I just read a very elaborate defense of the victimization of America. Maybe it was E2 that helped clear some of that kind of thinking away for me.
People ultimately choose to make their lives difficult. I have compassion for those who get "caught up," in the system - but being a person who has always sought a solution to my problems, my sympathy only goes so far.
If we keep blaming anything outside of our ability to make choices, we give our power away to the system. I don't care what was stuffed into my head my whole life, I make the decisions.
I'm sure it's tough to be an entrepreneur. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Not everyone is made of the stuff it takes to walk that path. But, regarding what I said in my prior post, you took what it said and extrapolated it into something that wasn't there. I didn't make a single comment concerning people who make decisions to improve their life. I also never said don't attempt to change the system. I promise you though, the people who DO feel entitled (don't try to tell me it's just people who are angry life doesn't live up to expectations b/c we've all been lied to) aren't the movers and shakers that will get it done.
I know so many people - close friends - who don't lift a finger to help themselves. They have their hand held out while they make poor decision after poor decision crying "Woe is me!" Even to suggest something bordering on self-improvement and I get stonewalled with excuses on why it can't be done.
Is it wrong to suggest that some people could do with a little more appreciation for having first world problems? There are people who are genuinely born into a sh*t life here, but when someone who grew up in a hovel in war-torn poverty can cross the ocean, learn a new language, and make due in a system that's completely foreign to them - how is it possible to not feel a little inspired by that?
People ultimately choose to make their lives difficult. I have compassion for those who get "caught up," in the system - but being a person who has always sought a solution to my problems, my sympathy only goes so far.
If we keep blaming anything outside of our ability to make choices, we give our power away to the system. I don't care what was stuffed into my head my whole life, I make the decisions.
I'm sure it's tough to be an entrepreneur. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Not everyone is made of the stuff it takes to walk that path. But, regarding what I said in my prior post, you took what it said and extrapolated it into something that wasn't there. I didn't make a single comment concerning people who make decisions to improve their life. I also never said don't attempt to change the system. I promise you though, the people who DO feel entitled (don't try to tell me it's just people who are angry life doesn't live up to expectations b/c we've all been lied to) aren't the movers and shakers that will get it done.
I know so many people - close friends - who don't lift a finger to help themselves. They have their hand held out while they make poor decision after poor decision crying "Woe is me!" Even to suggest something bordering on self-improvement and I get stonewalled with excuses on why it can't be done.
Is it wrong to suggest that some people could do with a little more appreciation for having first world problems? There are people who are genuinely born into a sh*t life here, but when someone who grew up in a hovel in war-torn poverty can cross the ocean, learn a new language, and make due in a system that's completely foreign to them - how is it possible to not feel a little inspired by that?
