave, and the father of the family who ran the company told me that I needed to work for myself. He said I didn't take direction well, I had a problem with authority, and an attitude problem.

He was absolutely right. I was not meant to work for others. I have a major problem with authority, and I can be cocky and arrogant at times - usually because I'm thinking that the way you're doing something could be done better. Running my own companies, I'm free to do things EXACTLY as I see fit, and the results thus far have been ever so rewarding for me.

Also, the other thing I feel compelled to mention is force of will. How many of you know the feeling of the 80 hour work week? I do, and I know a lot of you do also. Having the willpower to subject yourself dutifully to HOWEVER MUCH it takes to forge success, is what makes us entrepreneurs. Being able to say "There is no IF, I WILL realize my goals", and having the attitude that you will weave your own fate from the very fibers of the universe, and applying that bottomless well of ambition towards your goal makes ANYTHING possible. This I think is the very heart of what it means to be an entrepreneur.

08-24-2010, 10:02 PM
Cyandin Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,723	I don't think you necessarily have to be "born" an entrepreneur. I didn't realize I was to be one myself until I got fired from my first real job out of high school. I was working for a sign company in California, run by a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. After a year of being berated for the million things about me that are taboo to them, I was fired. I received full payout of my accrued vacation time and sick leave, and the father of the family who ran the company told me that I needed to work for myself. He said I didn't take direction well, I had a problem with authority, and an attitude problem. He was absolutely right. I was not meant to work for others. I have a major problem with authority, and I can be cocky and arrogant at times - usually because I'm thinking that the way you're doing something could be done better. Running my own companies, I'm free to do things EXACTLY as I see fit, and the results thus far have been ever so rewarding for me. Also, the other thing I feel compelled to mention is force of will. How many of you know the feeling of the 80 hour work week? I do, and I know a lot of you do also. Having the willpower to subject yourself dutifully to HOWEVER MUCH it takes to forge success, is what makes us entrepreneurs. Being able to say "There is no IF, I WILL realize my goals", and having the attitude that you will weave your own fate from the very fibers of the universe, and applying that bottomless well of ambition towards your goal makes ANYTHING possible. This I think is the very heart of what it means to be an entrepreneur.