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We Are Not The Same

Foto van schrijver: Arno WingenArno Wingen

If you're reading this it means you run a business. This is weird behavior. Most people are content working for a boss.


Had a flashback to a time, almost 20 years ago, when some guy asked me: 'I don't get it. You're not making that much money, so why would you run your own business? Why not just go work for a boss?'


This was long ago. I was NOT doing well. To be completely honest with you, I was broke as a joke and that very same question had come to mind for me as well.


Why do I do this? Why not just go work for a boss?


To this day I can't really give you a solid answer. If you have a great answer to the question of: "Why do you want to work for yourself instead of a boss, assuming you'd make similar money?", please reply to this email and tell me. Because I'd love to know.


Best thing I managed to come up with? You and I are just built different.


People that enjoy working for a company and getting a salary or on one side of the fence. You and I are on the other side of the fence. And neither of us wants to switch sides.


It's all good. You have to be a little different to start a business, run a business, go through the entire adventure from start to (eventually) finish.


Running a business ain't easy but we still do it day in and day out.


So in this awesome Friday... I salute you!


Talk soon,


Arno


P.S. The guy that asked me the question ended up working for some Dutch stock broker agency. They went bankrupt during the mortgage crisis in 2008. I don't know if he was still working there but I must admit I remembered him when it happened. And I thought: "there goes your fabled job security".


Petty? Yes.


But I regret nothing :-D


P.P.S. If you'd like to work with a team of people that know what it's like to actually run a business, enter our contact form and we’ll send you some info.

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