Entrepreneur or Employee: Mindset
David Busker
Franchise Consultant | Entrepreneur | Helping you find the perfect franchise
Excerpt from the book Franchise Vision: Transform Your Future Through Franchise Ownership by David Busker
This is the first in a series of short articles excerpted from a chapter from my recent book. The chapter is titled Entrepreneur or Employee: Mindset, discussing the differences between the mindset of an employee and that of an entrepreneur.
There needs to be a motivational trigger for most people to contemplate business ownership. The bigger the trigger, the stronger the motivation to take action. For many of my candidates, this trigger can be losing a corporate position in middle management after many years or even decades working as part of corporate America. Suddenly being an employee doesn’t feel so safe.
While some people feel compelled or find it necessary to leave the world of employment, others have the option to continue working as an employee. Finding any job as an employee may feel less risky by taking the more traveled road. The emotional battle between the perceived risk reduction of being an employee versus the benefits of business ownership is at the crux of the decision to start a business.
Not everyone has this emotional battle. For someone like Steve Jobs, it wasn’t a drive for rewards versus safety that motivated him—it was simply how he was wired. These types of entrepreneurs see their path as less risky than giving up control of their careers to someone else. They are unemployable. They would be bored and frustrated if they had to work as an employee.
Candidates for franchising are different. They are entrepreneurial to consider franchising, but they aren’t usually born that way. They are drawn to entrepreneurship for the rewards—financial, emotional, and aspirational—of controlling their destiny. And the rewards are many—there is no question your quality of life will increase as an entrepreneur. But they often have a choice of which road to take—employee or entrepreneur.
The transition from employee to entrepreneur and business owner requires a franchisee candidate to consider their mindset in different critical areas. These include their incentives for working, view of risk, desire for status, and whether they have a scarcity or abundance mindset.
In future articles, I will continue to cover several areas of mindset difference, including Incentives, View of Risk, Desire for Status, Scarcity vs. Abundance, and Grit and Continuous Improvement.
David Busker
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David Busker is the Founder of FranchiseVision and a franchise consultant with FranChoice, the premier national network of franchise consultants. David helps candidates exploring franchise ownership to set their criteria and then matches them with the perfect franchise. Learn more about David at FranchiseVision.
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4yBack before I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, I worked for my uncle's epoxy flooring company. My dad has pointed out on a handful of occasions that this is a guy who will always need to be the boss. If you need to work for someone who's usually 100% in control, that's probably ideal. I recently have dipped my toes into entrepreneurial digital marketing, and I know that I'm not that guy. I love to rely on my SEO Specialist buddy's advice, because honestly she's usually right. Haha but that's a great point about Steve Jobs as well. I think that Tim Cook has a different company mindset than he, and people are starting to realize that maybe Apple didn't need a Jobs 2.0 after all. :)
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4yVery enlightening post. I enjoyed reading it.
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4yGreat piece. There's a quality about clear entrepreneurs that sets them apart. I think it's that they see themselves as serving a higher cause than themselves. Makes sense?
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4yVery insightful! Thanks for posting!
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4yThat is so true David that all the inputs we receive, whether they are innate or learnt, control our responses. I've got this huge hangup about asking for money so clearly if I was going to start a business I would need to confront that programming. Running your own business is not for the fainthearted that's for sure! Total respect for all business owners and entrepreneurs! 💪💪💪