1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations?
I was actually quite surprised at how many of the characteristics of an entrepreneur that I actually possess. I have never really thought of myself as an entrepreneur, I struggled just trying to find 20 things in my life that bugged me and needed to be fixed. But as I read through this chapter I found that a lot of it was true. Especially the one about persistent problem solving, I do not like to waste time on extremely easy problems and if they are way to hard I tend to give up.
2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
One thing that confused me was that Entrepreneurs have an overbearing need for control but at the beginning of the chapter we were told that they have a low need for status and power. I think the need to control ever aspect of your journey runs hand in hand with an underlying need for power.
3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
How do entrepreneurs overcome this dark side of entrepreneurship? I would ask this because the author talks about overcoming stress but it is more on a personal/ psychological level. What about the financial risk and the career risk? How do the push past those risks or at least minimize them?
4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?
I did not disagree with anything that the author said really. I found a lot of it to be true in myself which is was not really expecting.
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