Some factors that I felt the Ashoka fellows had in common throughout the chapters are: motivation, creativity, trustworthyness, being realists, and being possessed by an idea. Moreover, they had a combination of goal setting and problem solving creativity.

One of the problems that Drayton ran into is the issue of dictatorships within countries like Indonesia. Moreover, "lossing face" was a cultural sensitivity in that country as well. However, I don't recall how he was able to overcome these issues.

The quality that speaks to me the most is, "Willingness to Sefl-Correct," because it displays how motivated and committed a person truely is to his or her idea. I think that those that are willing to correct themselves and look at new ways to solve problems create projects that are of greater benefit. For example, Bornstein stated that this quality "distinguishes young entrepreneurs from older, better-established counterparts" and he gave an example by mentioning the failure of the IMF, which represents old ways of thinking.