Anatomy of an Entrepreneur

There are a few things one should know about entrepreneurs.

Whether you are one, you aspire to be one, or want nothing to do with it or them, you should know one thing.

We are nuts.

But in a good way. For me, I've been an entrepreneur-minded individual since I was born. Even as a kid I dreamed of owning my own business and ruling the world. It's just something God put in my heart. I am an entrepreneur. I'm just not making a living as one yet.

So why are we nuts? Or maybe I should speak for myself. Why am I nuts? Here's just a few of the reasons:

*I once flew to New York on a red eye just to meet with a potential business partner, who, 30 minutes after I arrived, said he had a hair appointment and then showed up two hours later with a cut and a dye job. Waste of time and money.

*I once paid $800 for an industrial sewing machine (and made my husband move it up a flight of stairs) because I thought I'd be able to have a million dollar handbag business with me sewing each and every bag. Nuts.


(I hand sewed each of these bags)

*I paid for an attorney to trademark my last name. Huh?

*I once stayed up all night long sewing handbags for a women's golf tournament and then went to my day job at 8am. And I don't sew! Just plain nuts.

I could go on, and on, but I won't. While these things are crazy and in hindsight, worse then crazy, I have to give myself credit for trying. I'll do just about anything to be an entrepreneur. I'm not afraid of risk. That's part of my problem. One day is will be the reason for success. I just need to learn to pick my risks.

Selling 4700 golf journals is not going to make me rich, but the learning experience will be priceless. Selling 4700 golf journals is going to show me that I can succeed at ONE of my ideas. I don't even know if succeed is the right word. I don't plan to make more of them, so it's not a longterm business...

But I do need to prove to myself that I can finish what I...