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The Evolutionary Reason Why Everyone Wants to be an Entrepreneur
Being an employee is unnatural
Our society heroes are people like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Entrepreneurs are the heroes of the 21st Century. Teenagers want to become entrepreneurs. Parents want their children to be entrepreneurs.
A lot of publications treat this desire as a recent trend. They attribute it to the low barriers to entry and cultural shift.
This is not a good explanation. It only account for why people did not become entrepreneurs more in the past. It does not explain the widespread drive towards having your own business instead of a job.
This drive is not as logical as you might assume. Starting your own business is incredibly hard. An entrepreneur has to do many more things than an employee and he or she has to deal with exponentially more pressure. There is also a big element of risk. Most businesses fail. Often for reasons outside of the owner’s control.
Becoming an entrepreneur is neither easy, nor convenient. Why then do people desire it? Especially in this time of hyper-convenience where are too lazy to even take the stairs to the gym.
