Traits of the Entrepreneur’s Personality: Where Does Ambition End and Obsession Begin?

The article aims to explore the traits of the entrepreneur's personality, and to understand the difference between healthy ambition and obsession, and how that affect the professional and personal performance and the sustainability of the entrepreneurial project.The study confirms the need to distinguish between the ambition that pushes to achievement and the obsession that can harm the individual's stability.In this study, the analytical method was relied on to analyze the traits of entrepreneurs, with comparing the behaviors related to ambition and obsession and their influence on psychological and social health.The results show that the healthy ambition is marked by planning, continuous learning, innovation, keeping a balance between work and life, and building positive relations.While the ambition turn into an obsession when there is a neglect of health and relations, compulsive immersion in work, more stress and fatigue, and losing the personal and social balance, which threaten the success and stability of the entrepreneur in the long term.