Yesterday my husband and I were talking about the essence of the entrepreneurial spirit. In the course of the conversation, he pointed out that of the 4 siblings in my family, 3 are entrepreneurs: we have all started and built our own businesses. I commented that the entrepreneurial spirit is in our family genetics: both of my grandmothers were suffragettes who took it upon themselves to continue their education and had careers before they were married. One of my grandfathers left the Mennonite church to become a lawyer (and a Unitarian!), while the other was the son of Danish immigrants who crossed the country with all their belongings piled in a cart to claim land in Nebraska and start a new life. My grandpa Einar was their oldest child, and the first day he came home from school, my great grandmother gathered his younger siblings in the kitchen and made Einar teach them (and her) all the English he’d learned in school that day. She did that every afternoon until. they were fluent.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Is Finding Your Inner Entrepreneur The Key To Your Success? - Forbes
