Figmentations

I am not a social person, yet I love social media.

I prefer email correspondence over phone conversations any day.

At my day job, I work with numbers, yet I would actually prefer working with words.

I truly admire people who are humbly confident.  I love Pink and Lady Gaga.  I yearn to express the inner artsy side of myself, yet I never seem to be able to act on that.

I want to be heard, though I’m a quiet reserved person.  

I’m a good listener and I love people watching, but I don’t like loud or noisy crowds.

I dread socializing at networking events, and I rarely network at conferences. 

I love problem solving challenges, but I don’t consider myself to be competitive.

I see life as complex, not simple; though the complexity is what I find truly intriguing.

I don’t believe in everything, but I believe that possibilities exist.

I love books, though I haven’t completed reading most of the books I own.

Focusing on generating income is not something that comes naturally to me.  If I could afford it, I would probably give it all away and never earn a cent and I would feel good about that.

Typically, the tendencies that I admit to above would indicate that I am probably not likely to succeed as an entrepreneur or business person.  So, why am I potentially committing career suicide with these public admissions here?  Why am I telling you all this?  Does this help anyone? 

I believe we all need to be who we are.  Being someone else and not being true to oneself isn’t going to generate long term success and happiness either. 

So, I embark with my individual style of problem-solving prowess and seek my unique inimitable direction down an entrepreneurial path that even those with a text-book skill-set often do not even dare to approach.

Is there only one personality type that’s suited to entrepreneurship?  Not necessarily so (in my opinion).

Here’s to you being uniquely you, too.