Many mistake mastering a craft or even taking MBA as road to success as an entrepreneur.
Michael Gerber made this clear that mastery of technique (being a technician) or being a business manager do not make a business man/entrepreneur. (Mastery of business and enterprise)
The first component is mastery of self. It is about your courage, tenacity, determination, enthusiasm, leadership and discipline. Without these. you can not make it Also about your goal.
If it is goal is merely to make money and to enjoy its perks; cars, luxury, entertainment, pleasure, then you can not be an entrepreneur.
It is about believing in creating something good for humanity. It is about fulfuling your role in the Lords prayer ie the to be vessel of the peoples daily break. Or spiritually to fulfill our mandate in Genesis: 1:28. to gain dominion over the earth.
A big time Chinese businessman (now deceased) told me about that. While essentially a Buddhist, we immersed himself in local religion and helped generously and a mover in the Chinese chamber
