What makes an entrepreneur an entrepreneur?
It’s my position that all successful entrepreneurs possess one fundamental ability, one fundamental quality, one fundamental skill, one fundamental interest, without which they would never be successful: Entrepreneurs possess the ability to perceive the world as a system. Without a doubt, every entrepreneur worth his or her salt is a “systems thinker.” They could not do what they do without it.What is a systems thinker? A systems thinker is one who intuits and sees the whole of a thing, the entirety of it, the one-ness of it, the integrated unity of it, as opposed to merely the sum of its parts. A systems thinker:
- Transcends the world in order to transform it.
- Is an inventor as opposed to an engineer.
- Sees purpose in everything, and sees the system as the realization of the purpose.
- Sees meaning in everything and, if not, pursues everything until the meaning becomes clear, until the system reveals itself in all its glory.
- Is possessed by the meaning of things.
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brandon on January 16th, 2005 8:04 pm
I agree with most of the traits you listed about an entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs need to have a ‘helicopter’ or macro view of everything. They are not hampered by the fact that their lack of certain skills, because all they have to do is to leverage on other people’s skills or talents to perform the task.
In a way, one can think of the entrepreneur as a LEGO set builder. He merely selects the required parts to build the final desired object which he already has in his mind.
Along the way he might modify his design, however he still acts as the main architect to create the final outcome.
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