Is my association with the term "deserve" holding me back?

[Sean Kaye]

I have two things I remind myself of all the time:

1) Everything that happen to me is my fault. I own it.
2) I am owed nothing. I deserve nothing. I have to earn everything that I get.

It keeps me focused and away from self-pity.

 

[ExaltedLife]

I can respect libertarianism I can't respect liberalism. Liberalism is the ideology of losers.

Even with the flat earthers? Love the profile pic btw.

 

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[Roli]

Personally, @Ubermensch congratulates you for seeing the potential error of your ways

Lots of people hate on @Ubermensch, in real life, and on this forum. The haters and doubters in real life are of far more concern to @Ubermensch than the typed talks of tomfoolery from those that do not actually know @Ubermensch.

Because @Ubermensch has such a high degree of self-belief, self-love and self-appreciation, he acts accordingly.

@Roli believes @Ubermensch should dial back referring to himself in the third person

 

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[BrooklynHustle]

Love this outlook

You should be. MJ is a rare breed, a winner as a entrepreneur, with an equal or even greater ability to describe the inner workings and mechanics of success in the economy.



That's a fair assessment. So, let's evaluate your question with the "matter-of-fact" part of our selves, rather than the "bleeding heart" part of it. After your rational mind creates wealth, you can appease your heart by starting non-profits and engaging in charity. If you think about it, engaging in charity is a natural extension of behavior for the wealthy, because - as it is in industry and enterprise - it boils down to finding needs, and developing a useful and effective process to meet and serve those needs.




Personally, @Ubermensch congratulates you for seeing the potential error of your ways, questioning them, and considering change. It is this skill that allows humans to dominate a planet full of predators and animals with far greater physical weapons.

To fully unleash the power of your mind, Ayn Rand understand that we humans needs to grow wings, yet most people grow weighted shackles in the place that they should've sprouted wings.

The sentiment you express in the OP exists in society, sometimes insidiously. For instance, you strike me as the sort of person who might complain about the "greed" of particular individuals or companies in industry, perhaps in Wall Street or other sectors. And the word "greed" is the most fatuously used word to explain a hackneyed idea. The concept of greed itself is a non-concept; greed is defined as "too much" desire for something.

The question is: Too much, according to who?

The point is: No one has the right to tell you how much you deserve, and anyone that uses the word greed tacitly assumes that he or she has some way of telling us all how much we deserve.

THAT'S why Gordon Gekkon and Milton Friedman rightfully tell us that greed is good.

On this forum, the phrase Does it hurt bad enough has a kind of reputation. You won't force yourself, the world - or the universe - to change, acknowledge your existence and give you what you want until your desire to do so forces actions that will logically produces results.

Lots of people hate on @Ubermensch, in real life, and on this forum. The haters and doubters in real life are of far more concern to @Ubermensch than the typed talks of tomfoolery from those that do not actually know @Ubermensch.

Because @Ubermensch has such a high degree of self-belief, self-love and self-appreciation, he acts accordingly.

Think about it like this. Have you ever been in love? Head-over-heels in love, like you would do anything for this person? Like you would die for this person, or kill for this person. Like no matter what happened in life, no matter what anyone said, you would do everything in your power to take care of this person.

Now, ask yourself, do you feel this way about yourself? Because if you really wanted to give someone that you love the sun, moon and stars, you would probably figure out that you need financial freedom to provide the freedom, the healthy lifestyle, the luxury, the fun, that your love deserves.

Love yourself. Re-awaken your inner child. Let her whisper her deepest desires to you. Pay attention when she talks. What does she really want?

Find out, and then fighting like hell to win will be an after-thought.

 

[Iammelissamoore]

I love your post and the responses and you're right, "Deserve" can certainly take on a lot of meanings, based on the context it is used in. I believe that I deserve to be wealthy, but, I believe in order for me to obtain such, I deserve to get my a$$ up and work for what I desire. Lol.

I always say that life is NOT JUST about paying bills and dying, but indeed, we ought to work for what we desire and I know you raised the point that no one owes you anything, I fully agree with that. We each hold the power to make things happen regardless of our circumstances.

Sometimes we whine about not having the extreme luxuries of specific things to be successful in life and then someone who literally has nothing, invents something using neglected materials that solves problems, then it's like, "okay, what excuse we have?" Lol. So, I get where you're coming from and agree. We live in a world where applying ourselves with positive actions can get us ahead. No one owes us anything; however, we owe it to ourselves to do great things, it's definitely a free-will.

 

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