The MYTH of All-Consuming Startups
00:00:00.000 | It felt to me for so long, starting a company was like,
00:00:03.160 | I'm going to start a thing that's all consuming,
00:00:05.120 | that's going to be everything to me,
00:00:06.640 | and I'm going to work a million hours a day
00:00:08.360 | and have thousands of employees, or it's a failure.
00:00:10.560 | - I love the line, like, don't trade your nine to five
00:00:12.640 | for a five to nine.
00:00:13.640 | The whole point of being an entrepreneur
00:00:14.680 | is that you can then become a time millionaire as well,
00:00:16.720 | where you can spend, like, I'm going to Spain in two weeks.
00:00:19.840 | If I had a boss who was like, no, you can't travel,
00:00:22.240 | you got to come to the office,
00:00:23.080 | but entrepreneurship gives me that affordability.
00:00:25.320 | And with business, the greatest part about it,
00:00:28.400 | which people don't recognize is that, yes,
00:00:30.000 | it does take some effort to get started.
00:00:31.280 | Yes, you have to find something people are excited
00:00:32.640 | to give you money for,
00:00:33.880 | but you can ultimately spend most of your time,
00:00:36.480 | if not all of it, in just the areas you like.
00:00:39.000 | And guess what?
00:00:39.840 | There's people that like doing customer support, like Amy,
00:00:41.800 | which I don't know how she does it.
00:00:42.800 | Shout out, Amy, I love you.
00:00:43.720 | And they're happy there,
00:00:44.840 | and they get to live their dream lives,
00:00:46.200 | and that is available.
00:00:47.840 | It's not such this, like, oh, I've got to spend all night
00:00:50.280 | and don't have any free time around it.
00:00:52.240 | That's what this stuff enables you
00:00:53.400 | to have that option available.