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There's less risk today. If your company fails, you're in debt, but you probably won't die in a ditch. So why not jump feet first into what you want to do? To
by huffmsa 7y ago
There's less risk today. If your company fails, you're in debt, but you probably won't die in a ditch.
So why not jump feet first into what you want to do? To quote the eminent Shia LeBouf "It's you're life, don't let your dreams be dreams. Just do it"
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoIts easy to say platitudes from rich people. When there's little/no social net when you fail, failure is disastrous. I'm diabetic. I'm nearly chained to a company with a decent medical plan, since our "wonderful" country has little to impetus to fix medicine. So failing means 'not able to go to the doctor and not afford my drugs'. Failure also means 'not affording rent'. Failure also means being unemployed, and no way to get unemployment. So where being a business owner means it could free my way out of poverty, the %success rate for me absolutely must be balanced with the failure rate and the ramifications aforementioned.
- huffmsa 7y agoMr LaBeouf comes from a broken home. His father has struggled with drugs and alcohol to self medicate his Vietnam War PTSD. He started performing at age 10, pretended to be his own manager to get signed with an agency. He's exactly the "live without a net" kind of guy we're talking about.
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoSo if we don't struggle like him, and make multiple breaks (read: luck), and get into that career, we don't deserve to have basic needs met? Rags to riches (read:Horatio Alger) stories should absolutely not be the basis of social assistance. If you want to see what happens to those that don't win, look no further than the "Smoke N Lotto" store at all whom lose the lottery every day.