When You Work For Yourself, You Work For Everyone

The people who control what you work on are your bosses, even if that’s not what you call them.

Once a week I have a student tell me he wants to be an entrepreneur in order to: “Be my own boss.” Students who tell me this don’t realize it, but they’re buying into one of the most popular myths of entrepreneurship: the myth of freedom to control your own actions, your own schedule, and perhaps even your own destiny.