The difference between an entrepreneur and everybody else is that everybody else sees failure as the opposite of success whilst the entrepreneur sees failure as the price of success. In other words, the entrepreneur understands that the only way to succeed at anything is to do it badly at first by failing. Dennis Waitley put it brilliantly:
Trial, error. Trial, error. Trial, success. Trial, error. Trial, success. Trial, error. Trial, success. Success. Success. Success.
Isn't that how we ever achieved anything in our lives? Isn't this how we learned to walk? Isn't this how we learned to talk? Isn't this how we learned to ride a bike? Then somewhere along the line, it became "normal" to expect success immediately and, if we don't, we give up at the first obstacle and become a failure. To the entrepreneur, this is just plain lunacy.
Now, can people become their own bosses without being entrepreneurs? Yes, if they become their own boss by accident. For example, a company might make someone redundant but keep them on as a consultant. I meet plenty of people in this situation and I always suggest that they build their business so they're not dependant on single source of income. Some listen to me because they're entrepreneurs but most don't because they're anything but entrepreneurs. The sad thing is that they're not going to survive. At some point in the future, they're going to be dropped. Why? Because they're not seen as employees but as independent business people and some entrepreneur will come along and offer a better service.
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