Incompetence as a salary earner; competence as an entrepreneur!

[uchegod-21]

I do not agree with this post. Yes, entrepreneurship is not easy. It can be both risky and mentally exhausting, but some people are motivated when the job is theirs and when they understand the potential benefits of pushing for the growth and success of their own personal brand.

I have been there before, and I can tell you that I enjoy working for myself more than working as an employee with restrictions on how well I can use my abilities. A true entrepreneur needs no validation from any employer or organization to grow a successful business. I have not seen anyone who is so lazy that they would let their capital waste away effortlessly, except those who are just gamblers.

[Sammye3]

What could be the reason behind the incompetence of a worker in a company? Could it be that the company lacks structure to mold his talents and ideas, or he lacks the character and discipline that makes a valuable employee? This factors should be considered when concluding on matters like this because I have seen a man fail at a company and excel at another.

It's not always about the person but the structure most times might not permit these workers to express their full potentials. Though you made impressive points OP, but this would not be a general perspective on life-matics and could be tweaked a little based on individual differences.

[slapper]

I do not agree with this post. Yes, entrepreneurship is not easy. It can be both risky and mentally exhausting, but some people are motivated when the job is theirs and when they understand the potential benefits of pushing for the growth and success of their own personal brand.

I have been there before, and I can tell you that I enjoy working for myself more than working as an employee with restrictions on how well I can use my abilities. A true entrepreneur needs no validation from any employer or organization to grow a successful business. I have not seen anyone who is so lazy that they would let their capital waste away effortlessly, except those who are just gamblers.

You stated you prefer working for yourself as opposed to having restrictions as an employee. I believe you. I have felt that. The limits on jobs are not in the abstract. They are degrading sometimes. One of the subtlest and more insidious aspects of working in a corporation is that someone else limits your capacity.

Nevertheless, as an entrepreneur in 2026, you need to be a product. This is the term personal brand in your post. I think we are not fully aware of how that affects a person. Becoming the marketable marketable package, showing your competence to the public every time. You are so hard to tell where the line is in what you are selling and who you are. You really cannot tell if you are on the wrong side or the right side!

[Samlucky O]

Surely working as a salary earner is like a school to become an entrepreneur, if you don't serve you won't be a master, it is as simple as that. Many people want to become boss overnight without study or serving someone, and they end up losing funds. Actually some may hire an expirence person and pay them to run the business and it becomes successful but it doesn't works like that always. Although in this context salary earner is used, but it may not portray the original message, the right word I think is that you must s serve to learn before you become an entrepreneur because without that you'll definitely lose Money as an entrepreneur. Many failed businesses today are people who feel they can learn business on YouTube and Facebook without anyone coaching them. There is price for patients, the time spent learning a skill is equivalent to withstanding the pressure to handle a business, that's why those that tool out their time to learn are not moved by anything in the business and they are always available to handle risk unlike those without those knowledge that feels they can invest because they have money.

[eightdots]

What could be the reason behind the incompetence of a worker in a company? Could it be that the company lacks structure to mold his talents and ideas, or he lacks the character and discipline that makes a valuable employee? This factors should be considered when concluding on matters like this because I have seen a man fail at a company and excel at another.

It's not always about the person but the structure most times might not permit these workers to express their full potentials. Though you made impressive points OP, but this would not be a general perspective on life-matics and could be tweaked a little based on individual differences.

To unlock potential, the right conditions are also necessary. If the conditions are not right, even if you want to unlock that potential, it won't happen, and your efforts will have been in vain. A workplace can become more valuable if it recognizes the potential of its employees and provides the right conditions to unleash it. Achieving this isn't easy, but when accomplished, it yields very positive results.

You're right, it's not always about the individual. The environment they are in also needs to allow for the realization of that potential.

[Hamza2424]

Everything else is noise. The truth is unavoidable: It you can't excel in one arena, you won't miraculously excel in another.

Success is a personality trait long before it becomes a lifestyle!

