You can have everything you need to succeed, but you never will succeed without action.  You can have the degrees and diplomas.  You can have the skills, talents, and support.  None of these things will do you any good without action.  It is the drive, determination, and perseverance that will get you places.  I have seen it over and over again in my life.  People who have the education, the talents, and the support from family and friends still haven’t gotten any further than someone without all those things.  Drive, determination, and perseverance are all shared characteristics or personality traits of successful entrepreneurs.  It is when you are doing and working you learn the right and wrong way to do things.  Your talents and strengths become stronger and more polished.  You develop connections and relationships that help and support you and your business.  As you are moving forward, other opportunities present themselves.  You find out what you are good at, and you become good at other things.  It is the “street smarts” that are most valuable.   It is how you deal with people that will determine how people will deal with you.  Dealing honestly with people is the only way to go if you want to succeed.