"An entrepreneur is someone who just can't get a job." That's a sentence I've heard way too many times.

That mindset needs to change. Sure, at a nine to five job, you don't have to be responsible for everything your company does. But for some people, the perks of being an entrepreneur can outweigh the costs.

And what are those perks? Well, for starters, you're always working. And yes, you read that right. Always working can be a perk.

Having the freedom to wake up at two in the morning, write down an idea and get it going the next morning? Or being able to sketch something out during a big banger because you are bored? Or how about proving someone wrong about something in a couple of hours, just because you decided to?

Work is a great escape from the realities you face, whether it's a restless night, a party or a bad day.

As an entrepreneur, your work is never done. You get do work on something you love virtually any time you want. Your work isn't done after a couple of spreadsheets or lines of code. Any time you have an idea, nothing can stop you from working on it.

Then comes the big picture of having no regrets work-wise. You can regret not getting something done at work and getting yelled at. You can regret taking a job you don't like. You can regret not taking a risk. But for a true entrepreneur, it's hard to regret much.

You're always in control. You have no choice but to see your failures, not as regrets, but as learning points in your life. Why? Because no matter what, you need to bounce back. When you don't, life gets too boring and bland. And then you can't change your reality.

Sure, you're taking a risk. But in the end, we all die. For some people, taking a risk is better than feeling like they're stuck in a line that they could have at least tried to get out of.

And that leads me to the fact that entrepreneurs have great experiences. From working at the beach to that one time you freaked out over something really tiny to the time you talked business to a random person you just met, being an entrepreneur pushes you to hold unbelievably strongly to opportunity.

It means you'll take up meetings in the oddest of times, and do things that are absurd beyond your own realm of what counts as sanity. You'll try a bunch of new things and remember the amazing adventures you got to have.

In your world, letting an idea go to waste is a terrible thing to do. And you have to be fine with being a little crazy to keep it going.

But experiences won't happen without great people. Seriously. Building a great network is vital when you are working on your own. And the best part is, if you've got a good enough idea and you're working hard, you'll meet great people along the way.

Whether you meet an exec or an employee, this world has a bunch of brilliant people who can help change your life and your perspective on things.

And of course, then there's the most important perk of all: learning. When you build your idea, you need to learn stuff fast. Absorb as much information as possible, and apply it to the best of your ability.

In entrepreneurship, there isn't a report card at the end. There's no diploma for you to chase. But learning is still a requirement.

To stay in the game, you've got to learn how to change it. Catch your competition off guard and give yourself those precious months to get into the lead, while they catch up. In the game of self-starters, you learn to learn fast. You take whatever interests you and adapt to learning it to the best of your ability. And at the end, you learn a ton.

Whether it's from the books you devour, the conversations and discussions you have or the experiences you've had, there's so much to learn out there. And the material you learn sticks with you for life. It changes how you sense things and opens up your eyes to new possibilities.

And it feels great to know that, every now and then, you know how to get out of a situation like a snake while others just try to spit some venom.

But while being an entrepreneur comes with a lot of upsides, it isn't better than having a nine to five. Life doesn't have to be all about taking risks. Life, at the end of the day, is best when you achieve what you personally believe it is crafted for.

My idea of a good life doesn't need to be the same as yours, and we can both be right.

A good life can be going to sleep knowing that havoc won't be knocking on your doorstep the next day. A good life can be one in which you aren't part of a community infested with people who flex their riches and try to persuade people that there's an "easy" way of making money. A good life can be one where you can relax and take a break from everything without having to go back to work unexpectedly.

A good life is a life that is well spent. Sometimes, that means a nine to five is just right. And sometimes, it means that it's not.