To become a successful wedding planner and plan beautifully coordinated events, you need to have patience, organization, good people skills, a sense of style and current trends, and most importantly, a good sense of humor.
The wedding planning process is pack with decisions and details, negotiating and obliging, and can often be sprinkled with angst and frustration for both the client and the consultant.
As a wedding planner you have commit yourself to take on all of the stages of planning from beginning to end in times of anxiety, frustration, elation, and excitement.
You may witness these emotions from the bridal couple or even their family and friends, as all will have their own ideas as to how the wedding process should go.
Now is a good time to take a look at what skills and characteristics a wedding planner should have:

• Are you open-minded and willing to listen to the needs of the client? You will need to make choices based on the couple's needs, style & budget and which may go against what you prefer or have done in the past.
  
• Do you get along well with others? Being a wedding planner requires coordinating with a lot of people, from potential clients to vendors to friends and family members of clients.
  You must have very good people skills in order to maintain cohesiveness and cooperation from all the individuals that take part in the wedding planning process.
  
• Are you organized and methodical? There are a lot of details that go in to making a well-coordinated wedding.
  There will be a lot of appointments and tasks to attend to and a good wedding planner will have calendars, lists, and folders to help keep things organized and easy to find.
  
• Are you creative? It is necessary to have a creative flair that will allow you to visualize decor, flowers, color schemes, and themes as well as create a wedding that looks like it cost $30,000 on a $10,000 budget.
  
• Are you a quick-thinker? Sometimes dilemmas will arise during the planning process or even on the day of the big event.
  As a wedding planner it is your job to come up with "Plan B"s and make quick decisions in order to avert a wedding day disaster.
  
• Can you multitask? As a wedding planner you will wear many hats.
  Many times you will be working with more than one client at a time, so it's important to be able to juggle many tasks at once, and still remain organized and on schedule.
  
• Do you have a good understanding of the business side of wedding planning? You need more than just creativity to make a profit from your services.
  You must know the legalities of owning your own business as well as how to maintain your books, and how to cut costs without cutting quality.
  
• Are you flexible, understanding, and patient? Planning a wedding is a very emotional process for a couple.
  People handle stress differently and you must be prepared to deal with different personalities and perspectives in a professional manner, even if you do not agree with the client.
  
• Can you negotiate? As a wedding planner you will not only be negotiating your fee with your client, but it will be your job to get your client the best deal a vendor can offer.
  Good negotiation skills are imperative in this industry.
  

While this list is not all-inclusive, this is a good start to the characteristics and personalities need to become a successful wedding planner.
The best thing is to take a self-assessment and see if this job is something that will suit you well.