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What Do We Give Up When We Become Freedom-Seeking Entrepreneurs? A Lot, Actually.
By Jennifer Senior — 2015
The traditional compact between employers and employees is slowly fading away, and with it, a way of thinking, a way of living, a way of relating to others and regarding oneself that generally comes with a reasonably predictable professional life.
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