Comments on: It’s a Lifestyle Thing

By: If I Couldn’t Run a Business… - Adam McFarland

If I Couldn’t Run a Business… - Adam McFarland — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:28:55 +0000

[...] America thing and I really have no desire to go back. After all, running a business is about creating a great lifestyle for myself, and if I couldn’t do that by running a business I’d find a way to do it another [...]

By: More on College as a Results-Only-Work-Environment (ROWE) - Adam McFarland

More on College as a Results-Only-Work-Environment (ROWE) - Adam McFarland — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:31:18 +0000

[...] of the points I made in my last post about lifestyle was about the difficulty in transitioning from college to a “typical” corporate job: I [...]

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:38:25 +0000

“I just can’t, that’s why”. brainwashed, all of them.

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You’re so right Rob. I know so many people that could definitely run a company, but won’t even try it, not even part time. There are a whole lot of business owners who are far less intelligent and resourceful than they are, but the difference is that those people took a chance. And that’s why they are successful. That’s what I can’t stand the most – people who won’t take a chance.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:02:23 +0000

Adam,

you’re so right about students graduating from university and suddenly losing all their freedom – in the last 6-18 months so many of my friends have changed who they are entirely because they think it’s what’s expected. Gone are the all-nighters that they’d pull to play world of warcraft or finish an assignment, gone is the freedom to do what they want of an evening, replaced by “I gotta be in work at 9″… they had to be in class by 9 at university, so why’s it different now?

I constantly get friends saying to me how lucky I am or how much I should appreciate being able to sleep in until 11 if I want, every time I respond with “well, if you envy it so much, why don’t you do it too?” when they say they can’t, I ask why.. “I just can’t, that’s why”. brainwashed, all of them.

Keep up the good work, and keep blogging – it’s always exciting to see you’ve posed something new!

–Rob