I must admit, I'm only best at being the CEO of ME. That's why my company is named "KM Harrell Group" I'm best when I control and manage only the things I'm interested in and can control. Call me the classic control freak if you want, but I have no interest in control others or things around me, but myself...I excel! As an entrepreneur and a creative person by nature finding how this works for me has been an epic journey. One that I hope (and wish) other entrepreneurs embark on.
The journey in entrepreneurship is truly every evolving. I like to look at it like a sphere or a spectrum, it has many phases, and elements. It's certainly not linear and certainly not a destination. One mistake I've found in both myself in the past and in business associates, clients, and the like is that there is this misconception that entrepreneurship is something that you DO or it's simply a matter of saying "I'm an entrepreneur" like it's a destination as if one’s arrived. Anyone who's ever created a business will tell you that entrepreneurship comes in spectrums and it's not a linear path. An accomplished Entrepreneur named Olalah Njenga distinguishes this journey as going from being self-employed, small business owner, THEN entrepreneur. Michael Gerber (author of E-myth) separates it as theTechnician, the Manager and the Visionary. I offer another perspective:
The Creator
The Founder
The CEO
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Katrina,
I think some people get hung up on a title because they want others to know they are in charge but ACTIONS truly do speak louder than words (or titles). If you can produce results, others will "title" you with pleasure.