In a professional career, various opportunities are available to you. You’re open to a new challenge and want to be sure you’re making the right choice. Discover the five major areas of fulfillment that former employees have reinvigorated by becoming entrepreneurs.
1. Professional development
The first reason that entrepreneurship brings to mind is, of course, the freedom to be independent . Hardly perceivable at first glance, this freedom often hides the great learning capacity that it grants to people.. Working for yourself means meeting inspiring people with whom you can collaborate and learn from. Surrounding yourself with good peers and mentors is crucial for not isolating yourself and succeeding in your venture . In addition, you are the only one that can decide on the training that will be beneficial to the skills and development of your business. You can take the time to attend conferences, events, workshops , etc. All these are the possibilities that entrepreneurship offers you.
2. Values
It is common for employees to embark on an entrepreneurial adventure because they no longer agree with the values held by the company they worked for. Indeed, the key principles that shape your DNA must be reflected in your company’s image. This also establishes the search for meaning in your work , and arouses the curiosity of a strong professional network.
3. Success criteria
The likelihood is high that your current managers’ success criteria are business- and profit-oriented. But what about you? What is YOUR success criteria ? Success can translate into different ways: balancing work and personal life, the completion of a strategic project, contributing to revitalising your neighborhood, city, or region, the integration of an employee, etc. The elements on which companies rely to offer any kind of reward are not fundamentally the same as yours. Being an independent entrepreneur will allow you to be recognised according to what YOU consider important and fair.
4. Creative ability
You have probably already had an idea for an improvement , a process, a method or a project in mind that never saw the light of day. Most companies that have been growing for several years follow a well-defined strategic line. This is where your creativity can be limited. Indeed, trying to deviate from this strategic line is often considered risky by the Management Committees. Whereas, conversely, working only for yourself gives you the ability to test your ideas without fear of failure .
5. The work environment
Let’s group together everything related to “comfort of life at work” . As a permanent employee , you have fixed hours (overall), certain social benefits and/or in-kind benefits, your salary is paid every month without fail… You organise yourself according to the businesses and your colleagues priorities, then you coordinate via meetings.
By choosing to be the manager of your company , you manage your business and gain autonomy in your choices, your planning, your management, etc. Your involvement generates your income , but choosing a career that follows your passion can greatly increase your happiness.