For each question, please respond "yes," "undecided," or "no." Keep a running list; you will compare your answers to a rubric at the bottom of the page. Please be sure to go with the answer that is your first choice if and when you are in doubt of how to respond.
Now, please tally the number of each response: "yes," "undecided," and "no." Numbers 1-10 below correspond with the ten questions above. Keep a tally of your points!
How many of the entrepreneurial mindset characteristics do you possess? If you feel like the sentence on the right describes you, you will accumulate additional points. Give yourself 1 point for each of the characteristics you possess from the list below. Keep a tally!
Humanitarian | Organizing movements that can take many forms including campaigns, drives, grassroots or net roots movements, lobbying, and/or crusades for the express purpose of providing altruistic or charitable support. |
Visionary | Possessing the ability to potentially define the future by making bold unsubstantiated predictions for new enterprises while utilizing a great deal of imagination and foresight in the process. |
Values-centered | Demonstrating worthwhile qualities of leadership that are lawful, ethical, considerate, and honest in nature and intent. |
Change-oriented | Adopting a leadership style that attempts to transform the status quo by creating a new method, process or invention for accomplishing tasks. |
Self-reliant | Depending on yourself to develop solutions for the problem or challenge at hand. |
Persuasive | Able to convince others that the new organizations’ mission and goals are viable and should be adopted and supported. |
Hyper-focused | Maintaining uninterrupted attention and concentration directed at implementing the enterprise’s mission. |
Passion | Having a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and excitement over the mission and goals of the new organization. |
Energetic | Demonstrating an infinite amount of drive and an enterprising nature toward accomplishing an organization’s objectives. |
The goal is once again to score a ten for this question. If it turns out that you have a very different score for your self-assessment of this question in comparison to what someone who has known you all your life then you need to come to an understanding why others perceive you differently then you perceive your own interests. Perhaps you are repressing or camouflaging your true interests or maybe you have changed. The reason for the difference isn’t as important as making sure you are aware of your own interests.
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