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In the professional world, what shapes a person in a better way, a full time job or being an entrepreneur?
August 31st, 2008by
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Considering the corporate expansion and improvement of capitalistic motives, what makes a person better equipped for the world? Just a mere job or being an entrepreneur? Please explain your choice. I thank everyone in advance. Good luck to you all.
depends on the person, if someone is a born leader, self-driven type, I’d say entrepreneur. But if you are a follower and need guidance, than a regular 9-5. Entrepreneur has way more risk but the payout could be a lot more depending on your field and success level
this is tricky, EVERYBODY should have had a full time job at least once, but since the second part of the question involves being your own boss. It onlymake sence that being an entrepreneur will be a full timejob.
experience comes from failure, if you dont try it, you will never succeed. Character is build on knowledge, so ……my answer has to be Entrepreneurship. It is never a bad choice considering fate is knocking on your door. Only those who dare to lose, win
I can only give my answer from personal experience.
I’ve done both… I tried to have a genuine business in my early 20’s, but at the time I had very few personal contacts who I could get excited about my product (and as it was a pyramid-type of thing, there were too many other people already selling the same types of products). It ended up going bust and not working. I think, had I done it in my childhood hometown, I may have had better success, as I would have known more people who could have spread the word about my business… but at the time I was a good halfway across the country and my best contacts were coworkers at my various temp jobs, and my best friend and her family.
In a way now, in my late 20’s, I kind of still am an entrepreneur… as I control what time I start and finish my day for my business as an independent contractor. Though I also have a full-time job. While I love having my own business… I get up when I want, I don’t fight anyone over what is on the radio while I’m working, I can take a break when I want to and I don’t have to work around anyone else’s schedule, and my customers are pretty much fine with me not meeting a set deadline… I know I need a bit of structure in my life in order to be sane.
It’s the full-time job which has molded me best… as I’m around other people. I occasionally have a run-in with a coworker or my boss over an issue, but generally we can reach an agreement once we have voiced our grievances. I usually don’t have that kind of personal contact with my customers or the overseeing company, in terms of my business, unless a message is left for me in terms of a personal note.
I think if I worked entirely on my own, I would still be lacking in some one-on-one personal skills. Working with a team helps to remind me that I have deadlines to meet, and I am also reminded of others’ needs. I think having the business alone would accidentally put me inside of my own little bubble… and that’s no way to live your life.
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3 Responses to In the professional world, what shapes a person in a better way, a full time job or being an entrepreneur?
depends on the person, if someone is a born leader, self-driven type, I’d say entrepreneur. But if you are a follower and need guidance, than a regular 9-5. Entrepreneur has way more risk but the payout could be a lot more depending on your field and success level
this is tricky, EVERYBODY should have had a full time job at least once, but since the second part of the question involves being your own boss. It onlymake sence that being an entrepreneur will be a full timejob.
experience comes from failure, if you dont try it, you will never succeed. Character is build on knowledge, so ……my answer has to be Entrepreneurship. It is never a bad choice considering fate is knocking on your door. Only those who dare to lose, win
I can only give my answer from personal experience.
I’ve done both… I tried to have a genuine business in my early 20’s, but at the time I had very few personal contacts who I could get excited about my product (and as it was a pyramid-type of thing, there were too many other people already selling the same types of products). It ended up going bust and not working. I think, had I done it in my childhood hometown, I may have had better success, as I would have known more people who could have spread the word about my business… but at the time I was a good halfway across the country and my best contacts were coworkers at my various temp jobs, and my best friend and her family.
In a way now, in my late 20’s, I kind of still am an entrepreneur… as I control what time I start and finish my day for my business as an independent contractor. Though I also have a full-time job. While I love having my own business… I get up when I want, I don’t fight anyone over what is on the radio while I’m working, I can take a break when I want to and I don’t have to work around anyone else’s schedule, and my customers are pretty much fine with me not meeting a set deadline… I know I need a bit of structure in my life in order to be sane.
It’s the full-time job which has molded me best… as I’m around other people. I occasionally have a run-in with a coworker or my boss over an issue, but generally we can reach an agreement once we have voiced our grievances. I usually don’t have that kind of personal contact with my customers or the overseeing company, in terms of my business, unless a message is left for me in terms of a personal note.
I think if I worked entirely on my own, I would still be lacking in some one-on-one personal skills. Working with a team helps to remind me that I have deadlines to meet, and I am also reminded of others’ needs. I think having the business alone would accidentally put me inside of my own little bubble… and that’s no way to live your life.