What does working for yourself really mean?

[Jubilee58]

When someone is working for himself or herself, it means the person is independent. An independent person does not need to take permission from any body to operate, for instance when someone opens a biz for him or herself,The person is virtually in control of the biz, he or she reports to no body. He is in control of his or her own biz .And this is the best because it saves you from so many things. Imagine where you are your own boss, people report to you ,and you order and instruct them on what to do.

[Z_MBFM]

If business owners, taxi owners, hotel owners and others who claim to be working for themselves need to depend on customers and customer satisfaction for profit, that is to be able to get money from them, are they really working for themselves?

Maybe the people who are actually working for themselves are those who do not need people or to satisfy any customer to make profit, example like the traders who do not need to lure customers to their shop like business owners or hotel owners, or taxi owner that need to follow instructions from their clients etc.
What could be the real definition of working for yourself?

Self-employment means working for yourself. If you want to earn money, you must get it by providing services to others. You are self-employed, meaning you are doing your own work. When you work under someone, you have to follow certain rules and you are responsible for any mistake you make to your company boss. But when you drive a taxi or own a hotel, you will provide a service yourself with your freedom. If you don't feel like driving a taxi today, you can easily take a vacation without making any request to anyone. But if you do the same work under a company, then you will have to be very accountable for your absence one day. Self-employment does not mean that you cannot provide services to others. Self-employment refers to the situation where you earn money by providing services to others according to your freedom.

[knowngunman]

When someone is working for himself or herself, it means the person is independent. An independent person does not need to take permission from any body to operate, for instance when someone opens a biz for him or herself,The person is virtually in control of the biz, he or she reports to no body. He is in control of his or her own biz .And this is the best because it saves you from so many things. Imagine where you are your own boss, people report to you ,and you order and instruct them on what to do.

I absolutely agree with this take as a simple definition of working for self. It doesn't matter whether you want to satisfy customers or not, what matter here is self dependency and freedom. When you are in a position to give order and not take, decide to take a break without expecting any form of query, being scared of getting sacked or punished for any misconduct is what working for self mean. You're completely accountable and responsible for the growth and collapse of whatever you do if you're working for yourself.

[MarissaLopez]

Maybe the people who are actually working for themselves are those who do not need people or to satisfy any customer to make profit, example like the traders who do not need to lure customers to their shop like business owners or hotel owners, or taxi owner that need to follow instructions from their clients etc.

What could be the real definition of working for yourself?

For me working for yourself entails a lot but necessarily when one work for themselves it means they are solely in charge of the affairs of their business leading to the end users which is their customers, and they can go extra miles in making sure they achieve a great deal of profit.

Yeah when working for yourself you need to satisfy your customers that's one major criteria and at the same time get that satisfaction that you've done so well, it's more or less recycling back from you the business owner to the consumers your customers.

[beveryu778]

What could be the real definition of working for yourself?

Working for yourself means that you do not get any kind of money from it, such as taking care of your family, taking care of yourself, taking care of your pet or car, etc. But if you want to say what self-employment means, then it will be the work that you can do according to your own freedom to earn money, which is under self-employment. You can own a showroom, you can own a factory, you can own a restaurant, in this case you can do your work according to your own freedom. You can stop working at any time as you wish and start working at any time as you wish. Here you do not have to be responsible to anyone for your work, both the loss and profit of your work are your own. This is what I mean by working for yourself and self-employment