Employee Mindset Vs Investor Reality: No Guarantee of Return

If you have an employee mindset, you'll see working for a paycheck as simply the way things are. You get used to it—no matter whether your project succeeds or fails, the boss still writes the check at the end of the month.
But investors don't operate under those conditions. There's no guarantee that one round of hard work will pay off. One attempt and you could be ruined forever...