Bro, your points are unique and solid, but you oversimplified one thing, in entrepreneurship, you don't need the same traits as climbing a corporate ladder. It requires them without any of the structure that rewards them, so you have to perform well in your corporate job, but in your business, you have to perform better. You are working day and night, but in corporate, you are working 9 to 5.

You don't have to worry about the company's revenue or anything, the stress level is lower. But when you start your own business, you have to keep an eye on everything.

It is like having wings when you are an entrepreneur, but when you are in corporate, you can't do anything. You can't even be successful because the corporate world is different in different countries. You can't climb that ladder if your skills and experience have no value.

[JiiBs]

I have been there before, and I can tell you that I enjoy working for myself more than working as an employee with restrictions on how well I can use my abilities. A true entrepreneur needs no validation from any employer or organization to grow a successful business. I have not seen anyone who is so lazy that they would let their capital waste away effortlessly, except those who are just gamblers.

Nothing matches having to speak from experience.
For those that understand taking risk, it’s not too difficult to appreciate your wins, no matter how little because, that’s what you’ve got to build on and a vision of where you want to be in sight to work towards.

It’s what drives most entrepreneurs, the idea that your worth is not limited in today but have a potential for exponential growth in the future.

It’s different when you work for someone else, you can easily lose motivation or feel you are giving too much and not recovering your worth in salary or wages. That can introduce bias on how you approach your work.

[uchegod-21]

I have been there before, and I can tell you that I enjoy working for myself more than working as an employee with restrictions on how well I can use my abilities. A true entrepreneur needs no validation from any employer or organization to grow a successful business. I have not seen anyone who is so lazy that they would let their capital waste away effortlessly, except those who are just gamblers.

Nothing matches having to speak from experience.
For those that understand taking risk, it’s not too difficult to appreciate your wins, no matter how little because, that’s what you’ve got to build on and a vision of where you want to be in sight to work towards.

It’s what drives most entrepreneurs, the idea that your worth is not limited in today but have a potential for exponential growth in the future.

It’s different when you work for someone else, you can easily lose motivation or feel you are giving too much and not recovering your worth in salary or wages. That can introduce bias on how you approach your work.

Anyone can give any opinion they wish on this topic, but trust me, if they have ever been in a situation where they were underpaid for their efforts, they will understand that relying solely on a salary won't do them any good.

Some people may do well as employees, while others may never do well as entrepreneurs. But trust me, if you have a creative idea or an innovation worth trying out, my dear, pull out of that salaried job and pursue your idea. Everything works best when you know what your environment is lacking and you try to fix it in a way that will generate income for you. With a good plan, adequate funding, patience, discipline and commitment, the idea will flourish.

For the other set of entrepreneurs who are only deceiving themselves by venturing into businesses they never planned for, simply because they believe they are profitable, they might fail if they are not committed and disciplined.

[demonica]

I agree that choosing to be an entrepreneur doesn't guarantee you of becoming successful. However I also don't agree that

If you can't get rich as a salary earner, you won't get rich as an entrepreneur.

It's not always like this. Opportunities and results are not the same for everyone. Some may just really don't find themselves striving as an employee but it doesn't mean that they don't have the capability to be a good entrepreneur.

You can be rich enough with just earning from your salary.
You can also be rich from starting your business.
You may also not become rich with just your salary earnings.
And you may also not become rich from starting your business.

[Rubuchi]

That’s a good one. I think the reality of most people who transition from employee to self-employed is that they quickly realise that quitting your 9-5 to start your own business isn’t going to give you more free time. In fact, you will find that you have to put at least 15hrs into that business for it to grow. In my experience, there is no off hours when building a new business, even when you’re not physically working, you’re constantly thinking about how to make the business better.

whether you are a business person or a freelancer working with companies to get paid, none of them is easier than working with government or a standard 9 to 5 private work than working for 3 to 4 different companies just to mop up money for yourself. The is what is affecting most people who are self employed. The truth is nobody is truly self employed as you are still working for people and cannot decide to neglect their needs as still survive with business particularly how difficult it is to become a competitive these days as a lot of people out there know your kind of business and are always building their businesses too, it will make you to want to build your own business to keep the momentum and the market going at your own advantage.