11-12-2003, 07:27 AM
Several factors are behind this lack of enterprising spirit in Pakistani professionals.
- Responsibilities towards family. They want you to start bringing money in quickly and in large amounts. Doing you own business means that the first few months/years/periods wont realize any profits and even might incur losses.
- Lack of risk taking. We like to play safe in everything. We are so afraid of losing test matches that we like to play for draws instead of going all the way and winning.
- Lack of knowledge. Ppl dont know how a business is started, ie if they want to start a firm, what are the legal requirements etc.
- Peer pressure. A common thinking among professionals is "Since all of my friends have already got well-paying jobs, so should i. It would look bad if they are all making 30-40,000 a month and i am struggling to make ends meet in my own business."
- Laziness. We have all become lazy and 'haram-khori' has affected each and every vein in our body. Why should i work for 16 hours in a day and make 12-15,000 when i can make much more working for only 8 hours each day in a job. We don't realize that if we work 16 hours now in ur own work, one day we will be the seth himself rather than working for the seth and will be making much more money than we can ever make in a job.
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
- Responsibilities towards family. They want you to start bringing money in quickly and in large amounts. Doing you own business means that the first few months/years/periods wont realize any profits and even might incur losses.
- Lack of risk taking. We like to play safe in everything. We are so afraid of losing test matches that we like to play for draws instead of going all the way and winning.
- Lack of knowledge. Ppl dont know how a business is started, ie if they want to start a firm, what are the legal requirements etc.
- Peer pressure. A common thinking among professionals is "Since all of my friends have already got well-paying jobs, so should i. It would look bad if they are all making 30-40,000 a month and i am struggling to make ends meet in my own business."
- Laziness. We have all become lazy and 'haram-khori' has affected each and every vein in our body. Why should i work for 16 hours in a day and make 12-15,000 when i can make much more working for only 8 hours each day in a job. We don't realize that if we work 16 hours now in ur own work, one day we will be the seth himself rather than working for the seth and will be making much more money than we can ever make in a job.
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
