Enterprising

The Enterprising Personality

Enterprising individuals are project persons who are thoroughly absorbed in what they are involved in. They are energetic, enthusiastic, confident, dominant, political, verbal, assertive and quick decision-makers. These individuals are often leaders who are talented at organizing, persuading and managing. Enterprising people enjoy money, power, status and being in charge.

Enterprising people are extroverted and sociable. They like to work with people to influence, persuade, lead, or manage them for organizational or economic gain. The enterprising person is a leader who initiates projects but often gets others to carry them out. Instead of doing research, these people rely on intuition about what will work. They may strike an observer as restless and irresponsible since they often drop these projects after the job is underway. However, many activities would never get off the ground without their energizing influence. They need to be part of the "in crowd," but since their relationships center around tasks, they may focus so dynamically on the project that the personal concerns of others (and even their own) go unnoticed. Enterprising people solve problems by taking risks.

See Also:

• Enterprising Majors
• Enterprising Careers