Many exchange their hours for a price. Obvious.
More concerning: Many give up pay to give others the responsibility to tell them what to do.
I’m guilty of it.
I freelance for a newspaper (static compensation) when I could make more by turning my pieces into a blog or a book (dynamic compensation). On the other hand, I run my one-man business and am working on opening a craft beer bar (unlimited compensation). I do PR for others (salary) at the same time as I do PR for myself (monetarily limitless).
A friend of mine works minimum wage at a radio station when she could start her own podcast station and be successful at it.
A personal trainer spends his time getting people memberships to someone else’s gym instead of starting his own.
I agree there is a threshold of risk and responsibility. At some point it becomes overwhelming.
However, the problem I see isn’t that people are taking too much responsibility and are making too much money and are loving what they do too much. It’s the opposite. The problem is they’re giving up too much just to have someone else take the responsibility.
A friend once said to me, “Those who build ships for others rarely experience the real success of putting something out to sea.”
Stay Positive & Start Building Your Own Ships
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