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What It Takes to Be a Successful Entrepreneur
These are the most common traits that one should have
As someone who aspires to be an entrepreneur (or rather, work for myself), I’ve always been fascinated by people in business, technology, sports, entertainment, and/or creative industries who seem to embody the kind of personality that enables them to succeed. It wasn’t until I made a conscious effort to learn more about entrepreneurs from all types of industries that I soon realized how little I knew about the struggles of entrepreneurs.
To be an entrepreneur requires a lot more than a certain type of personality. It has very little to do with upbringing and more to do with persistence, passion, dedication and the ability to handle rejection and failure with utmost humility.
These are some of the lessons that I’ve gained in the past month learning about entrepreneurs, from listening to the entire 2020 lineup of the How I Built This podcast. Hosted by Guy Raz, HIBT interviews entrepreneurs from all disciplines about their journey towards success. 113 episodes and 80+ hours later, I realized there is no ‘ideal’ image or type of person who is most likely to succeed as an entrepreneur — rather, there are commonalities across most, if not all, of the entrepreneurs interviewed on the show.
