Hobbies are fun until you get paid to do them.

Fixed-schedule payment to do anything comes with three crosses: fixed schedules, escalating targets, and critical judgment.

Look at any sport—those who prioritize having fun have a short shelf life.

We love the flair that comes with their freedom of expression but are critical of them missing expectations and being undisciplined with schedules.

This is perhaps why, apart from the tax benefits of not being paid a salary, many founders avoid a monthly salary like the plague. As long as their needs are expensed in the profit and loss statement, they can focus on having fun while playing the game they love. They can also do it until death says “game over.” There is really no need for retirement from a game you have fun playing.

I hypothesize that fixed-scheduled payments are inversely proportional to creativity.

The most exciting creatives flee from fixed-schedule payments, knowingly or unknowingly, to preserve their craft.

– Osasu Oviawe