This is a guest post from Joel who is a Certified Financial Planner™, the owner of 4 different companies, a self professed Internet nerd, and currently working on many different web projects that range from a site for comparing health insurance to a site that helps people backup websites online.

Do you think that you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Do you sometimes get the urge to launch out on your own and be your own boss? In fact, do you not just “get the urge” every once in a while to become an entrepreneur but do you find yourself constantly wishing that you were out on your own as your current job just is not fulfilling?

As the owner of 4 different companies and a serial entrepreneur myself it seems that I am only satisfied when I am acting as my own boss and constantly creating any number of new projects that recently include a website for comparing car insurance companies to a website for reading credit card reviews to any other number of web related projects that strike up my interest (and even a BMI calculator website that I am somewhat ashamed to say told me that I am overweight – yes, my own website told me that I need to lose weight!).

Here are 10 statements that you can ask yourself as a true/false question as part of my 100% unscientific officially unofficial “Entrepreneur’s Test”. Let’s see how you do:

10 Statements: Are They True for You?

#1 I believe that I am firmly in control of my own future success or failure (TRUE/FALSE).

#2 I enjoy tackling projects where there is a high level of ambiguity as to the exact methods for successful accomplishment and I do well even if I do not receive clear direction from someone else (TRUE/FALSE).

#3 I have no qualms about breaking from the established pattern or traditional way of doing things (TRUE/FALSE).

#4 When I am interested in something I am 100% focused on whatever that “thing” is (TRUE/FALSE).

#5 I consider myself someone who can “get things done” even if it requires a high level of creative problem solving ability (TRUE/FALSE).

#6 I love to learn new things. I am constantly reading new books, asking questions, and trying to further my knowledge in certain areas that I am interested in (TRUE/FALSE).

#7 I tend to be aggressive about certain things (not physically). I am very competitive about certain things that hold my interest (TRUE/FALSE).

#8 I like to push myself and do new things even if it means that I have to step out of my comfort zone and even go through a somewhat scary/uncertain/pressure filled situation (TRUE/FALSE).

#9 I could be considered a risk taker and maybe even impulsive to a certain degree. I am willing to jump right in to an opportunity that I see without letting the fear of the unknown hold me back (TRUE/FALSE).

#10 I love to be considered and expert, a problem solver, the “go to” person, someone who can do what others can’t, someone who can meet a certain need, etc. (TRUE/FALSE).

How Most Entrepreneurs Would Answer

If you answered “TRUE” to the 10 statements above then you are almost certainly cut out to be a natural entrepreneur. Yes, everyone is different and people of all types of personalities can be successful entrepreneurs but for the most part those people who answer “TRUE” to most or all of the statements above fit well into the mold of entrepreneur.

What Do YOU Think?

How did you do on the quick, down and dirty “Entrepreneur Test” above?

Do you think that the above test is an accurate barometer of the characteristics of most entrepreneurs?

Do you think that entrepreneurs in different life stages or in different industries require different personality traits or differing degrees of personality traits to become successful?

Note from Austin: I’ve mentioned my interest in entrepreneurship a couple times on this blog, and in detail with my post about my textbook side hustle in college. I still find myself answering FALSE to a couple of the T/F questions, so don’t be discouraged if you didn’t get the answers you wanted. It may just be that you need to find your right niche that propels you to do something entrepreneurial in your life. Explore the world around you, and see what peaks your interest.

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