Well, it is true that your Payment is better guaranteed as a salary earner because most companies and the government which usually gives employment have sure ways of generating income which will be used for paying. And therefore, your income is more guaranteed when you are a salary earner.
As a business person, you can be able to make huge profits which a salary earner may never make. A salary earner has a fixed amount while a business person earns at differing rates. Thus, a business person can make huge profits beyond imagination and gain what a salary earner may take ages to amass. But nevertheless, the risk attached to business is very high. Just as a business has the potential of making profit, it also has the potential of making a loss. A business person can make huge losses which will rid such a person of all his funds not to even talk of a pay or profit. But all the same, this depends on what you can do best and your preference.