@DrewDad,
DrewDad wrote:
There's not a magic quality that makes someone an entrepreneur. Tons of wannabe entrepreneurs fail. Tons of incredibly successful people draw a paycheck.
A very self-contradictory and confused statement. The failure rate of would-be entrepreneurs you, yourself cited does indeed suggest there are many challenges to success in that field and that many who try do not meet them.
My experience suggests to me that there are indeed special character traits and skills required of people who attempt to create something new and take the risks that entails.
There are many paths to "incredible success" ( depending on how you define it), and many involve "getting a paycheck, as you say. That however does not dilute the unique challenges involved in creatinf something new, and doing so at your own financial risk.