早期退職をしたばかりの頃に読んだのが、ロバートキヨサキの「金持ち父さん貧乏父さん」です。

転職をしようか、それとも起業しようか、失業手当をもらいながら漠然と考えていた時期です。

話題になってからかなり年数が経っており、今更感はありましたが、お金を得る方法としての働き方を、改めて考えさせられ、起業への大きな後押しになりました。

それからは従業員→個人事業者→経営者→投資家のステイタスを出来るだけ右にシフトさせることが目標になりました。

終身雇用制が崩壊したとはいえ、良い大学を卒業すれば良い就職口に就けて、安定かつ高収入が得られるという考えは未だに根強く残っています。

だからこそ少しでも上を目指して、厳しい受験戦争に青春時代の貴重な時間を費やしたわけです。

であれば小学生から大学に進級したように、就職後も、少しでも上を目指して、より安定して高収入を得るために、厳しい生存戦争を勝ち残るために時間を費やす必要はありそうです。

“From Elementary School to Entrepreneurship: The Path to Financial Independence”

I vividly remember the time when I had just taken early retirement, contemplating whether to pursue a new job or start my own business while receiving unemployment benefits. It was during this period that I stumbled upon Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad Poor Dad.”

Although many years had passed since it became a popular topic, reading the book once again made me reconsider my approach to earning money, providing a significant push towards entrepreneurship.

The progression from being an employee to a sole proprietor and eventually to a business owner and investor became my new goal. Despite the collapse of the lifelong employment model, the belief that graduating from a prestigious university would lead to a stable and high-income job still lingers.

This is precisely why I strived for higher goals, just as I had progressed from elementary school to university. It made sense to invest time and effort in the competitive survival game of striving for higher positions and achieving greater stability and income, even after entering the workforce.

Just as we dedicated our valuable youth to the rigorous battles of the entrance exams when advancing from elementary school to university, it seems that dedicating time to win the challenging survival game for achieving stability and higher income after employment is equally necessary. The path may change from school to entrepreneurship, but the pursuit of excellence and financial independence remains a lifelong endeavor.