Some People Value Freedom More Than Others
I love it when I get blogging ideas from my son’s TV shows.
Well, actually, this is a show I used to watch as a kid but it’s on TeleToon Retro so now the little guy gets to enjoy it too.
We were watching Fraggle Rock together (remember that show?!) and there was a fraggle who was being held captive by the Gorg family. The fraggle didn’t really mind because they were treating him good, feeding him nice suppers and he thought he was in the presence of the ‘King of the Universe’.
The other fraggles just couldn’t believe that this fraggle didn’t want to get away. That he wasn’t really bent on escape. And so came the lesson that “some people value freedom more than others”.
I have to admit after that I got bored and didn’t watch the whole episode, but I’m going to assume the other fraggles convinced him to see the light and escape to his freedom!
I couldn’t help but draw some similarities to entrepreneurs and people who work their whole lives.
I Felt Jailed in a Job
As an employee I felt suffocated, wronged, and just plain restrained. I hated, hated, hated having to ask someone if I could go to my son’s Christmas concert. But more than that, I hated that they had the power to tell me NO for no real good reason other than “because I say so”.
Other people just don’t get that upset about it. They don’t see it as a matter of freedom or of choice, but just a necessity of living life as they see it.
I could never understand people with NO desire to start a business.
I mean I can understand if you have a desire and a dream but are afraid to quit the full time job. That I get.
What I don’t get is someone who doesn’t have any desire to break free, to make their own rules and live life on their terms.
I’m not saying if you don’t want a business you’re wrong. Not at all. Just saying I can’t draw up the mindset that someone has who is in that position.
Choosing Freedom & Security
It seems to me, though, that those who choose to stay in jobs and have no interest to start a business just don’t see ‘freedom’ being an issue.
There are some people who are lucky enough to have a job they really, really love and they don’t mind following someone else’s rules in order to do amazing work. That makes sense to me.
I guess there are also people who just don’t mind. They maybe value security over freedom? Security (ie. food, shelter, warmth) is certainly one of the most basic of needs and if you had to choose between security and freedom then security seems a reasonable choice.
Being the entrepreneur at heart I always believed I could have both. In the end I do appreciate the ‘work’ experiences I’ve gained but I know I will always choose freedom AND security.
To me, working for myself means totally, blissful freedom. I answer to no one and it’s awesome.
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I’m with you Angela, I don’t really get the employee mindset anymore. If I had to face life at an hourly rate again – I’d be so frustrated!
It’s not that I don’t trade some hours for dollars as an entrepreneur, cuz I do – but only for what I really like doing!
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Thanks for the comment Kelly!
Yea I’m good with doing some hourly work but I never have to ask my clients if I can take the day off or if I can take a two hour lunch. Not that any employer would ever let me take a two hour lunch, lol.