Do you secretly wish to work in a well known MNC like Google & Microsoft?
Do you join a group of your company on social networking sites just because you want to announce that that’s the organization you work/worked for?
Do you feel happy seeing your colleagues (whom you think is one of your good friends) at workplace and you have good times at break hrs?
Do you feel happy that your manager/boss is a known personality or someone from IIM or IIT?
Do you feel proud/ happy completing a task much earlier than the time given to you?
Do you think you are intelligent than your colleagues?
Do you set your target to be a Manger/VP or some senior grade in your organization?
Do you love to distribute your organization’s visiting card?
Do you wait for month end for salary credit in your account and the SMS alert for the same makes you happy?
Do you enjoy your weekends just because you think there is no life from Monday?
Do you wish to be associated with a company for a certain remarkable period just because you do not wish your CV to look like a job hopper’s?
Do you float your resume on internet only at the time of crisis?
Do you join a new company with a ray of hope that things won’t go wrong like the previous?
If answers to these questions are ‘Yes’, my friend be alert, these are some symptoms of an Ordinary Employee. Yes you read it right “You are an Ordinary Employee”. I am not trying to be jerk but this is the fact that most of Indian employees including a major percentage of B-School pass outs are just an Ordinary Employee and not an Entrepreneur.
Myth vs Truth:
I understand that most of us would blame the social struggle for survival as one of the main reasons for being an ordinary employee. From the day one of joining, each and every employee starts working hard to fulfill his own set milestones of life: First month: bike, after 6 months: a separate rented flat with a LCD TV, after 10 months: life is all about party over weekends, after 3 years: a small car/second hand will also do as you realize that the rains which you have been handling till date has just became unavoidable. After 5 years it’s a compulsory to settle down in life, not only its a long term beneficial investment but it’s a matter of prestige as well to own a flat. After 6 years another car (may be a sedan) is much have asset. And the series goes on because by now you have been addicted to set your milestones and fulfill it. And most importantly everyone around you liked you because of this.
The truth is 25% of the crowd left behind struggling with this basic necessity. Other 25% get themselves busy enjoying these success. Other 25% get lost defining their next milestones. Other 20% realizes the need of being an entrepreneur but they also realize that its been too late now, who will break the stocks now. And very few think about the entrepreneurship.
Are you a true Entrepreneur?
It’s very important to understand the entrepreneurship and what this is all about. I have seen young entrepreneurs who have fallen in love with just this word. To be a successful entrepreneur the need should come from within you and not from the other social factors. Its not about freelancing. Its not about making extra money. Its not at all a side business. Its not an alternative to your stupid boss. Its not about luxury of working from home. Entrepreneurship is all about designing and implementing your own business model. The services/ products/ strategy/ target markets etc should be your brain child. Start is always small, more small you are the more growth you deserve.
Posted by Shashi Sudhanshu 
