Necessity, My Mother

I was listening to a recent podcast by Hal Elrod who was interviewing a guest by the name of Gino Whitman, entrepreneur. author, speaker who gives yet another ambiguous list of "requirements" one must possess in order the be an entrepreneur. By his definition of the word, a person is "hard wired" (his words) from birth to be a success or be better off as someone's employee. He listed six specific traits an entrepreneur must possess.

In my experience as a small business owner of not one but two businesses, I must admit I should not be  so because I don't possess all those arbitrary traits. However, giving Mr. Whitman due credit, because success has such subjective meanings, there are areas of weakness I need to improve upon to go to the subsequent levels of success. Having said that, I became a small business owner not out of passion or vision nor for a desire to change the world with a driven personality. It was out of necessity. Being under employed and in jeopardy of being homeless and divorced I made the decision to do something to maintain a dignified existence. Necessity is the mother of invention.

With respect to Mr. Whitman, business owners' experiences are as diverse as the entrepreneur himself or herself.