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ENTREPRENEUR PERSONALITY (ESTP, -A/-T)

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
— Helen Keller

Entrepreneurs always have an impact on their immediate surroundings – the best way to spot them at a party is to look for the
whirling eddy of people itting about them as they move from group to group. Laughing and entertaining with a blunt and
earthy humor, Entrepreneur personalities love to be the center of attention. If an audience member is asked to come on stage,
Entrepreneurs volunteer – or volunteer a shy friend.

Theory, abstract concepts and plodding discussions about global issues and their implications don’t keep Entrepreneurs
interested for long. Entrepreneurs keep their conversation energetic, with a good dose of intelligence, but they like to talk about
what is – or better yet, to just go out and do it. Entrepreneurs leap before they look, xing their mistakes as they go, rather than
sitting idle, preparing contingencies and escape clauses.

Never Confuse Movement With Action

Entrepreneurs are the likeliest personality type to make a lifestyle of risky behavior. They live in the moment and dive into the
action – they are the eye of the storm. People with the Entrepreneur personality type enjoy drama, passion, and pleasure, not for
emotional thrills, but because it’s so stimulating to their logical minds. They are forced to make critical decisions based on
factual, immediate reality in a process of rapid- re rational stimulus response.
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This makes school and other highly organized environments a challenge for Entrepreneurs. It certainly isn’t because they aren’t
smart, and they can do well, but the regimented, lecturing approach of formal education is just so far from the hands-on learning
that Entrepreneurs enjoy. It takes a great deal of maturity to see this process as a necessary means to an end, something that
creates more exciting opportunities.

Also challenging is that to Entrepreneurs, it makes more sense to use their own moral compass than someone else’s. Rules were
made to be broken. This is a sentiment few high school instructors or corporate supervisors are likely to share, and can earn
Entrepreneur personalities a certain reputation. But if they minimize the trouble-making, harness their energy, and focus
through the boring stu , Entrepreneurs are a force to be reckoned with.

Most People Don’t Listen Well Enough

With perhaps the most perceptive, un ltered view of any type, Entrepreneurs have a unique skill in noticing small changes.
Whether a shift in facial expression, a new clothing style, or a broken habit, people with this personality type pick up on hidden
thoughts and motives where most types would be lucky to pick up anything speci c at all. Entrepreneurs use these observations
immediately, calling out the change and asking questions, often with little regard for sensitivity. Entrepreneurs should remember
that not everyone wants their secrets and decisions broadcast.

Sometimes Entrepreneurs’ instantaneous observation and action is just what’s required, as in some corporate
environments, and especially in emergencies.

If Entrepreneurs aren’t careful though, they may get too caught in the moment, take things too far, and run roughshod over
more sensitive people, or forget to take care of their own health and safety. Making up only four percent of the population, there
are just enough Entrepreneurs out there to keep things spicy and competitive, and not so many as to cause a systemic risk.

Entrepreneurs are full of passion and energy, complemented by a rational, if sometimes distracted, mind. Inspiring, convincing
and colorful, they are natural group leaders, pulling everyone along the path less traveled, bringing life and excitement
everywhere they go. Putting these qualities to a constructive and rewarding end is Entrepreneurs’ true challenge.

Entrepreneurs You May Know

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Yes this is me

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