Personality Traits Entrepreneurs Share

Survey a group of founders about the personality traits that made them successful, and they will be quick to use words like determination, sacrifice, and hard work. Others will show more humility and chalk their success up to personality traits like curiosity. Still others will credit dumb luck.

However, there is another personality trait that many of the most successful founders have in common: discipline.

They have the discipline to stick to their original vision despite the temptation to veer off course.

The discipline to stick to their original product or service offering despite clients asking for different things…

The discipline to ignore whatever shiny ball is demanding their attention and instead focus on what they set out to do…

Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder of Apple, said it best:

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You must pick carefully. I'm as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to one thousand things.”

While curiosity and grit are important personality traits for any would-be founder, the ability to remain disciplined in the face of opportunity may be the most important attribute of all.

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