🔐 The Price of Freedom

I speak to many entrepreneurs every week. Some in direct conversation; others in DMs and texts.

The #1 desire amongst them: Freedom.

“I don’t want a boss telling me what to do.”

“I don’t want to play office politics anymore, pretending to like people who I hate / hate me.”

“I want to have the resources (money, time, calendar space) to do as I wish, WHEN I wish.”

The problem is, their current situation does not provide such freedom. As a matter of fact, the current situation is causing the opposite circumstance.

May I share with you why this is the case? It’s easy to address when you understand this…

People who say the above things are employed. About 61% of working-eligible adults are employed. Employment is a good idea; it comes with the quasi-security of a biweekly paycheck.

But, there are no perfect scenarios in life, only trade-offs. That security is not free.

The price of security is freedom. In exchange for that guaranteed paycheck, you trade in your freedom.

Your freedom to do what you want to do.

Your freedom to not like that bitch from the marketing department.

Your freedom to tell your boss what you really think about him.

Your freedom to jump in that political conversation on Facebook and say what you really believe.