Most People Quit Their Jobs Only to Be Enslaved by a New Type of Boss
The drug of platforms & clients. Here’s how to kill the addiction.
Right now I am a scared little man.
People think I’ve gone a bit nuts because I started a brand new Twitter account, set up a Substack, and joined Bitclout. They’re bang on.
I am scared. A lot of what I’ve built online has been centered around one platform: LinkedIn. I’ve been banned (accidentally) multiple times. When 7 years of hard work is at risk, you start to go a little bat sh*t crazy.
Recently I quit my job. That’s when it hit me. Most people trade their job for a fantasy they think is entrepreneurship, or freelancing, or a small business, or a startup, or whatever the heck you call making money online.
Maybe you’ve quit your job. Or maybe you’ve dreamt of doing it. This firsthand experience will save you from a giant pain in the ass. Let’s go.
The illusion of time freedom
I spoke to a friend recently. They quit their job in a big corporation a few years back. I imagined they must be really happy.
“It’s a nightmare. She won’t stop calling me. She wants it by Christmas.”
