PREACH THAT TRUTH! I’d say roughly a full 1/3rd of my consulting clients are franchisees who are desperate to get out of their agreements with their franchisors because they were sold this fallacy of a “turnkey” business, only to find out that they basically paid to be a corporation’s employee…with all the risk of business ownership, none of the control entrepreneurship brings, and none of the benefits of employment.

The most important thing for all of us to keep in mind is that WE ARE ALLOWED TO BE HAPPY. We’re allowed to pursue jobs that make us feel good and suit our lifestyles. People, particularly in the US, belittle service professions and creative professions–and our job is a combination of both. They also belittle those who choose to follow their passions rather than pursuing profit and stability alone, and that’s tremendously sad, because our lives are too goddamn short to spend doing miserable, boring jobs.

Let them talk. Let them shame. Odds are pretty good that they’ll never know what it feels like to be passionate about their work the way so many of us are. 🙂