Under each character train (left to right), circle the phrase that best describes you. Be honest. This self-evaluation is for your personal use only. There is no need to show your results to anyone unless you choose to do so.
| Seeks additional tasks; highly ingenious |
Resourceful: continually alert to opportunities |
Performs work without waiting for directions |
Performs work when given directions |
| Positive, friendly, interested in people |
Pleasant, polite |
Sometimes difficult to work with |
Inclined to be quarrelsome or uncooperative |
| Seeks and welcomes responsibility |
Accepts responsibility without protest |
Unwilling to assume responsibility without protest |
Avoids responsibility whenever possible |
| Highly capable of logical organization |
Able organizer |
Fairly capable of organizing |
Poor organizer |
| Industrious, capable of working hard for long hours |
Can work hard, but not for too long a period |
Fairly industrious |
Avoids hard work |
| Makes quick and accurate decisions |
Makes good and careful decisions |
Makes quick but often unsound decisions |
Makes hesitant and fearful decisions |
| Courageous, straight-shooting sincerity |
On the level |
Fairly sincere |
Inclined to lack sincerity |
| Highly steadfast in purpose; rarely discouraged |
Effort is steadily maintained |
Average determination and persistence |
Little or no persistence |
| Highly energetic at all time |
Energetic most of the time |
Fairly energetic |
Only occasionally energetic |
The more circles you see to the left of the page, the more character traits you share with successful entrepreneurs. The value of this exercise is more to make you aware of your personal strengths and weaknesses rather than to persuade or dissuade you from pursuing your entrepreneurial interests.
Be honest with yourself as you make the decision to go into business. If most of your circles are on the right of the page, it is unlikely that you will be happy with the demands that entrepreneurship will place on you.
Adapted from Entrepreneurship and Venture Management Text and Cases by Kenneth W. Olm and George C. Eddy
