For me choosing between to make a career as an employee or to be an entrepreneur, is as choosing between a highly trafficked highway and a smaller country road to go from A to B. When you first look at it the highway seems like the obvious choice, it has a higher speed limit, it is going much straighter from A to B, and it has at least two lanes. However, the highway is more trafficked, since it is the choice of 99% of the car drivers, you have to make a lot of overtakes to go from A to B faster than all other car drivers, and it is much higher risk to get caught by the police for speeding or to end up in a traffic jam. When choosing the smaller country road, first, the road might be a little bit more bumpy and more curved, but the driving experience is often much more fun, you can practically drive with unlimited speed, given there is no traffic, the road view is often much more beautiful, and you could end up places you didn’t even know existed. In addition, if you get tired of driving (on the smaller country road) you can pull over and pick up a hitchhiker. Your car is still moving from A to B but you can spend time watching a movie or focus on finding beautiful stops on the way. Be careful though, there are hijackers out there.
Now, are you doing like everybody else and choosing the highway, or do you want to explore the beautiful countryside, and choose your own speed limit?
FYI. This example does not apply on Germany, and does not encourage speeding. Think if the environment, go by train.
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