I Never Wanted to Be an Entrepreneur, Until I Became One

I’ve been raised by a pair of super-hardworking parents who have high-integrity, motivation, and dedication in everything that they do. Yet, in my family there are no entrepreneurs, not even in my extended family. Whether there’s an entrepreneurial gene or not, I most probably don’t have it. As a child, I wanted to be rich. I still do, but now it’s about more than just money. The reason that I care about money is that it’s a good measure of success.
Why I never wanted to be an entrepreneur
Until two years ago, I never wanted to be an entrepreneur. In fact, it still feels like a curse word to me, especially in my native language because it means to “try” with the kind of meaning that when someone says they’re going to try, they’re most probably going to fail or not even try. Not to mention the other ways that the word “entrepreneur” has been stained by some individuals who complain how it’s filled with long hours, loneliness, and a constant struggle for money. I call bullshit. Entrepreneurship is so much more.
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How I became one after all
My dream was to become a businessman — whatever that meant. Before the spark for entrepreneurship was lit, my latest dream was to be the CMO of an international SME. Thinking back, it wasn’t really a surprise that I decided to become an entrepreneur.
The last couple of years my jobs allowed me to have a lot of responsibility, freedom with where I worked, and freedom with how long I worked. As long as I achieved results, I could work however I wanted to. In addition, I was always the next in the chain-of-command after the business owner or entrepreneur.
Now, I think you’re faster in picking up the pattern on why I became an entrepreneur. As we are so often blind to our own paths, someone else had to enlighten me on the reasons. Entrepreneurship rubs off on you.
In conclusion
Over 90% of my life, I never wanted to be what I am right now and yet, here I am. I would never trade it away. Neither should you. I’m not only talking about being self-employed, but also about being in charge of your own life. It isn’t a lie that this world was built by people no smarter than you or me. We were all born a baby and what we choose to become is in our hands from there.
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