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Just a little rant. 😀
Everywhere you look the entitlement mindset is rampant. Dependence, Dependence. Dependence. Somebody else has to come in and make it happen for you. Somebody else has to do the work for you. Somebody else has to do the thinking for you. It's always somebody else that is responsible for you and your life.
-"I deserve a high paying job after dropping $100k for college."
-"I deserve a big a$$ home with two cars."
-"The system is broken."
-"They need to do more for me."
-"It's their fault I'm the way I am today."
-"It's their fault I'm broke, fat and lonely."
-"It's not my fault I have $20k in credit card debt, the system screwed me."
The essence of the entitlement mindset is DEPENDENCE and relinquishing responsibility. Dependence on others. Somebody else has to do it. Somebody else has to come to the rescue. It's their fault.
The opposite is INDEPENDENCE and SELF-RESPONSIBILITY. And it has Fastlane Success written all over it.
You are missing out if you have an entitlement and dependent attitude. You are sabotaging yourself and depriving yourself of a powerful and pleasurable human capability. The ability to think for yourself and take control over the variables within your reach in your life. You are dumping your life in a toilet if you do so otherwise. Taking responsibility and being independent is not a painful onerous burden, its the opposite.
What is Independence?
-Independence means you think for yourself and you take responsibility for yourself and your life. Your thoughts, feelings and beliefs are not those of OTHERS but YOURS. You don't seek others approval nor do you fear their disapproval. People who are independent thinking beings want to SHARE their independence with others, they want to express and share their joy in being an independent thinking being. Reality is not other people's thoughts, feelings and beliefs. No one else can think for you the same way no one else can breath for you. Adopt this and you will never be bothered when someone calls you an idiot because you are not dependent on what others think or do.
Take self-responsibility for all variables within your reach and I guarantee you, you will be a Fastlane Success and in Life.
1. Take responsibility for the amount of value you bring to a market place, its your fault the customers didn't buy your product or service. Its your fault your company went to zero or if it just went through an IPO.
2. Your communication skills and public speaking skills are your responsibility, its your F*cken fault you haven't brought appropriate understanding and practice to these activities.
3. The amount of money in your bank account is your own damn fault, i don't care if you have $10.50 in it or $5 million dollars.
5. Its your fault your life sucks and its your fault if its amazing.
6. Its your fault that your broke, fat and lonely and its your fault if you are rich and have social connections and relationships all over the place.
7. You are responsible for the level of understanding you bring to life and business and everything in it.
8. Its your fault you don't understand the marketplace well enough, its your fault you don't understand human communication well enough.
You see where i'm getting at? Its your own damn fault and thats a good thing because you can do something about it! If it wasn't your fault then there would be nothing you could do about it. Life would be futile and painful.
Look at all of the variables in your life that are dormant. You can reach out and change them and mold them!
What you take responsibility for in your life and business shapes your destiny, both yourself and your bank account.
I remember when I turned 16 my dad gave me the keys to the car to go out with my friends. I felt tremendous joy because it was a new sense of independence and self-responsibility. The same goes for life and business. ITS A JOY. You are in control and its your fault for good or bad.
Look at your life right now. Are you independent? Are you dependent on others, psychologically or financially? What variables in your life can you take control of that will bring tremendous improvement?
Cheers.
Everywhere you look the entitlement mindset is rampant. Dependence, Dependence. Dependence. Somebody else has to come in and make it happen for you. Somebody else has to do the work for you. Somebody else has to do the thinking for you. It's always somebody else that is responsible for you and your life.
-"I deserve a high paying job after dropping $100k for college."
-"I deserve a big a$$ home with two cars."
-"The system is broken."
-"They need to do more for me."
-"It's their fault I'm the way I am today."
-"It's their fault I'm broke, fat and lonely."
-"It's not my fault I have $20k in credit card debt, the system screwed me."
The essence of the entitlement mindset is DEPENDENCE and relinquishing responsibility. Dependence on others. Somebody else has to do it. Somebody else has to come to the rescue. It's their fault.
The opposite is INDEPENDENCE and SELF-RESPONSIBILITY. And it has Fastlane Success written all over it.
You are missing out if you have an entitlement and dependent attitude. You are sabotaging yourself and depriving yourself of a powerful and pleasurable human capability. The ability to think for yourself and take control over the variables within your reach in your life. You are dumping your life in a toilet if you do so otherwise. Taking responsibility and being independent is not a painful onerous burden, its the opposite.
What is Independence?
-Independence means you think for yourself and you take responsibility for yourself and your life. Your thoughts, feelings and beliefs are not those of OTHERS but YOURS. You don't seek others approval nor do you fear their disapproval. People who are independent thinking beings want to SHARE their independence with others, they want to express and share their joy in being an independent thinking being. Reality is not other people's thoughts, feelings and beliefs. No one else can think for you the same way no one else can breath for you. Adopt this and you will never be bothered when someone calls you an idiot because you are not dependent on what others think or do.
Take self-responsibility for all variables within your reach and I guarantee you, you will be a Fastlane Success and in Life.
1. Take responsibility for the amount of value you bring to a market place, its your fault the customers didn't buy your product or service. Its your fault your company went to zero or if it just went through an IPO.
2. Your communication skills and public speaking skills are your responsibility, its your F*cken fault you haven't brought appropriate understanding and practice to these activities.
3. The amount of money in your bank account is your own damn fault, i don't care if you have $10.50 in it or $5 million dollars.
5. Its your fault your life sucks and its your fault if its amazing.
6. Its your fault that your broke, fat and lonely and its your fault if you are rich and have social connections and relationships all over the place.
7. You are responsible for the level of understanding you bring to life and business and everything in it.
8. Its your fault you don't understand the marketplace well enough, its your fault you don't understand human communication well enough.
You see where i'm getting at? Its your own damn fault and thats a good thing because you can do something about it! If it wasn't your fault then there would be nothing you could do about it. Life would be futile and painful.
Look at all of the variables in your life that are dormant. You can reach out and change them and mold them!
What you take responsibility for in your life and business shapes your destiny, both yourself and your bank account.
I remember when I turned 16 my dad gave me the keys to the car to go out with my friends. I felt tremendous joy because it was a new sense of independence and self-responsibility. The same goes for life and business. ITS A JOY. You are in control and its your fault for good or bad.
Look at your life right now. Are you independent? Are you dependent on others, psychologically or financially? What variables in your life can you take control of that will bring tremendous improvement?
Cheers.
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