✓ Graded on completion & honest effort — no rubric for the class activity.
Your Core Values
What do you stand for?
Examples: honesty, family, creativity, justice, freedom, security, growth, service...
Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Which traits describe you?
Rate yourself on each characteristic: 1 = not me at all, 5 = very much me.
Risk Tolerance
You're comfortable acting without certainty.
Resilience
You bounce back from setbacks.
Creativity
You find new solutions to familiar problems.
Self-Direction
You work well without external structure.
Empathy
You understand what others feel and need.
Persistence
You keep going when things get hard.
Real-Life Evidence
Connect your values and traits to your story
The strongest why statements are grounded in lived experience.
Your Starting Point
Putting it together
Draft a one-sentence statement using what you've discovered.
The Formula
I am someone who top characteristic , driven by top value , and I want to use that to hint at a direction or impact.