Independence or Security?

After reading a very interesting post the other days, I came to realise the deep correlation between our need of security and comfort (as defined in Maslow's Pyramid of needs) and our inclination towards one type of job or another. In other words, by having a regular work schedule, an agenda filled with appointments and to do's, we overcome a feeling of insecurity of 'what to do next' and 'what our role is in all of it'. Moreover, these security and comfort drive alignments between us and our jobs, other peoples opinions / actions and generally taking on the beaten path. As such, this allows analysts  identify trends in generations or in groups of people sharing common characteristics.

On the other hand, there are those that do not feel the need for security and comfort as much as the majority. They are usually called entrepreneurs, change agents or rebels but their main aim is independence. To achieve it, they build new organisations, trends or just look on how to fix issues in places where other people seldom look at so they basically start writing new sets of rules. Some make it, some don't but probably all of them manage to sharpen their survival instincts due to their permanent exposure to threats and the need to adapt and overcome them.

All in all, the question arises: when you feel you're over-booked, how much of it really depends on external factors and how much on you, trying unconsciously to belong or adhere to initiatives and/or secure a purpose for yourself ?