I come from a pretty comfortable background. Growing up, I didn't want for anything. It didn't take long for me to develop a very strong sense of entitlement. As a young adult, I expected everything to be handed to me, just as almost everything always had been.
At the end of my senior year at Loyola Marymount University, a professor warned me that I would have a difficult time in the real world. He had seen my sense of entitlement in action, as well as my expectation that everyone be treated with equal respect, regardless of almost any circumstance. I was headed for what my professor called a "rude awakening."
Five years into that real world and my sense of entitlement has all but disappeared with my self confidence. My expectations for success increasingly lessen as I remain in the same position as I had been when I first began working. I now realize that I do not have what it takes to accomplish greatness or to make a great fortune, so I prepare myself to live the rest of my life making do with a lifestyle less comfortable.
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