One thing that is immediately obvious to entrepreneurs but not to employees

is "Look, next month’s income will not come if I don’t do something this month."
Sometimes the situation is so critical that "my family will not have something to eat this evening if I don’t work my ass off and actually produce results this morning".
So when traditional employees retire at 65 and finally try to start their own business they get the shocker of their lives - activity does not equal results.
Going to the office, sitting down, doing somethung on the laptop, attending to customers etc are all activities. For money to come this month, you have to actually get results. Now you know why your boss goes ballistic when employees don’t produce results.
He isn’t mad he just an entrepreneur who Must see results or the whole enterprise is compromised.
One of the primary mistakes employees make is to think that they are being paid because of how hard they work, that is far removed from the truth. Payment is made based on the perceived result the employee is producing. That payment is only a small percentage of that perceived value. If the employee isnt producing the expected result, sooner or later, the company will have to make a decision to cut them loose or the whole ship will go down.
The best employee is one who sees themselves as a partner in the business that most produce realistic, sufficient and measurable value that will generate income for the next month. The best employee is one with an entrepreneur’s understanding of the importance of productive work.