I recently stumbled across an article about death.
No, I'm not dying any time soon, unless the gooroo club get their hands on me :p
What grabbed my attention was the ramifications death has for entrepreneurs vs non-entrepreneurs.
The article was about a lady who works in a special hospital where everyone is on their death beds. She saw two recurring death bed regrets people have before joining the "choir invisible."
The first is not having the courage to go for their dreams.
This is VERY sad, in my opinion.
It bothers me whenever people let fear and social pressure (from family and friends, especially) hold them back from pursuing their dreams.
Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, are contrarian. We don't care what others think. We're more afraid of NOT trying at all than failing, frankly, we tend to THRIVE on naysaying.
Anyway, so that was the first regret. The other one was...
'I wish I didn't work so hard'.
I can relate!
When I did 60-70+ hours per week, all I did was work. I barely ever saw my family. When I did, I was too tired, drained and exhausted to enjoy it.
I remember standing in my mums kitchen in tears, exhausted. I was 19! Another 46+ years of doing that scared me.
I remember standing in my mums kitchen in tears, exhausted. I was 19! Another 46+ years of doing that scared me.
Today, I still work a lot of hours. Probably more than I never did. In fact, as I write this, it's 1:05am
But it's by CHOICE.
It's not draining... it's invigorating!
Frankly, entrepreneurs are restless unless we ARE working on something
Yes, there's balance (you must have balance).
But work is not 'work', it's play.
And thus, I'd bet few (if any) of the people who regretted working so much were entrepreneurs. Most likely they were working for 'the man' -- charter members of the '40/40 club' (working 40 hours per week, for 40 years). Probably coming closer to the '60/60 club'
And you know what?
Wasting your life working for someone else, for most, WILL cause regrets. It'll steal your time with your family and will never pay you what you're worth.
But like I said, becoming an entrepreneur has NEVER been easier.
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