Skill, Character, or Luck?

    This week we learned from many successful self-made entrepreneurs the things that they think are successful. They were all asked what the most important thing was to making a successful entrepreneur- is it skill, character, or luck. Many of them answered with skill. To which, I definitely agree, but I don’t think that it’s everything. I think that we all have natural skills that help us to be exceptionally proficient in a specific area of our lives, but we also need to to work on those, and practice them. On top of that, character is what makes the reputation. I know that it’s not very popular to work on how you are presented, but I feel like it means so much to your customers and other people that you do business with. It gives you a reputation, and whether that is honorable or not is up to your beliefs and actions that are reflected in your business. That reputation will influence the amount of business that comes to you as well. Furthermore, I know that there has to be a presence of luck.

    But, the real answer to a successful entrepreneur isn’t one single aspect of these, but it is a combination of these. The real gem of all of these is perseverance. It isn’t just found in one of these skills, and none of them on their own would be possessive of the word 'perseverance.’ Perseverance is an ability to work through the struggles of whatever might come your way. You can persevere through the skills that you are trying to develop. You can persevere as a character trait that will create a reputation, and a possible legacy to follow. You can also persevere through simple diligence, and eventually get lucky and catch a break. Overall, this inspires me to persevere through school and beyond into my career.