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Entrepreneur assessment survey

Directions: Please circle your personal response to each question. Please be sure to go with the answer that is your first choice if and when you are in doubt of how to respond.

  1. Do you have an issue that is a major driving force behind your professional goals in life?
    Yes Undecided No
  2. Would you describe yourself as the type of person who gives up easily when faced with adversity?
    Yes Undecided No
  3. Do people who have known you since childhood describe you as the type of person who gives up easily when faced with adversity?
    Yes Undecided No
  4. Have you been successful in the past convincing others to help you to accomplish your goals?
    Yes Undecided No
  5. Do you have a desire to make the world a better place that is a stronger goal for you then your desire to earn money?
    Yes Undecided No
  6. Have you considered becoming an entrepreneur?
    Yes Undecided No
  7. Have you spent a substantial amount of time in your life considering what type of legacy you would like to leave?
    Yes Undecided No
  8. When trying to raise support for an idea, do you ever start by identifying people to form alliances with who may be sympathetic to your goal?
    Yes Undecided No
  9. If you were busy with a deadline for work and or school would you miss completing this deadline on time because you gave your own new venture/start up/new product idea a higher priority?
    Yes Undecided No
  10. Will you use your score on this test to ultimately help determine if you should become an entrepreneur?
    Yes Undecided No
  11. How many of the entrepreneurial mindset characteristics do you possess? Give yourself 1 point for each of the characteristics you possess from the list below.
    Yes Undecided No

Total Score for characteristics:

Some key characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset

In [link] some characteristics of an entrepreneurial mindset were shared; here are additional characteristics and or similar characteristics to also consider.

Mentor Method 2

Humanitarian
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Organizing movements that can take many forms including campaigns, drives, grassroots or net roots movements, lobbying, and/or crusades for the express purpose of providing altruistic or charitable support.
Visionary
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Possessing the ability to potentially define the future by making bold unsubstantiated predictions for new enterprises while utilizing a great deal of imagination and foresight in the process.
Values-centered
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Demonstrating worthwhile qualities of leadership that are lawful, ethical, considerate, and honest in nature and intent.
Change-oriented
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Adopting a leadership style that attempts to transform the status quo by creating a new method, process or invention for accomplishing tasks.
Self-reliant
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Depending on yourself to develop solutions for the problem or challenge at hand.
Persuasive
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Able to convince others that the new organizations’ mission and goals are viable and should be adopted and supported.
Hyper-focused
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Maintaining uninterrupted attention and concentration directed at implementing the enterprise’s mission.
Passion
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Having a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and excitement over the mission and goals of the new organization.
Energetic
Worth 1 Point
Add 1 Point
Demonstrating an infinite amount of drive and an enterprising nature toward accomplishing an organization’s objectives.
When starting a new organization especially when starting a social enterprise, it requires a great deal of energy and drive to accomplish all the objectives especially given that social enterprises usually require volunteer staff and unpaid staff for resourcefulness that goes far beyond the standard needs of a traditional, long-established company.

Questions & Answers

what does preconceived mean
sammie Reply
physiological Psychology
Nwosu Reply
How can I develope my cognitive domain
Amanyire Reply
why is communication effective
Dakolo Reply
Communication is effective because it allows individuals to share ideas, thoughts, and information with others.
effective communication can lead to improved outcomes in various settings, including personal relationships, business environments, and educational settings. By communicating effectively, individuals can negotiate effectively, solve problems collaboratively, and work towards common goals.
it starts up serve and return practice/assessments.it helps find voice talking therapy also assessments through relaxed conversation.
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Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the person begins to jumb back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes. Identify the types of learning, if it is classical conditioning identify the NS, UCS, CS and CR. If it is operant conditioning, identify the type of consequence positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement or punishment
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Wekolamo
because it helps many people around the world to understand how to interact with other people and understand them well, for example at work (job).
Manix Reply
Agreed 👍 There are many parts of our brains and behaviors, we really need to get to know. Blessings for everyone and happy Sunday!
ARC
A child is a member of community not society elucidate ?
JESSY Reply
Isn't practices worldwide, be it psychology, be it science. isn't much just a false belief of control over something the mind cannot truly comprehend?
Simon Reply
compare and contrast skinner's perspective on personality development on freud
namakula Reply
Skinner skipped the whole unconscious phenomenon and rather emphasized on classical conditioning
war
explain how nature and nurture affect the development and later the productivity of an individual.
Amesalu Reply
nature is an hereditary factor while nurture is an environmental factor which constitute an individual personality. so if an individual's parent has a deviant behavior and was also brought up in an deviant environment, observation of the behavior and the inborn trait we make the individual deviant.
Samuel
I am taking this course because I am hoping that I could somehow learn more about my chosen field of interest and due to the fact that being a PsyD really ignites my passion as an individual the more I hope to learn about developing and literally explore the complexity of my critical thinking skills
Zyryn Reply
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Jonathan
and having a good philosophy of the world is like a sandwich and a peanut butter 👍
Jonathan
generally amnesi how long yrs memory loss
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interpersonal relationships
Abdulfatai Reply
What would be the best educational aid(s) for gifted kids/savants?
Heidi Reply
treat them normal, if they want help then give them. that will make everyone happy
Saurabh
What are the treatment for autism?
Magret Reply
hello. autism is a umbrella term. autistic kids have different disorder overlapping. for example. a kid may show symptoms of ADHD and also learning disabilities. before treatment please make sure the kid doesn't have physical disabilities like hearing..vision..speech problem. sometimes these
Jharna
continue.. sometimes due to these physical problems..the diagnosis may be misdiagnosed. treatment for autism. well it depends on the severity. since autistic kids have problems in communicating and adopting to the environment.. it's best to expose the child in situations where the child
Jharna
child interact with other kids under doc supervision. play therapy. speech therapy. Engaging in different activities that activate most parts of the brain.. like drawing..painting. matching color board game. string and beads game. the more you interact with the child the more effective
Jharna
results you'll get.. please consult a therapist to know what suits best on your child. and last as a parent. I know sometimes it's overwhelming to guide a special kid. but trust the process and be strong and patient as a parent.
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