"It appears that the business owners who continue to be happy with their work are the ones who change and adapt. The report found that almost all (94%) tech-savvy businesses enjoy their work — but this falls by 31% when compared with businesses that continue to utilise traditional methods and practices." I think that this is an expression of whether the entrepreneur or founder of a business is truly working 'on the business' or whether they are merely 'working in' the business. The essential difference is whether, on one hand, you are engaged in tasks that are causing you think about continual process improvement and are active in the search for business advantage or on the other hand simply spending all your energy on doing the daily grind. I think I was most happy when running my business when I had the time to be reflective and to deeply think about how things could be improved. I am not at all sure that it is just down the 'technology'.
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