E0084 - How to Know If You're Meant to Be An Entrepreneur (S0005)

• Kiki Ayers challenges the audience to understand the true meaning of entrepreneurship, highlighting the disparity between perception and reality in being an entrepreneur.
• She argues that entrepreneurship involves hard realities like working long hours, risking financial security, and cannot solely be based on the desire for autonomy or flexible schedules.
• Ayers expresses her belief that entrepreneurship cannot be entirely taught; it requires inherent qualities like self-motivation, accountability, and a natural inclination towards risk-taking and leadership.
• She shares her personal journey, including speaking at a middle school about entrepreneurship and realizing its oversaturation, similar to other fields like acting or music in LA.
• Ayers concludes by emphasizing the importance of trying and overcoming fear to discover if one is truly meant to be an entrepreneur, reflecting on her own experience of hitting rock bottom and founding a successful publicity company.

Author: Kiki Ayers

Keywords:

• Entrepreneurship
• Motivation