I was born to a self-employment family. My father started his company in 1966 when he was 28 years old. His family was not rich. He was not rare, though. Majority of the people at his era were suffering from scarce job opportunities and resources.
When he established his company, he had a clear vision. His vision was to contribute to the society with supporting the people’s lifeline. The lifeline includes water, gas, and electricity. Among these three lines, the water line is the most necessary line for our life. So, he studied a lot about piping work and established his own company.
My family was always living our life in a thrift and humble way. Therefore, when I was small, I never knew that my father was a president of the company. Now I appreciate my parents to teach me how to live in a humble way. Instead of keep on buying new things, we always had to think how to recycle or how to create something. It was helpful for me to disciple my imagination and creativity ability.
As I grew up, with observing and listening to many adults including my parents, relatives, and neighbors, I have come to a solid belief. I have concluded that the easiest way to make money, I believe, is to get hired by somebody, working for the bigger organization. The company provides us the necessary trainings and skills. The company tells us what to do next. The company gives us a fixed amount of salary regularly, even for holidays. That sounds good; however, working for somebody accompanies with some drawbacks. We cannot talk back to the supervisors. We are treated like slaves (at least, I have experienced this feeling at some companies). We sell our time and we have to do even what we dislike.
On the other hand, for self-employment, we are the one who have to train ourselves for the necessary skills and knowledge. We have to decide what to do next. We won’t get paid for day off such as holidays, without jobs. That sounds bad; however, self-employment has strong points. We can control our work time. We can do our favorite things and make money at the same time. We won’t feel wasting our precious time and energy.
It is really up to our preference, on whether we want to work for somebody or to work for our own. For me, I have experienced both; working for somebody and working as a self-employment. After these experiences, I prefer self-employment, because I want to use my precious time and energy for doing what I love.
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