To me, being an entrepreneur means being in control of your destiny. It’s creatively defining your own life and happiness through business and partnerships. It’s not following anyone else’s footsteps and standards, but creating your own road for others to follow. It means not settling for anything average and not accepting another's definition of success for your life. You choose instead to define, and then pursue your own success. Being entrepreneur means realizing that if you don’t control your own destiny, someone else will.

Being entrepreneur is also taking full responsibility of your life and seeking freedom. It’s being brave to cast aside the safety net, conquer your fears and test yourself on the business stage in a real world. It’s about following your passion and purpose with determination and resilience as well as a strong sense of belief in yourself that you have something to offer the world.

In a practical sense, being entrepreneur is about approaching any business, product, service through innovative eyes. It’s ability to connect to opportunities. It’s about taking a dream and turning it into something actionable and executable. It’s about embracing change, innovation and constantly moving forward. The most important, it’s about impacting lives of others and changing the world. And changing the world starts with changing yourself.