Well i happen to be regular at Nairaland, and i replied recently to a very interesting topic and it was titled “Men & work”. Today i was contemplating on what to blog about and so i ended up deciding to share that part of my entry here.
The beginning entry was
Is it fitting for a man to work a job for the rest of his natural life? Or should he evolve to self employment at some point in his life?
My Contribution in summary was
Well as many said, depends on one’s individual vision in life. Self-Employment is not easy, besides when you get sick, who would do the work? and there is no income from that. Maybe a Business Man. Mind you there is a difference between a self-employed person and a business man, from what i understand. A Self-Employed person is someone earning one’s livelihood directly from one’s own trade. He works for himself, and earns from his work.While a businessman owns a business and does not necessarily have to “work in it”, he might have sales-people, managers, workers that work on his behalf in the business.
I think being self-employed or even a business man does not justify that you have the pre-requisite to becoming a millionaire.
So Work or JOb? Well we have different interest, some people love to work, and can’t risk working for themselves, or starting their own business. While others can’t just work. So its left for the person to choose. We need all the three in the economy of any country, to keep the system in working mode. We need the workers, the self employed and also the business man and the investor. So i dont think its proper to be discriminating against workers nor even self employees.
Now is it fitting for a man to work for the rest of his life? I would say yes, because if thats what he loves and the part he feels more secure in, who are we to say its the wrong path? As i said before, it depends on individuals interest and vision in life