If We Are All Entrepreneurs, How Do Our Ideas Come Into Fruition?

Is being someone's surbodinate really such a bad thing? Many entrepreneurs, or aspiring entrepreneurs, would answer with a resounding yes. And, when you consider a study revealed that in 2020, top CEOs earned 351 times more than the typical worker, you get pushed to aim high. If you know Robert Kiyosaki, it's most probably for the critically acclaimed book titled "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". I also know him for always bashing the school system, that it creates employees instead of entrepreneurs, keeping the masses poor. Several other rich people do too!

One inherent human trait is the feeling of being in full control of our lives; we hate being told what to do. Still, ideas create tasks that need to be completed; can we complete them all on our own?

One time, Milton Friedman, deemed by many to be the most brilliant communicator of economic ideas to ever live, used a final product (a pencil in this case) to explain how the free-market enterprise works. He went through all the steps, from the mining of graphite to the manufacturing of the final product that we use. His message was basically that voluntary exchange works very efficiently on its own and government intervention only does more harm than good. One conclusion we can clearly draw from his message is that people have to come together, someone just has to do it. We all need a helping hand eventually! If we were all entrepreneurs, how would our ambitions come into fruition? Even if the justification was to use robots instead of humans, someone out there had to devote their time and use their expert knowledge and skills to make that robot under someone else's orders. Actually, several people came together to make it happen, all under one's ambitions. Several rich people always bash the idea of being an employee, overlooking the vital role they play in making things happen.

How often do you come across it, that being an entrepreneur is a million times better than being an employee? The negative things that many entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs say about being an employee are just overwhelming. If we were all entrepreneurs, we would have to make everything that we utilise on our daily basis, including the mining of minerals. It would be a flight of fancy to even think we could do it all on our own; isn't it about time employees get the appreciation they deserve? Yes, we all don't like being told what to do; but we can't have everything in this life. Being an employee isn't as bad as they paint it to be.

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South African. Advanced Diploma in Economics. Aspring economist and journalist/author.