Should you be your own boss?

“I’m so tired of someone telling me what to do all the time,” Delia said to her
friend Gloria. “I know what you mean, “Gloria answered, “Because I get the
same thing.”. “It seems like there should be some way we could be in charge,”
Delia said. “I’ve got this idea,” Gloria responded. ”Let’s be entrepreneurs. Mrs.
Rivera talked about them in my business class last week. They are people who
start and run their own business. We could do that!”
“What would we have to do? Would we make a lot of money? Would it be fun?
Would we get to do whatever we wanted? Delia’s mind was overflowing with
questions. Gloria was getting very excited as she replied. “We could be our own
bosses! If we were the owners, we would be in charge” We’d get to make all the
decisions! “This is starting to sound pretty god,” Delia replied as she began to
share Gloria’s excitement.” We could decide when we work, what we do, and
how we do it. And we can make lots of money! I can’t wait. When do we start?

Reflect:
Many people go into business just so they can be in charge and make lots of money. Do
you think this is the most important reason to start you own business?

Article lifted from: Entrepreneurship, 2013

Philippine Edition by Cynthia L. Greene

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