Do you have an entrepreneur personality?

According to researcher Sophia Chou, an organizational psychologist at National Taiwan University, there is a common trend among successful entrepreneurs. Most of them are “realistic optimist.”

 Even though many people assume that optimists have a wrong perception of reality and live in their own world where trouble and harm do not exist, the truth is that realistic optimists are out there. In contrast to idealistic optimist, who chooses to ignore negative aspiration, realistics have the ability to look at the bright side of the situation, but still accept hard facts and challenges. They see the glass half full, but possess a pragmatic thinking which creates the perfect personality type for managing a small business.

“Realistic optimists tend to choose accuracy over self-enhancement; the unrealistic optimists tend to choose self-enhancement,” Chou explains in the U.K.’s Daily Mail.

One of the main differences between realistic optimists and other personality types is that they do not feel demotivated by failure. “Every time [realistic optimists] face an issue or a challenge or a problem, they will be creative. They will have a plan A, plan B, and plan C,” Sophia Chou says. Flexibility, determination, and a belief that they’ll find a way to succeed are key characteristics of a successful entrepreneur and if possessed, regardless of the personality type, they will lead to positive outcomes!

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2402601/The-glass-really-IS-half-Realistic-optimists-happier-successful-personality-types.html#ixzz2h3p6ZuQC