Some entrepreneurs are made,while others are born.If you have innate skills driving you down theentrepreneurial path, there were probably signs even when you were a kid.Were you the teacher's pet who always turned in assignments ahead of time complete with extra credit' Were you always picked first in gym class, or were you the bookish type who was reading at levels beyond your age'Think back to your early years and you just might spotsigns of a great entrepreneurin the making.1. You excelled at group projects."Partner up!" was music to your ears and you still enjoy group projects as an adult. As a leader, you could take charge without dominating the group, match up everyone's skills with tasks at whichthey excelledand you weren't satisfied unless your group was the clear winner.Maybe you've reined in those micromanaging tendencies since third grade, which has made you thegroupleader to best all group leaders.(Related:12 Surprising Signs You Could Be an Entrepreneur)2. Your GPA hovered at 3.5.Getting all A's isn't necessarily the sign of a genius or total dedication ' it might be a sign that a kid is playing it too safe. However, a high GPA with a little wiggle room for failure bodes well for an entrepreneur. Maybe you gave that advanced math class a shot even if it wasn't your forte, and it brought down your GPA. You're not a straight-A student anymore, but you learned more from the tough classes than you ever would taking it easy. That's the making of a fantastic entrepreneur.Over the past six months I've been hiring for my startup. I have found that the majority of people I hire whoare entrepreneurial don't have perfect GPAs. Most have between 3.2 and 3.6 GPAs. I was never a perfect student and always got "good" grades but never perfect. It's shaped a lot of how I am today.I do everything "good." It's not always perfect, but it's consistently good and above average!3. You dominated at selling cookies.No matter what type of organizations you were involved with, if you had to sell something you were in paradise. Be it cookies, popcornor collecting the most non-perishable food items, it kicked your young entrepreneurial spirit into overdrive. You may not have realized it at the time, but that was your first entrepreneur success story ' if only selling software or your latest line of luxury soaps as an adult was so easy.(Related:10 Signs You're Not Cut Out to Be an Entrepreneur)4. You got creative with your allowance.Some kids used their allowance to splurge on chocolate milk every day, but entrepreneurial-minded kids don't go with theobvious investments. Maybe you stuck with the cheapest options day after day, scrimping and saving to buy your first CD player. Maybe you negotiated with your parents for a "raise" based on better grades or more chores. Whatever it was, you knew making money and spending it came with options, and you were committed to finding the path that worked in your favor.When I was a child I got very creative with the money I earned. I was never personally given an allowance or paid for chores. I had a paper route andworked ever day. I then invested that money into buying candy, to sell to other children for a profit.5. You saw the cafeteria as the power grid it was.This doesn't necessarily mean you sat at the cool table. However, you knew the lay of the land and positioned yourself where you could shine. Perhaps it was with the drama geeks, the jocksor the AP crowd. Wherever you sat, you didn't settle. You probablyswitched things up regularly to stay relevant in numerous crowds.When I was younger, I wasn't originally with the cool kids, but I worked my way up. A true entrepreneur canspot successand tends to aligns himself with it. It may not happen right now, but it will eventually.You're all grown up now, but maybe you've noticed some of these tell-tale signs in your own kids. How can you encourage their entrepreneurial spirit to fly'SEE ALSO:The One Trait Successful Entrepreneurs Have In CommonJoin the conversation about this story
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