Nun jiri sutta patruni, sii patruni di tia stissu – The Real Price of Security
“Find a secure job.”
It sounds reasonable.
A steady salary pays the bills, offers stability, and helps us plan for the future. There is nothing wrong with choosing that path.
But there is one question we rarely ask.
What does that security cost?
Sometimes the price isn’t money.
Sometimes it’s freedom.
Many people spend years waiting for permission.
Permission to take a vacation.
Permission to leave work early.
Permission to attend a family event.
Permission to build the life they imagine.
Little by little, depending on someone else’s decisions becomes normal.
Not because anyone forces us to accept it, but because we slowly stop imagining another way.
Building something of your own is different.
It is uncertain.
There are no guarantees.
Some months are difficult.
Mistakes become your responsibility.
Success belongs to you, but so does failure.
That responsibility can feel heavy.
Yet it also brings something that cannot be placed on a paycheck.
Ownership.
The old Sicilian proverb says,
“Nun jiri sutta patruni, sii patruni di tia stissu.”
“Don’t work under a master. Be the master of yourself.”
Perhaps this proverb isn’t only about business.
It isn’t saying that everyone must become an entrepreneur.
It is asking something deeper.
Who is making the important decisions in your life?
Are they truly yours?
Or have you simply become comfortable following a path that someone else designed?
Being the owner of your own life doesn’t begin when you register a company.
It begins the moment you accept responsibility for your choices instead of waiting for someone else to decide your future.
At www.signorcarretto.com, I enjoy exploring everyday ideas that quietly change the way we see the world.
So perhaps the real question isn’t whether you work for someone else.
It’s whether your life belongs to you.
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