I am reading June Archer’s “Yes! Every Day Can Be a Good Day,” and it’s quite an inspirational book and a great read. It promotes a lot of positive thinking.
However, I am puzzled by his quote on page 27, where he says, “You can’t make it until you BELIEVE you can make it. The most successful people in the world have a NO FEAR attitude and a sense of entitlement. Others FEAR success and BELIEVE they might not have a chance at anything. Why not you? Don’t be afraid. BELIEVE!”
The most successful people in the world have a sense of entitlement? They told me that I shouldn’t have one…
Also, I am a little puzzled by this quote on page 24 where he says, “If you can’t change the people that are around you, change the people that are around you.”
It’s not an entitlement to things. It’s an entitlement to happiness, to having an awesome life, etc.
When people internalize early that ‘they’ll never amount to much’, for whatever reason, it’s can be crippling to get past. I think that’s what they’re talking about!