Small Business Quick Quiz
Question #4
The main difference between a self-employed person and an employee is…
a. the degree of certainty about their bosses
b. one makes more money than the other
c. one has more security than the other
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4a. True — but it’s not the main difference. See the answers to 2g and 3c.
4b. True — but it’s not the main difference. See the answers to 2a and 2h. (The employee usually makes more money than the self-employed person, by the way.)
4c. True — but it’s not the main difference. See the answers to 2b and 2h. (The employee usually has more security and less risk than the self-employed person.)
4d. True — but it’s not the main difference. See the answers to 2d and 2h. (The employee usually works less than the self-employed person, by the way.)
4e. Correct — this is the main difference. Once again, it’s the employee who usually has the accurate perspective on their status. The perspective that you’re “self-employed” encourages you to think and act like an employee, especially when confronted by a management decision for which you don’t know the answer — the exact opposite of what’s needed for small business success! See Resource Information on The Right Reason for Going Into Business and the false perception of “self-employment”.