Starting a business and becoming an entrepreneur is not easy. It takes dedication, a lot of hard work, and a willingness to fail countless times and still stand up and try again. There is certainly a chance that an entrepreneur's company will go bankrupt. However, if done properly, you have several benefits as an entrepreneur.
There are many reasons why individuals choose to become an entrepreneur rather than the more traditional route of becoming an employee. Only you can decide which life suits you, but with the uncertainty of entrepreneurship comes tremendous freedom and responsibility.
Here are six real reasons people become entrepreneurs:
Flexibility: no lifestyle tied to 9 to 5.
One of the most obvious reasons people choose to become entrepreneurs is because they become their own boss. If you, as an entrepreneur, have to go to a dental appointment or go out for a short errand, you can just go without having to be accountable to anyone in principle - except to yourself.
There is a lot of hype about having a flexible lifestyle, but the truth in entrepreneurship is that you are going to work really hard and for a long time, so don't go for this way of life if you think it's a shortcut. That said, your heart will work, but the entrepreneurial lifestyle offers a lot more flexibility than the traditional nine to five and two week vacation that business allows.
Anyone can tell you the risk.
An entrepreneur can see the reward.
As the old saying goes, entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people don't, so you can spend the rest of your life when most people can't. It's hard work, but with that effort comes the ability to shape your life the way you want it.
Passionate about continuing to learn and grow
Learning should never stop. Many people equate age, status or certain achievements at the end of their education, but learning is life. Entrepreneurs are never saturated with the knowledge they have - they are always looking for more. If you find that learning interests you, from formal education to discovery at work, and that you can never know enough about the things that turn you on, then you've identified one of the real reasons people are driven to be entrepreneurs.
As mega-successful entrepreneur Michael Gerber puts it: “The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people only see problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned about distinguishing between opportunities than about not seeing opportunities. ”
Independence
In addition to flexibility, entrepreneurs are also creative and financially independent. A business owner can choose how they want to advertise and market their business and products. If they have an eye for design, they can choose to create their own advertisements. Financial independence is one of the main reasons why someone starts their own business. The ability to decide for yourself which course you want to sail and in which you want to invest appeals to many people.
Their ideas are unconventional.
Entrepreneurship requires imagination and maybe even a touch of total madness. Entrepreneurs are the ones who change the world. They see the world as they want, not what it is like. From the brilliant idea that the Wright Brothers driving a flying machine into the madness that drove Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to develop personal computers, entrepreneurs pursue the ideas that others at the time think completely crazy.
Albert Einstein said:
"Logic takes you from A to B. Imagination takes you everywhere."
Entrepreneurs intrinsically understand that logic is limiting, but unconventional ideas can actually change things. An important reason for them why they become entrepreneurs.
They want to do things.
The entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki said:
"The best reason to start an organization is to give meaning - to create a product or service to make the world a better place."
Exploring meaning and doing work that changes the world is something that drives every entrepreneur. If you find yourself dissatisfied with a life that is pushing you to the sidelines or the background, entrepreneurship may be the right path for you. Entrepreneurs learn by doing and discovering with a voracious appetite, drive and motivation.
If the status quo is too simple for you, then you understand one of the real reasons why many people choose entrepreneurship. Do you think and are you different from many others?
"'If the opportunity doesn't knock on the door, build a door."
Change the world: help others
Entrepreneurs don't just want to change their lives, they want to change the world.
Mark Twain best explained the appeal of entrepreneurship when he wrote:
“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than the things you did. So throw out the anchors. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ”
Sources including Entrepreneur (link), InspireStyle (link), Small business (link)
