Do You Have What it Takes to Become a Successful Woman Entrepreneur?

There are countless checklists and personality assessments available online to supposedly help you determine if you have what it takes to make it in business. They can be fun, thought-provoking, and interesting, but even if you “fail” a “do you have what it takes?” test, ignore the results.
Most of these tests ask questions like “are you an optimist?” or, “are you a good leader?” They pose the cliché and superficial questions “are you creative?” and “do you work well with people?”
No one is an optimist all of the time and being overly optimistic at the wrong time can actually lead to making poor business decisions. A successful business woman often needs to be a team player – or serve as merely an inspiration – not always insisting on being in the lead. And, having an open mind is far more important than being a “creative” person. Rather than answer a question about how well you work with people you should be asking just who are these “people” you are supposed to work well with? For example, working with family members is a far different thing from working with unrelated employees, and almost everyone can get along with easy-going folks. So shouldn’t the question really be “can you work with difficult, annoying, and whiny folks?” Because these are the customers and employees you are most likely to hear from – the ones with concerns, complaints, and demands.