 Or you can also provide value by getting a job
The last thing I would like to do is to discourage anyone to follow lofty dreams and high aspirations. By all means, go for it!
But the example from the Mistake #2 just affirms my opinion, that creating value by being entrepreneur in the Steve style is probably not for everyone. You don't only have to work hard, but also some other predispositions must be there, and not everyone is "supposed" to do it. In other words, several conditions, both internal and external must be met to be able to succeed in this kind of lifestyle.
I believe, that for many people, the most natural way of creating value is to just get a job, and through that job you are given a chance to do something useful and earn money for it. Is that something inferior comparing to being solo entrepreneur making money on the internet? I don't think so.
For example, I work for a large corporation and my team is responsible for developing a medicine software, which is used by thousands of hospitals around the world, and by being employed I can contribute to a product used in clinical workflow, helping to save people lives who need surgery. Moreover, by creating a really large piece of software, I can work on a complex problems, which I couldn't work on by coding from home alone.
From the spiritual point of view, I have to interact with many different people, so I can exercise my forbearance and compassion towards them, which helps improving my character. And last but not least, I just get the paycheck every month, so I don't have to worry what to eat the next day, and still have enough time for other things. Isn't that good enough?
Of course, maybe in the future it will be different, since I am not resistant to change, but I believe in following the natural course of things.
greyman
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