Paul Walsh, the Irish Opportunist

You might have noticed that I call myself ‘The Irish Opportunist’ on numerous social mediums. I use the word opportunist after a thesaurus lookup for entrepreneur, for two reasons:

1. Because I can never spell entrepreneur without using a spell checker and I mean never
2. Because I don’t consider myself good enough to use the word. I always think of Richard Branson whenever I think of an entrepreneur.

The following words come up when I look for alternatives to opportunist on thesaurus.com.

charlatan, daredevil, entrepreneur, explorer, fortune-hunter, gambler, globetrotter, hero, heroine, knight, madcap, mercenary, opportunist, pioneer, pirate, rogue, romantic, soldier, speculator, stunt man, swashbuckler, traveler, venturer, voyager, wanderer

Someone pointed out to me recently, that the word opportunist could be perceived as negative as well as positive. I’m no longer sure. What’s the first thing that springs to mind when you think of the word opportunist?

Also, how would you sum yourself up in one word?