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    • Seeking and Acting on Opportunity: An entrepreneur is always on the look-out or searching for opportunity and is
                  ready to exploit it in the best interests of the enterprise.
                   • Concern  for  High  Quality:  Successful  entrepreneurs  are  seen  to  be  not  satisfied  with  moderate  or  average
                  performance. They set high quality standards for themselves and then put in their best for achieving these standards.
                   • Goal  Setting: Goal setting refers to establishing short or long-term objectives, usually along with incorporating
                  deadlines and quantifiable measures to indicate if they have been achieved. For a business, the ultimate goal is to
                  make profit.
                   • Creativity: Creativity is a process of continually improving ideas and solutions by making gradual alterations and
                  refinements. Entrepreneurs exhibit creativity by applying the process of design thinking, thinking of alternatives,
                  trying unconventional ways to do things and continuously improvise and iterate.
                   • Systematic  Planning:  Successful  entrepreneurs  decide  future  course  of  action  keeping  in  mind  the  goals  to  be
                  achieved. They believe in developing relevant and realistic plans and ensure proper execution of the same in pursuit
                  of running a successful enterprise.
                   • Efficiency: Many entrepreneurs are always keen to devise new methods aimed at promoting efficiency. They try and
                  create new methods that aim at making working easier, simpler, better, and economical.
                   • Information Seeking: A successful entrepreneur always keeps his/her eyes and ears open and is receptive to new
                  ideas which can help in realizing his goals. He/she is always open to consult with experts and mentors to get the right
                  guidance and advice.
                   • Persistence: An entrepreneur is never disheartened by failures and keeps trying, adapting and iterating to overcome
                  obstacles that come in the way of achieving goals.
                   • Negotiation skills: Negotiation skills for entrepreneurs are critically important to business success. There a number
                  of scenarios where an entrepreneur's negotiation skills come into play such as supplier relations, customer sales,
                  employee hiring, securing investors etc.
                   • Team Building: Team building is any action or method that brings a group of individuals together and motivates
                  them to work cooperatively as a team. It refers to the various activities undertaken to motivate the team members
                  and increase the overall performance of the team.

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                     Match the situations to the type of attitude that an entrepreneur is showing.         [NCERT]
                                                  Situation                                    Attitude
                        a.  Aamir has been an entrepreneur for 15 years. His business has a   (i) Decisiveness
                          culture, where people working with him are free to give feedback
                          on his work and share new ideas for the business .
                        b.  Shanaya  wants  to  start  a  sweet  shop.  After  speaking  to  some   (ii) Taking initiative
                          people in her area, she finds out that nobody sells healthy sweets.
                          She decides to make non-fried sweets.

                        c.  Malvika has a book selling business. One day, a shipment of her   (iii) Interpersonal skills
                          books gets lost. This creates a lot of problems for her customers.
                          She apologises to them and works hard for two days to get a new
                          shipment by the next day.

                        d.  Archana wants to start a 24x7 medical shop in her village. However,   (iv) Perseverance
                          she  does not know anything about medicines  and has doubts
                          about her selling skills. After talking to some people, she realises
                          how important it is. Finally, she works with a pharmacist to set up
                          a medical store.

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