After all, it is hard being a cog in an engine when you would rather be the driver of the car. Employment makes you a cog, while flying solo lets you drive and plan the next trip.
It’s arguable that flying solo is easier than being an employee in numerous ways.
It is hard being part of an organisation and following rules when you would rather make the rules or simply not have any.
It is hard having to share your workplace with other people and the noise they make, the silly ideas they have, the different pace and priorities they have.
It is hard going to meetings you didn’t organise and are not running.
It is hard being new and trying to fit into an organisation’s culture and ways of doing things.
It is hard to impose your own ideas on an organisation that has survived for ages without them.
It is hard being exposed to unionist and anti-management philosophies when you have been a boss your whole working life.
It is hard fronting up everyday when you don’t feel like it.
It is hard not having your expertise recognised by your employer.
All these are reasons flying solo is easier. Are you taking the easy way out? Are you a corporate misfit?
“ It is hard to impose your own ideas on an organisation that has survived for ages without them. ”
Karen Morath of M Power consults, trains, speaks and coaches in public relations, personal effectiveness, life balance and all things empowering.
