Q.Clarify how motivation and abilities impact an individual's decision to choose entrepreneurship as a career.

Both motivation and abilities influence whether a person chooses entrepreneurship, and they reinforce each other.

People with abilities look for avenues to express them and are drawn to entrepreneurship, while people who are eager to be on their own strive to acquire the necessary competencies. Without motivation even ab …

An individual's decision to choose entrepreneurship as a career is shaped by the interaction of motivation and ability.

1. The role of motivation. For entrepreneurship to be chosen, the right motivation must be kindled. Whether it is the need for achievement, power, affiliation or autonomy, in the absence of motivation even able men and women may not take to entrepreneurship. This is why Entrepreneurship Awareness Programmes (EAPs) and Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs) include special sessions on motivation.
2. The role of ability (competencies). Entrepreneurship also requires a composite of knowledge, skills, attitudes and habits (KASH). These competencies can be acquired and developed through education, training, observation and experience — which is why we can say entrepreneurs are made, not just born. …