After working 10 years in 9 to 5 job, I can say that if I have put same level of energy in my own business for 10 years definitely I would be at much better place
Image source The difference of course being, running your own business is not 9 to 5 hours.
It usually requires much more effort, more hours and greater responsibility.
Your successes are yours, the profits (and losses including bankruptcy) are yours, your fuckups are yours, the buck stops with you.
Even if you don't get rich, just being your own boss and having control over your life puts you as you said at a much better place.
If the business is something you are passionate about, the hours and effort won't seem like work.
The satisfaction gained from running your own business sees many continuing to work well past normal retirement ages, while for 9 to 5 employees retirement cannot come soon enough.
Maybe Bitcoin can eventually help with getting your own business started.
Of course both business and job differ in terms of Risk involved. While there is zero risk in job (you get your pay regardless of how much company earns or lose), in your own business you have to take the risk and it can swing in both directions. Return is fixed in job (pay) while in business it can be beyond your imagination or other way around.
I am in bitcoin for quite sometimes but I am doing job also. May be with time I can quit job provided I am 100% sure that I can earn enough with it to feed myself and my family.