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Originally Posted by eastcoastgirl  My mother got the ball rolling by deciding for me, but then, apparently, I took over. For a long time, I didn't take any responsibility for what was happening to me. I thought it was just dumb luck. At some point, I had to acknowledge that I was making it happen with the choices I made and with hard work. |
Hey Eastcoastgirl, yeah it's about taking responsibility for whatever we do and for our choices we make in life.
In my opinion, whether or not to get a job is not so much concern as to what kind of mindset do you have? An Employer or Employee mindset.
Employees who have the Employer mindset takes responsibilities, proactive in creating opportunites, take up leadership roles and always finding ways to be more efficient, productive and creating value for the company and for themselves. Although technically they are paid for a job, but in their minds they are operating as if that is their business.
Just a switch in mindset does makes a whole hell of difference in what one stand to gain and learn and experience!
Conversely, even if you start out your own business but with an Employee mindset, I don't think this person will learn more than an employee with an Employer mindset.
Of course, there are indeed some advantages to being an entrepreneur as there are risks.
If everyone starts being their own bosses, where do we find employees to fill in the gaps? That's why Steve's approach for this article is simply perfect as it's basically geared towards certain group of people who may have this nagging thought of wanting to strike it out on their own but have been procrastinating due to too much uncontrolled fear.