I have said it time and time again – in my opinion, there is nothing better than working for yourself. However, it seems like some people have what it takes to be an entrepreneur, while others are better off being employees. The great question is, are you born an entrepreneur, or can you learn to be a savvy business owner?

Businessweek has a recent article discussing this exact topic. Apparently there is research that indicates that yes, some people are born with entrepreneurial tendencies, but those that aren’t still can learn how to be success in business.

Like many things, genetics probably does play a part in how successful people can be in business, but I think that being an entrepreneur has a lot to do with learned behavior. Let me elaborate.

Our society, in general, seems to push the idea of working for the man, or being an employee, rather than striking out on your own to be an entrepreneur. Think about it. Did you learn anything about being an entrepreneur in school, or did you learn how to conform, which is quite handy in the corporate world?

Unless you have extraordinary parents, you probably weren’t pushed towards being an entrepreneur. You most likely were told to go to college so that you could get a good job, which means go to work for a corporation – the “safe” route of employment. Most of us weren’t told to think outside of the box and consider being a business owner. Looking towards our parents for guidance, we saw that the way to go was to get some skills that would be useful while working as an employee.

This is sad, considering America was built on the backs of the small business owner. Larger corporations are a fairly new invention, and with large corporations, whether they are in the manufacturing or service industries, there is a large need for workers that are following a routine passed down from above. There is little incentive for innovation at the worker level in a corporation, which means most of us go about our 9 to 5 routine without using a high level of creativity.

Wouldn’t it be great if we started to teach our youth that working for the man wasn’t the only option? How about exposing youth, at an early age, to the concept of being an entrepreneur? Imagine the potential for creativity and small business growth that we could see.

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