Many people say they want to be their own boss, conflating greater freedom of choice with personal pleasure.
But I suspect it’s not always pleasurable, because a good boss will know when to kick me in the ass and when to pat me on the back, even when I may not feel like receiving either action.
BEING that boss means I need clarity and discipline.
Dirty Sci-Fi Buddha 
Some folks just don’t do well with that level of “freedom”. Being a boss is not necessarily freedom, anyway. To your point, there has to be discipline, but also the acceptance of responsibility for those that work for the boss. A good boss is not free to just shout orders. He has to create orders that optimizes the resources he has when trying to accomplish a task. We won’t even get started on the optimization part 😀
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Indeed. it’s kind of like being dropped in the middle of the ocean. You’re free to swim in any direction, but it’s best to have some idea of where you’re going, or trouble will follow.
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I am a good example: I tell people I’m self-unemployed;)
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Ha! I think I’ll start doing the same, lol!
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I thought Bite Fighter was the boss……
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When I had him, he definitely used to be, haha! For a while he was my alarm clock, he’d wake me up for his morning pee at 3am sharp by licking my face.
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That is true for all of us.
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But the self-motivated employee doesn’t need to be kicked in the ass or patted on the back. I wouldn’t want to be a boss simply because I don’t want to carry the weight of more complex decisions. I like to be presented by a stream of bit-sized tasks which I can carry out efficiently, while leaving things like strategic planning and telling other people what to do to others. I don’t resent having a boss. Sometimes I disagree with their decisions, but very rarely with how the treat me. Maybe I’m just lucky.
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Exactly. Ironically, the self-motivated employee demonstrates many of the desired qualities for a boss, although I have seen bosses who are doubly ironically decent at managing others, but horrible at managing themselves.
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I once had a boss that told me, “Don’t let the door hit you where the Good Lord Split you!” I am still pondering his words over 27 years onward…..
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Ha! The phrase works better with cylindrical objects, lol!
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To be self employed you are both the best boss and the best employee you would ever had. It’s a challenge, but making your schedule to fit in what is important to you is worth the risks.
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