When it comes to sustainable success, business owners who have built and run thriving enterprises share these 10 entrepreneurial characteristics.

1. Set and play by their own rules
2. Easily and seemingly effortlessly overcome obstacles
3. Turn negatives into positives
4. Persistence, focus, and unstoppable drive
5. Strong values of integrity and ethics
6. Belief and commitment
7. Risk taking
8. Fearlessness
9. Listen to their intuition
10. Seek mastery

Benchmark your entrepreneurial spirit using a scale of 1 to 5 - with 5 being the highest - and see where you net out as a savvy business owner.