The Modern Entrepreneur

        In today's business environment, the competitive landscape is cut throat, barriers for entering and industry are becoming more difficult as corporations become larger and increasingly diverse. However with Globalization their are more and more consumers, broader strategic advantages and more opportunities to be taken advantage of. Entrepreneur's need to have certain characteristics and leadership qualities, such as boldness, intelligence, Integrity, ingenuity, social connectivity, and strong self-discipline to name a few. Such traits are not enough to insure even marginal success in business or in life, these traits are just some of of which make up the foundation of Successful people. There are people in this world who have been unfortunate but turn out with a measure of success because of a single instant of fate or a stroke of luck, such as the lottery or inheriting a fortune. This is obviously not the norm in the realm of successful people, I believe in the ideal that the majority of successful people create their own luck by putting themselves in positive situation, surrounding themselves with the right people, and investing in themselves and their future by being healthy as well as a pro-active learner.

        Some people do not see these events as luck, but as "happy accidents", however you feel, a certain amount of luck, or whatever you want to call it, is needed for Entrepreneurs to be successful and for businesses to reach the goals and potential that their leaders and shareholders hope for. This can be exemplified throughout history in business, politics, philanthropy,  etc. It can be best shown through the experiences and philosophies of Business leaders such as Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates all men who have revolutionized the world by starting their own businesses and have achieved enormous amounts of success through their own diligence, passion, determination and creativity. However despite all that they have accomplished through their hard work, their success has not been reached without a measure of Luck and circumstance. These men have traits that are inherent in Lucky people, or people that magically happen to them? These things which many people have thought was just luck can be quantified into 5 traits of Successful people traits which are not just inherent to a few or  "as random as you might think. Certain behavioral attributes increase the probability of these “happy accidents” (or luck) occurring. And not only are these characteristics of successful people, they are, I believe, learnable or teachable." These traits are important to try and learn and master for a person who wants to maximize their potential and facilitate their success, by learning these traits and facilitating their success.

  These traits coupled with other more natural gifts such as the ones i named before can result in people that are more prone to success than others. Entrepreneurs especially need to practice these skill for they will not only be required to promote and lead a successful business, but they will also need the luck that inevitably created by consistently practicing and implementing such positive qualities.