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Do you organize or operate a business or businesses? Do you take on greater normal financial risks during the process? Then you fit the requirements of being an “entrepreneur.” More than just a title or a job description, being an entrepreneur requires a thick-skinned, hustling and passionate spirit. This mindset is embedded within the depths of your gut and pulls you along by the force of your lungs.
Being an entrepreneur is no passive responsibility or something you do on the side just for fun. It means that you are creative and innovative, but also that you have the capability to work hard – like blood, sweat and tears hard. It is embracing the highs and the lows and learning how to make them work for you.
And while the signs of being an entrepreneur are pretty loud and clear, it takes people some time to truly identify as one. Think you’re an entrepreneur deep down in your soul?
Here are five signs that you might be right.
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Entrepreneurs are creative by nature. While they might not be creative in the same ways as an artist, entrepreneurs need to create. They are natural creators for events, products, software, clothing and services. If they see a void or potential for a fresh idea in their mind, they go out and make it.
Entrepreneurs face many failures. While their businesses might not fail as a whole (or they might), they face small failures on a daily basis. Whether it be that a news outlet doesn’t want to do a story on their product or that they couldn’t close a good endorsement deal, entrepreneurs know how to brush it off and figure out a different way to make that same original outcome come true. They don’t get hung up if they didn’t make their daily goal in sales. Instead, they think about how to do it better tomorrow.
Entrepreneurs are hungry for success. Not necessarily in a greedy way (though money is a great motive too), but in a puzzle piece sort of way. They are hungry to figure out how to make something work and then they are hungry to pull it off. Work excites them because they are passionate about what they do.
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Being an entrepreneur means working long hours and sometimes doing things that you just don’t want to. When you’re an entrepreneur, you get yourself up and go and you postpone your down times. You get things done more efficiently so that you are more productive and can schedule in breaks.
In the beginning stages, being an entrepreneur means assuming almost every role of your business from coffee runner to handling invoices. Sometimes it’s not so glamorous, but you step into each role with enthusiasm. Even more so, the entrepreneur understands that wearing all the hats in his or her business in the beginning means they will always be close to those that eventually are hired to take over those tasks. A good boss is one that understands the work they are distributing – and as Entreprenuer explains, adapts to what work is needed.
Entrepreneurs almost always take on financial risks. Whether they put money up front or move in with their parents and aren’t earning a consistent paycheck, the entrepreneur is the one taking the hits and assuming the responsibility. However, they also understand that taking on this level of risk and responsibility will mean reaping the rewards later on.
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If you work to create something that does not exist and take thrills in ground-up work, then it’s time for you to start calling yourself an entrepreneur!
