The company is just a boat; in stormy seas, even the boss doesn’t know what to do. So expecting his guidance or relying on loyalty for a lifetime of security is naive.

There’s no such thing as a “job.” Everyone is essentially a boss. What we call employment is just a long-term supply contract between you and a company. You might actively seek out a new buyer, they might proactively switch suppliers, the market might drive them out of business, and you’d have to find another buyer. Once you’re accustomed to this market dynamic, a common mindset emerges: it’s not “they tell me what to do,” it’s “I decide what to do.” That’s what we call innovation.

If you want a job, you need to create one first.

If you don’t have the final say, whatever you do will be highly inefficient. You’re essentially competing daily with ten colleagues under someone else’s rules—exhausting and pointless.

You aren’t the one deciding what to do; you’re being told. You don’t control the outcome; you’re repeatedly sent back to square one. Over time, you lose any sense of initiative. But it’s not just about motivation—it’s that, with time, your skills deteriorate.

Textbooks teach you how to be a consumable, not how to become talent.

Only by taking the initiative can you carve out a new path.