BUSINESS
boss. Further to this, a UK
study revealed that the
move from wage employment to self-employment boosted people’s
overall life satisfaction.
from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics entrepreneurs
spend far more time
thinking about work than
employees of organizations.
This level of satisfaction
is attributed to a level
of freedom that comes
when one follows their
joy. If this is the case, then
freedom is not related to
the amount of pay. To
further this point, according to a recent census
study entrepreneurs have
a lower annual income
than the average yearly
salary. Yet, they are happier! While abundance is
wonderful, it’s worth stopping to consider whether
the numbers on our paycheque truly contribute
to our happiness or if they
come at a cost to our
freedom.
There is a science to success at business, and if
you look at most of the
top business books they
all point to the same
thing. Freedom equals
happiness, happiness
equals joy and joy results
in success.
If annual income is not
equated to workplace
freedom, then one may
think that the increased
freedom an entrepreneur feels over a waged
employee is due to hours
spent working. However,
according to 2013 figures
After studying many of
these business success
books, you can decode
the patterns of work success and equate it simply
to a science of loving
what you do.
Real freedom comes
from being empowered
and motivated at work,
which for most is a combination of autonomy
or how one fills one time
combined with working
with one’s core competence or doing what
one is masterful at. The
freedom that ensues from
work is only truly fulfilling
and joyous if one can
relate to others. Feeling a
connection to others, to
feel loved and cared for,
transfers directly to love
of what one is doing. And
after all isn’t love the ultimate root of freedom?
The science of loving
what you do is not exclusive to an entrepreneur.
It can and does happen
in the wage-employed
sector as well. The common elements needed
for freedom in the workplace are workplace
autonomy, working with
your core competence
and relatedness to work
and other.
Since 1994, Rishi Gerald, founder and CEO of RishiVision and
entrepreneurial coach, has empowered thousands of businesses.
Rishi has an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurial studies and a BBA
in accounting. He has spent nearly twenty years coaching, consulting,
managing and supporting thousands of businesses from new startups
to active global leaders.
For more information on Rishi, please visit www.rishivision.com.