# be your own boss By [raindrop](https://paragraph.com/@raindrop-2) · 2022-08-16 --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fe5a823f8591919a8c844550c1beb2f845f99bc1b8305b064f5e128d3b453e30.png) Finding a path in life that suits you is like giving yourself a pair of wings to fly, so that we don't have to whip up our hooves. There is a popular saying in China: "Men are afraid of entering the wrong career, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong Lang." The choice of life is very important. Running on a road that is not suitable for us is like putting on a pair of shoes that do not fit our feet. It is equivalent to inserting a pair of flying wings for ourselves, so that we don't have to whip the whip and hoof, and make our life path wider and wider. In the United States, there was a boy whose father opened a laundromat. After many years of maintenance, the business of the laundromat was very good. The father is old and wants the boy to inherit his business and make the laundry better. However, the boy hated the work in the laundry very much, and was unwilling to do what his father told him to do. Therefore, he couldn't keep his spirits up every day and managed to cope with it reluctantly. When the father saw that the boy was so careless, he was very distressed and angry, and called him an unsatisfactory so ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/77d944fcb279a9dc444f3192de9e786df5ce13078863579a9f73ac9a8505f301.png) n. At the age of 26, the boy couldn't bear the job in the laundry. He secretly went to a machine shop for an interview and decided to become a mechanic. After my father learned about it, he expressed that he did not understand it, and he did not agree with it anyway. However, the son decided to follow his inner thoughts, put on work clothes, and went to work in the machinery factory. Because he was very interested in machinery, the boy was not afraid of hardships and fatigue after he arrived at the job, and worked hard to study the knowledge and principles of various machinery. In his spare time, he took elective courses in engineering and mechanics. Strong enthusiasm and hobbies have made his knowledge and technology in mechanical research advance by leaps and bounds. After a few years, he became a qualified mechanical engineer. The boy's name is Phil? Condit, years later, he became president and CEO of Boeing Aircraft Company of America. He was honored by the President of the United States for his outstanding work. To be your own boss is to follow your heart, do what you want to do, and make the right choice for your life. Jobs is the greatest practitioner of "follow your heart", a genius full of passion, creativity and intelligence. He dropped out of college to start Apple and run it into the greatest company in the world. Summing up his journey, he said: "Your time is limited, so don't live for others. Don't be limited by dogma, don't live in other people's ideas. Don't let other people's opinions dictate your inner voice. The most important thing is to have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, only your heart and intuition know what you really think, and everything else is secondary.” To be your own boss is to follow what you want most in your heart, that is, "do what I love", and to find a career that can bring meaning, value to our lives and make us feel fulfilled. Everyone has absolute autonomy to decide how they live, so don't be bound by what other people do. The only way to achieve greatness is to love what you do. If we haven't found a career we love, keep looking and don't give up. Follow your heart and one day we will find it. To be your own boss is to give yourself a chance to cultivate creativity. Don't be afraid, don't worry, live the life you choose, this is the most important thing. Because we want to do it, we can put all our enthusiasm into it, so that we can tap our full potential, so that we can be more creative, and we can make achievements more easily. Every morning when you get up and walk to work, if your heart is not full of expectations and passion, then go and find a new place to be your own boss. --- *Originally published on [raindrop](https://paragraph.com/@raindrop-2/be-your-own-boss)*