We can’t help but notice more and more people lining up to tell more and more people how to do more and more things. It seems as if every public nuisance with a keyboard or a microphone is out to tell someone what to do or how to do it. And the really obnoxious ones make lists.
That’s why we’re constantly seeing things like these:
- The Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Take That Job
- The Top Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Take That Job
- The Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Have a Job
- The Top Ten Reasons Why You Don’t Need a Job
- The Top Ten Things You Should Do If You Don’t Have a Job
- The Top Ten Things You Should Never Do If You Don’t Have a Job
- The Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Have a Job If You’re Going to Look For a Job
- The Top Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Have a Job If You’re Going to Look For a Job
- The Top Ten Reasons Finding a Job Should Be Your Job If You Don’t Have a Job
- The Top Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Have a Job If You Intend to Make Looking for a Job Your Job If You Don’t Have a Job
We think this kind of vapid nonsense is the single biggest argument in favor of entrepreneurialism. Here’s why:
If you’re Party C, we can’t understand the logic by which Party A would employ Party B to tell you what to do. By the same token, we can’t understand why so many public nuisances could presume to know you well enough to tell you what to do.
Are they smarter than you are? Not likely. Are they more capable than you are? Probably not. Will Party B commit his political allegiance to you or to Party A? See Hierarchy, Corporate. If Parties A and B or the public nuisances weren’t around, would you be incapable of functioning? We doubt it. And in the bigger picture, does the notion of job security even exist anymore? Not as far as we can see.
Bottom line? Trust yourself.
You may have to jump off the ledge. But it doesn’t mean you won’t land on your feet.