It's amazing how people hate on the wealthy but won't do what the wealthy did to get in that position. I can't tell you how many times I hear people complain about their job but never do anything to change the situation. They just continue with life as they have for years.
Everybody has these dreams and goals that they THINK they want until reality smacks them in the face. When I first got into selling things online I thought it was going to be easy. All the marketers tell you how much they make and the freedom they are able to have but they never tell you the amount of work that it took to get there. They never tell you about the 50 others things you'll have to learn and understand either.
And to be honest, the freedom that they have comes at a cost. That old 9-5 turns into 12hr and 16hr days. You start to become more lonely because all of a sudden you find yourself working by yourself most of the time. You find yourself in scary situations because you have no safety net, weekly check, coming in every month.
So why do people glamorize the laptop/entrepreneur lifestyle?
It's because THEY LOVE IT!! They love working 12 to 16 hours in day because what they do doesn't feel like work. They love the time they can have to themselves because to be quite honest, it's not many people out there like them. And even if they like being around people, they love the challenge of putting themselves out there to meet other like minded people. They love not having the "security" of a job because if forces them to grow and at the end of the day, MOST people are not cut out to survive this type of lifestyle.
Let's take Steemit for example. Most of the people came on here to make a quick buck. They thought that if they took the time to write a few blog posts that they would get these massive upvotes and when it didn't happen they disappeared.
They were in love with the possible results and not the process
This goes for pretty much anything in life. The people that usually are successful are the ones who put the most work in and take the most risks.
So if you're an aspiring entrepreneur or would like to own your own business one day then you really should ask yourself, is this the life you really want?
