Earning salary and owning a business are two different things that has different values but you can achieve a lot of both if you manage it well, earning salary is being employed by someone else and you could get the freedom to do other things but owning a business of your own gives you the freedom of movement and doing things on your own terms. Some salary earners are actually getting it right and they are doing well and spending less because they have their own business too aside the salary they earn weekly/monthly, owning your own business isn't always a bed of roses because they also experience losses in their business that take up their profits and capital together so earning salary and owning your business are both good but it depends.