Simply Entrepreneurs We Are Not

September 11, 2008 in Being An Innerpreneur · Written by Tara Joyce · Follow Me on Twitter


Saying we are entrepreneurs is not giving us enough credit. We are more than that. We are innerpreneurs and we are a whole other tribe.

We Aren’t All Business.

We do what we are. Our businesses have been started for our personal fulfillment. They are our means for expression and our avenue to make a difference. They were not started to for monetary reasons.

Life experience and exploration energize and inspire us. We do not want our businesses to consume our lives. We want to travel, learn and grow.

We are Idealists, Psychologically.

Our temperament, I believe, is what really makes us innerpreneurs. We are idealists naturally.

Dr. Keirsey defines idealists as people who:

  • are enthusiastic, trust our intuition, yearn for romance, seek our true selves, prize meaningful relationships, and dream of attaining wisdom.
  • pride ourself on being loving, kindhearted, and authentic.
  • are giving, trusting, spiritual, and focused on our personal journey and human potential.

Idealists have the iNtuative Feelers (or NF) aspects of their personality type.

I doubt that is true of every ‘entrepreneur’ you meet. We are unique and we are going to change the world.

The idealist temperment is just a theory. Let me know if it describes you.

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  • xicab
    Oh my! You have managed to put all my thoughts and feelings down so neatly and beautifully. Glad I found ya!
  • How wonderful to hear. It is my pleasure.
  • Diane
    Yes, this temperament describes me. I feel supported by your writing (this post and others on your site). Thank you.
  • No, thank you, Diane. To hear that my writing is helping to support others is the greatest gift. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me.

    Tara
  • I resonate with this post too. I am the one in it.
    Thank you for remembering it for me. I am fighting to never forget it, sometimes it's pretty ward, but it's ok: I fall, I learn, I grow.
  • My pleasure, David. As you wrote, life is about taking chances and learning from them. Who knows where our passion will take us.
  • Angela,

    I feel the exact same way. Sometimes you need to see what you don't want in order to understand what you need. It's a process, and I am sure you would agree, one that is very worth it.

    Thank you for reading. I am so happy to connect with like-minded souls.

    Tara
  • This post resonated with me. I can relate so much to your description. Most of us innerpreneurs have had at least one other career. For me the contrast in doing what I didn't want, allowed me to decide exactly what I did want. It took several years of interspective work, but the wait was well worth it. I pinch myself everyday. I make a living doing what makes my soul sing.
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