Motivational Blog- The hazard of entitlement thinking

Motivational Poster- Entitlement Thinking

The greatest hazard of entitlement thinking is that it robs you of ownership—not only the ownership of the spoils of success, but far more important, the ownership of achievement. It robs you of the power of knowing that you placed yourself in the position of success and therefore can do it again if need be. It robs you of the confidence needed to translate your present success into a greater success. It robs you of the resolve needed to take risks.

Entitlement is having something handed to you, either through luck or charity. When you achieve something yourself, by using your own creativity and effort, you know that no one else gave it to you and therefore your sense of self-worth increases. Entitlement thinking weakens you and makes you its prisoner. Once you subjugate yourself to entitlement thinking, you become a prisoner of the fear of losing your meager benefits.

You are a slave who is afraid to leave your cruel master because you fear not having the means to support yourself if you were free. And that is the bargain you have made with yourself. You tell yourself you will wait for your break, for your share, for Lady Luck to smile upon you and give you your due. In return, you settle for the bondage that is a life of frustration, fear, and lack.

How do you escape the trap of entitlement thinking? By realizing and embracing one basic truth: No one owes you anything. If you are a grown adult, no one is responsible for taking care of you. Do you hear the voices in your mind rising to object? What if such and such is the case? But what about ... ? But in some cases ... ? You must firmly walk away from all such thinking if you are to be free. Entitlement does not give up its slaves willingly. It will be a fight, and the prize is your life.


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