By Bizna Brand Analyst
Should I start my own business or just strive to get a well-paying job?
Many people ask themselves this question at various times in their lives and though every response may be different, even for the same person the answer to this question may vary over their lifetime.
The dilemma has been getting the best way to gain financial milage in the current world. It is a dilemma that comes from the current globalized world, a networked world and a world full of opportunities and demand. Nowadays, a professional title does not give you the competitive edge that it gave our grandparents or parents. Education and society have changed and with them the demands and opportunities of the famous “labor market.”
It is very common, as I have mentioned in previous articles, for people to resort to entrepreneurship in key moments, such as when they become unemployed or after they “give” many years of their life to a large company. Or even when they carry on for several months looking for work without results. It is very clear that in previous generations, as generations of our fathers, a working life that resulted in retiring in the same company was a close reality for many people. However, it is equally clear that “job security” of yesteryear is not there today. Companies fail and employees keep moving due to various reasons.
So the question begins to take more importance: which of the two roads will benefit you more? Being employed is a wonderful experience that everyone should experience at some point in their lives and I’m not talking solely of “chilly moments” when we have felt or know that, unless something extraordinary happens, we will have that salary waiting and that salary is going to help cover some or all of our needs and obligations.
Being employed gives you the opportunity to be positively influenced by leaders from the top, who have already made it. Being employed gives you the discipline to meet a schedule and the opportunity to meet and learn a lot from a diverse group of people. Being employed also allows you to appreciate your “free” time and allows you to grow personally and professionally coexisting within the culture of an organization.
Moreover, being an entrepreneur apparently gives you many more freedoms but actually requires you to be more of a dedicated person. Being an entrepreneur enables you to be your own boss but calls for much input from you . Being an entrepreneur requires you to be extremely creative with your finances, as you learn to cover necessities and fixed income obligations sometimes scarce and variable. Being an entrepreneur requires self-discipline. It requires you to be 100% connected with your ideas and your projects so that you do not find a day … procrastinating. It equips you to handle the obstacles and barriers that can either damage a business or propel it to greater heights. .
As I said earlier each way has its advantages and obviously has its disadvantages, the key is to analyze things in detail and see what will bring greater value according to your current situation. For example, if your finances are currently suffering a stroke because you have many debts it may be best to take some time so you can organize your finances and even save some to support you in the early stages of your venture. Similarly, if you’re in a job where you feel you are not giving your highest potential, you do not enjoy and where you are not learning, maybe it’s time to find another way, either looking for other work or taking the decision to undertake . Frustrations are to be handled at first, because if too much time passes they become remorse, which are not friendly.
It is then a matter of opportunities and the famous “timing” or the precise timing of things. As I mentioned above, there will never be an ideal place or time but I definitely think it is very important that all who have been employed, and all who have been entrepreneurs, give us the opportunity to know and enjoy the benefits and disadvantages of these two ways.
Finally, we must not forget that both provide ways of gaining knowledge and learning. Getting the means to an end should not be our only goal and our only goal. Life is very large, complex and beautiful and to define or limit the type of work we do is unwise. There is no good way and a bad way, we exist only as walkers. We move, choose, grow and learn. Hopefully throughout this process.let us rejoice and be happy doing what we like. Happiness is not doing what you want but wanting what you do.
