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66) Some people prefer to work for themselves or own a business. Others prefer to work 
for an employer. Would you rather be self-employed, work for someone else, or own a 
business? Use specific reasons to explain your choice. 
 
(a) If given a choice of working for someone else or being self-employed I would choose 
the latter without any hesitation. This doesn't mean that working for someone else is in any 
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way inferior to being one's own boss. I believe your personality type and the way you want 
to live your life are the key factors in making this choice. 
To me a life without thrills and adventures looks unattractive. The myriad challenges and 
problems one has to face as a self-employed or businessperson attracts me more than the 
relatively secure life of an employee. 
I am well aware of the darker sides of my choice. Being your own boss gives you immense 
freedom. You are free from undertaking any venture in which you cannot put your heart, 
nor will you be troubled by the stumbling blocks of employer disapproval in the course 
you believe in. But hand in hand with this great freedom comes great responsibility too. 
The success of the entire venture or business lies solely upon you, the decision you make 
the methods you use to implement them etc. The risk factor is very high and you have to 
be prepared to fight against all the destructive, malicious, sudden rising storms. But the joy 
you will get from leading a life in your own terms, is worth all the strife. For success tastes 
sweetest after the toughest battle. 
To conclude I choose the adventurous life of a self-employed or businessperson to the 
smug secure life of an employee, I choose to live a life in my own terms, to shine in use 
and not to rust. 
(b) Although one is not always lucky enough to have a choice between working for an 
employer or for oneself. But it would be great if one has the opportunity to decide so. I 
would rather work for an employer than owning a business of my own. 
When we own our business, there is a lot of risk involved in monetary terms. At times due 
to market conditions (not really due to a fault of our own), the business might not do as 
well. It would even become difficult to survive or cover the basic costs. The financial loss 
could really wear you out. This is too much of a hassle and tension. 
Another reason is in one's own business, there is certainly unlimited number of hours of 
work that one has to put specially during the initial setup days. A lot of effort is required to 
sustain in a competitive environment. 
As contrast to this if one is working for an employer, you have sort of fixed number of 
working hours. Sometimes if the work is more, they might vary but usually they remain 
the same. One has to keep doing hard work even if the company is not doing well. But if 
the company goes broke altogether, there is a chance that one would find a job elsewhere 
without bothering much about the financial loss.