Nowadays many people choose to be self-employed,rather than to work for a company or organisation. Why might this be the case? What could be the disadvantages of being self-employed?

These days, a lot of individuals are choosing to become

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rather than work for someone else. I think

this

is because so many

people

have begun paying more attention to themselves and

also

following their passions

instead

of contributing to some else's success. On one hand, many

people

these days are branching out on their own to become

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. I think

this

is because of numerous reasons

such

as,

people

have become more aware of themselves and the things that make them happy, taking up their abandoned passions, or the desire to spend quality time with their families etc.

For example

, I myself personally fall into

this

category of

people

. By the end of 2018, I had become physically and mentally exhausted with my job, it was

also

obvious I had missed

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family vacations and holidays like

christmases

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Christmas

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. So I sought professional advice on the

next

move to make in regards to career choices and I concluded that

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wanted to start-up my own small

business

because I could do it from the comfort of my home.

However

, there have been steady bumps in the kind of

business

I opted for but it has overall become a rewarding experience.

On the other hand

, there are numerous challenges that self-employed person's go through and some of them are; making the wrong

business

choice, lack of

business

funding, lack of productivity etc. sometimes

people

make the mistake of going into the wrong type of

business

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, they are financially incapable of sustaining the

business

because they were not a great fit for the

business

, or did not have

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training

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begin with.

Furthermore

, some might need financial assistance to float their businesses because they do not having the capital to support the venture

therefore

,

this

may slow down the progress

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altogether

together

.

Also

, self-employed

people

sometimes become less productive because they feel they are their own boss

therefore

they may not feel motivated due to the lack of competition. In conclusion, the number of

people

choosing to be self-employed is increasing as the day goes by, and there are numerous reasons for

this

choice which might be advantageous, but there are

also

considerable disadvantages that can not be ignored because they can affect the outcome of

this

choice negatively.