Do You Have what it Takes to be A Business Owner?

While no set of personality traits assures success in business, all of us have the following traits in some measure. Take this quiz to help you define yourself and your potential partners.

This quiz is part of a post on finding partners for yourself in your business.

Personality Traits – Aligned.These are personality traits that Business Partners need to share in equal measure. Imbalance in these traits often leads to conflict.

Scoring: Choose the statement that describes you best. If you are a 1 or a 2 in any area, get partners who are a 1 or a 2 in those areas and vice versa.

CAN YOU ACCEDE CONTROL FOR THE COMMON GOOD?

1. Absolutely. I realize that others might be better at some things than me
2. Yes. If I'm convinced
3. It's difficult  for me to do
4. Nope

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH AMBIGUITY?

1. Yes. Life is shades of grey
2. Don't like it, but I can deal with it
3. As long as I have 90% of the facts
4. Hate it!

CAN YOU BE DESCRIBED AS TENACIOUS?

1. Yes. I never give up. EVER.
2. Sure, as long as there's light at the end of the tunnel
3. Well, sometimes the odds are stacked against you...
4. If it's not happening, might as well do something else

ARE YOU A FAST LEARNER?

1. Gimme 2 months and I'll learn Korean (fill in some other language if you ARE Korean :) )
2. I've mastered what I do at work everyday
3. I have to work really hard at it
4. I already know everything I need to.

HOW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU?

1. The silver lining is so big I can hardly see the cloud!
2. I'm up beat more than 90% of the time
3. I think I'm what's called a realist
4. I'm not learning anything from this quiz

Personality Traits – Opposed.These are personality traits that business partners need to have in complementary quantities. For example, if you are very pragmatic, your partner should be more idealistic, for the good of the business.

Scoring: Choose the statement that describes you best. If you are a 1 or a 2 in any area, get partners who are a 3 or a 4 in those areas and vice versa.

HOW PRAGMATIC ARE YOU?

1. I pride myself on being level headed
2. Most of the time
3. I prefer to see possibilities rather than realities
4. My wife/husband/friend/brother is the down-to-earth one in the family

ARE YOU DETAIL ORIENTED?

1. Extremely. I am a perfectionist
2. Yes, but I realize that the last 10% consumes 90% of effort.
3. Hate it but I can knuckle down to it when required
4. I prefer to delegate

CAN YOU BE DESCRIBED AS AGGRESSIVE?

1. Absolutely. I have HUGE goals and limited time
2. I am more aggressive in thought than in action
3. I prefer the word assertive. Aggressive is, well,...too aggressive
4. I hate aggressive people. Just let me be

ARE YOU GREGARIOUS?

1. Haha. I'm the life of the party. ANY party
2. I have 800 friends on Facebook and I know them all personally
3. I can smile at people I don't like but there better be a good reason
4. These people on Facebook with 800 friends are so FAKE!

WOULD PEOPLE CALL YOUR REBELLIOUS?

1. You really think you can slot me into some kinda box with your stupid quiz?
2. Deep down I have pink hair and a ring on my nipple
3. I'm comfortable with the system and I can manipulate it
4. People with pink hair and nipple rings are FREAKS!

HONESTLY, ARE YOU CHARISMATIC?

1. When I talk to a room full of people they listen with mouths open
2. I am generally able to build consensus in a group
3. Charisma can be learned
4. Why do I always end up doing things I didn't want to?

go to the blog post on finding your ideal business partner

or take the quiz on essential Business Owner Skills


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