Kuna hii thread nimeona hapa elders wako self-employed wakisema venye kukuwa employed ni slavery.
Here is the reality: If you can’t disappear from your business for 1 year because it will fail, then you just created a job for yourself to say you’re “self-employed”.
There is no big difference between you and that employed person. The only difference is that you’re not working for someone but you must still show up to your business so it doesn’t crumble.
On the other hand, an entrepreneur is someone who can disappear from their business for more than a year and it still runs smoothly.
So kama wewe ni “self-employed” usijipige kifua sana ati juu hauko employed.
Watu wengine wako “self-employed” lakini hawana ata time ya ku-relax na kuosha rungu weekend. Ni kazi 24/7 na wakijipata hosi weeki tatu kila kitu inasimama.
Self-employment is still a rat race if you must show up to your business.
Strive to be an entrepreneur who doesn’t need to be there most of the time for the business to run smoothly.
This is a huge difference. Do not overlook the nitty gritty to justify your theory. In retrospect everyman works for the rest of their lives. The only difference is whether they work for themselves or for others.
You are employed.
You are trying to justify your status.
Stop procrastinating and start your own hustle. You will be surprised what you can achieve out here while only answerable to yourself.
But still… Naeza amka na niamue siendi job hiyo siku, naeza toka job any time nataka. I get to interact with people of different hustles and feed off of them. I set my own goals and targets. Employment is not for everyone.
Another thing that tends to be overlooked is the fact that, for people who have little or no education as myself and are unskilled, they’re more likely to make more in self employment. I doubt there is any job out there that would pay me even half of what I make based on that fact.
Ok, why do you all take as if self employment/entrepreneurship is an easy thing? More than 80% of these small businesses fail. Unaesa pata most of them kazi ni kulipa tu rent. Or jamaa ameeka bibi kwa bizz askae kwa nyumba akamuliwe. Unaesa advise majamaa hapa waache kazi alaf kiumane. Tread carefully
The person you described, who can walk away from his business for a year, is an investor, not an entrepreneur. He may have began as an entrepreneur but the moment he has enough freedom to skip work for such a prolonged period, it becomes an investment because someone else runs the company on his behalf.
You are confusing terms here. Someone who can stay away from his job( employed or self employed) for one year is rich. Thai is not necessarily a enterpreneur. Someone who can stay away from his job for 20 years plus, is wealthy.
Wewe no @Kumbaffu kweli. Kama Warren Buffet mwenyewe hawezi wacha biashara yake wewe ni nani na theories eti kuwa away for a year? Tumikia kifungo kwa mhindi bila kusumbua.
