I never founded a company or started a business. I've been thinking about that a lot though and am doing so in intervals. Now my personality leads me to always

I never founded a company or started a business. I've been thinking about that a lot though and am doing so in intervals. Now my personality leads me to always think through everything very carefully to avoid making mistakes - I'm regularly overthinking and often getting trapped in paralysis by analysis. This especially is true in the context of business with regard to laws and taxes. Having worked in more than a handful of companies full-time by now I made an interesting observation I intend to learn from and have it inspire future decision making. Most founders - especially in the earlier stages - don't worry very much about the intricacies of laws and regulation. I can safely say that most companies I worked at entered deeply into gray areas like sailing with a dinghy on high sea and enjoying the great weather. Every experienced captain would argue that is pretty darn dangerous. But the consequence of that would be staying home - meaning "no business". So my conclusion is that successful entrepreneurs are the kind of people who take risks while being aware, half-aware or totally unaware - because successful entrepreneurs simply don't worry much in general. Sociologically those men and women usually have a somewhat wealthy background having kept them from worrying throughout their youth and hence their brain circuits dealing with worrying are somewhat underdeveloped - I suppose. Some get their finger's burnt and some don't.