Being a labour worker has the advantage of a certain “security”: a fixed number in your monthly paycheck makes the life easier. You don’t have to worry whether you will earn enough to cover next month’s expenses. And if you needed financing your bank can give you a loan since your financial situation is easy to predict. The fear of unknown disappears.

Certainly, the life seams “easier” being dependent and not having to worry about anything. But stop and think for a minute how many times you took an easy road and it turned to be not the best choice after all? And how many examples from any area of life can be taken where the hard things and actions that require some effort are the best choice: be it fitness, relationships or whatever. Surely, it is easier to sit on the couch and watch TV. But isn’t it a better choice to get up you butt and do some exercises to improve your health? Have you ever heart quotes like: “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” or “faint heart doesn’t get fair lady”? The life is full of examples that the easy way is mostly not the best choice. Said that, lets get back to our topic. There are two big downturns being labour worker:

First, we become lazy and dumb sheeps. Like slaves we are doing what we are told to. We are working a fixed +40 hours week on some monkey-job we don’t even like. We have a fixed amount of holidays a year. The rest of the time we ARE slave of the system. We lack of freedom and flexibility.

Second, your work is undervalued. Just run the numbers. For example: if a company owner has 100 workers and pays each 50 bucks, that’s 5.000 a month. But if he makes 10.000 dollar from the value all workers produced that’s a return of 100 bucks per each worker’s generated value. And he only pays you half of it! Ok, his organizational work has to be paid, too. But not with 5.000 dollar! Or is the work of one man valued as much as the work of 100?

And worrst of all is that the fears do not disappear. The fear of unknown and fear of failure you might have had as an entrepreneur is replaced with fears of being fired and not being able to pay for all the consumer good you acquired with all those loans you have taken.

Suming up, you replace fear of unknown with fear of being fired and lose your freedom in the process. A fair trade…? Think about it!