My question is guys which do you prefer, a steady monthly salary which you know that no matter what, it must come once the month ends or a business/ trading/ any other thing which you can do that you earn base on performance and you have the capacity to earn ten fold of what a civil servants might earn if you are good at it, but there is also a possibility that you may have a bad day in the office which you may even incurred some loss.
Which do you prefer an why.
If choosing in between the two, I will prefer business. Although monthly salary will steadily land inside your bank account at due time maybe monthly and you can plan based on that but the major disadvantage of that is inflation. When a salary is fixed, it value of purchase is being eaten up by inflation as the salary is stagnant while inflation fluctuate and that defeats the achievement that could have been made through a fixed income.
One of the ways to beat inflation is to keep generating income that fluctuates just as the inflation is. Business source of income is a function of inflation, like prices interact with profit and buying and selling likewise. Like you have mentioned trading, although it is difficult and boosting of steady profit is not easy but for those having their ways, they are far better than civil servants who will rely on government at the end of the month and in some cases the salary is either delayed or not paid promptly thereby disorganizing the benefit of a salary job.