What it takes to be a good project manager?

This will be a long list, Kevin - you should have put folks on the spot to identify the top trait!

Here are a few:

- Expectation management
- Influence & persuasion skills
- Effective communication skills
- Well organized
- Analytical thinking
- Active listening
- Higher levels of EQ
- Self-awareness
- Humility

Kiron

You need to have a passion for the profession.
Keep reinventing yourself.
Love to work with people.
Lifelong learning.
No Fear.

This is just a small sample.

Might not be politically correct to list one of the seven deadly sins, but hear it goes. Someone who takes great pride in accomplishing something. Selfishly knowing that in the end you will have that feeling of accomplishment, you work on all the traits that Kiron and Drake listed. When you know that in the end you will feel that you were a critical part of making an improvement in the world (no matter how small it is) you can more easily work past the hurdles along that path. Or it could just be that you’re not good enough at something else (like playing professional sports) so you landed here.