Are you sure that's not a
self-fulfilling prophesy?
You also seem to assuming that just because "everyone" can't just run their own business, then you shouldn't either. That is, I don't particularly see why you should be concerned about what "everyone" can or does do when you're thinking about your own life.
The way I understand Steve's dislike of jobs is as such: he believe that most jobs lower your consciousness. If there was an organization filled with highly consciousness people (such as Steve has suggested he will create), you can get a lot done and I'm not sure Steve would advise against that. A "job" is, in some ways, like ALG said, a number of people coming together to accomplish some sort of bigger goal, though few people are actually as conscious as that. We can accomplish a lot with teamwork, such as build the world we have today. Human beings seem to have traded physical attributes (tough hides, claws, sharp teeth, strength, etc) for the ability to work together and we've accomplished a LOT compared to other animals largely through teamwork.
Running your own business is a massive boost to your level of consciousness, and you don't even have to run a business full-time. I have part-time jobs and run some entrepreneurial ventures and the entrepreneurial stuff requires me to be proactive, alert, awake and figure things out. The job aspects are repetitive, put me under the thumb of a boss who has a few arbitrary rules that make no sense and which he can't even explain properly, have little control over my schedule, am generally reactive, etc.
BTW, the
"what if everyone did that?" is an inaccurate argument. I'm willing to bet someone said at the eve of the industrial revolution, "What if everyone went to work in jobs in factories and left the farms; we'd all starve!". If moving towards entrepreneurship is a giant social trend like you seem concerned it is, then we'll adapt. If there's something we all do well as a species, it is adapt.
I wrote another rant about this here:
http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/inde...rbage-pickers/ Quote:
This is a question that shows up in various forms, such as, “If everyone awakens, wil we all stave?” Usually, this is an excuse to justify the fear that causes us to not pursue what we truly want. Not being courageous enough to pursue our goals is ok, its the denial that that is the real issue is what will hold you back. The first thing is to acknowledge it. Courage is like a muscle and you are simply a bit weaker than your goal requires. However denial will only hurt you in the long run.
That, I believe, is the real reason people ask this question. It’s easy to feel good about yourself if everyone else is also stuck in the same place, or if you can assign some external reason for why you are not doing what you really want to do but don’t have the courage to right now. Those reasons enumerated, I do want to answer the question as asked
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