Entrepreneur!! Can I be One??

Wikipedia Definition: An entrepreneur (ⁱ/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜr/, a loanword from French) is an individual who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.

Well, that definition takes most of the population out of the mix, doesn't it??  Financial risk!! Me, oh no, I'm not sticking my neck out with a DIME!!
And why is that? Why do most of people, (at one time even myself!) have an overwhelming sense of fear to risk one red cent on a chance to become financially independent, stress free, no worries and quit simply the ability and opportunity to know that our family is safe and sound AND leave a legacy of success and safety for our children. 
I believe the one very big trait that differentiates between the entrepreneur and everyone else is not just ability or FEAR of loosing but the simple fact that they are not afraid to put in the extra effort or time for the potential for success. Think about it? Why would you work so hard, otherwise, for something you can't own??
Does that make sense?? Maybe not for those that exist in the "comfortably miserable" stage and do not in any way shape or form want to even hear of a way out of their "mess" but for those of us, myself included, that are willing and optimistic enough to at least LOOK for a better way out of the "45 year Plan". 
Statistics show, and believe me I go crazy over statistic this and that, but it does show that in times of economic hardship new Start Up Business increases, people start to say "Hey, I want control of my income, not someone else".  YES, there is a degree of actual work and YES it takes effort and time, but that's where we, the entrepreneurial minded, break from the "comfortably miserable" crowd. They, the miserable crowd, has no interest in devoting one extra second of effort to become successful, "That's for rich people".  NO, that's for ANYONE who wants it!!
The one thing that makes a difference is Leverage, Robert Kiyosoki says it very well in his books, Rich Dad, Poor Dad etc. Leverage is the key, or at least one of them. As J.P. Getty once said, "I'd rather have 1% of the efforts of 100 people than 100% of my owne efforts". That worked out pretty well for J. Paul.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts and idea's.
Thanks
Murph Magic

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