Get a JOB! · Growth

Mike Greene

Sep '25 • Daily Wisdom

Get a JOB!

If Your Business Isn’t Making You £100,000 a Year, You’re Better Off Getting a Job

And I’m not saying that as clickbait, I’m deadly serious.

Being an entrepreneur is often glorified, but every day you’re exposed to:

No sick pay
No Pension
No paid holidays
No safety net
All costs fall on you, from pens to laptops, accounts, etc etc etc, fall
Isolation from having to make every decision and bear every burden

Let’s look at the numbers:

A staggering 80% of small business owners report experiencing poor mental health, with anxiety, depression, disrupted sleep, and panic attacks as common experiences, not rare ones.
Self-employed workers in the UK earn a median of £1,179 a month, compared to £1,651 for employees.... that’s nearly 30% less, with over a quarter living in relative income poverty.
The average UK solopreneur nets only £13,000 a year. For that to be the average, plenty are earning less.
Yes, startup founders who scale can earn £58,000+, but that only proves the point... you must grow quickly, properly, and profitably, or the odds stack against you.

Here’s the reality: if your business doesn’t scale (quickly)to at least £100k a year, you are financially and mentally better off in a job....

....even a low skilled, minimum wage job

....At least there you’ll have security, sick pay, paid holidays, and space to breathe.

I don’t say this lightly. I’ve been bankrupt and homeless. I know the real cost of not building a business the right way. It can take your money, your health, and your freedom faster than any job ever could.

So I’ll be blunt:

👉 Get serious. Grow your business. Or get a job.

This isn’t positive motivation. It’s no-fluff fact.

...but I know that 70% of motivation is pain/fear pushed rather pleasure pulled.

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