Entitlement

Ask Not What You Can Do for Your Child -- Ask What Your Child Can Do For You!

Dr. G | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Chores, Responsibility, Attitude, Children, Kids, Parenting, Entitlement, Childhood, Kids Chores, Children Chores, Parents News
Dr. G

Take that time we are blessed with in this generation to stop putting away their laundry and start thinking about their characters. Think what great parenting you could do if you delegated some of the tedious work to your kids.

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Check the Work Ethic In Your Company, If You Dare

Marty Zwilling | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Entitlement, Business, Startup, Entrepreneur, Work Ethic, Small Business America, Small Business News
Marty Zwilling

Are you and your company part of the problem, or part of the solution? Remember that a poor work ethic by even one person in the organization is a virus, which can spread like wildfire and bring down the whole organization.

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The Changing Face of Change

Marian Salzman | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Middle Class, Tradition, Trends, Parenting, Entitlement, Discontent, Doing Good, Occupy Movement, 2012, Social Media, Marriage, Change, Consumerism, Value, Arab Spring, Africa, Millennials, Trendspotting, Sustainability, Socialpreneurs, Csr, Kim Kardashian, China, Gay Marriage, Brands, Culture News
Marian Salzman

As we fade to gray in 2012, it's due in no small part to the tearing down of traditions and an end of entitlement gone extreme.

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Why Time Seems To Slow Down

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Resources, Science, Brad Bushman, Psychology, Entitlement, Time, Time Perception, Emotional Intelligence, Brain Science, Healthy Living News
Art Markman, Ph.D.

Time is a precious resource. The greater your sense of entitlement, the more that you want to avoid wasting resources. So the more entitled you feel, the more pain you have when your time is wasted.

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Technology Entitlement: Paying for Media

April Salchert | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Internet-Piracy, Newspapers, Star Tribune, Online Piracy, Illegal Downloading, Entitlement, Online Journalism, Minneapolis, Media News
April Salchert

Why should we expect newspapers to live off of advertising revenue alone? Not every local newspaper can compete with FOX, CNN and BBC on the advertising market.

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Suggestions for Obama's Medicare Counterproposal

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Social Security, President Obama, Demagogue, Drug Companies, Means Test, Democratic, Proposal, Reform, Obama, Republican, Bulk Purchase, Voucher, Discount, Ryan, Medicare, Left, Health Care, Donut Hole, Right, Budget, Medicare Part D, Democrat, Medicaid, Entitlement, Lie, Barack Obama, Means Testing, Seniors, Corporate Welfare, Paul Ryan, Healthcare Reform, Prescription Drug, Politics News
Chris Weigant

It's going to be very easy for whatever Obama comes up with to look a lot better than just handing seniors a voucher and saying: "Good luck with that medical insurance marketplace."

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It's a Really Bad Time to Be Middle Class in America

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Social Security, Class Warfare, Wealth, Federal Budget Deficit, George W. Bush, Plutocracy, Republicans Health Care Repeal, Speaker Boehner, Middle Class, Bush Deficit, Obama Budget, Budget Deficit, Medicare, Entitlement, Wall Street Bonuses, Helping the Poor, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

Obama is being forced to rip open the social fabric of this country to reduce the Bush generated debts.

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Does America's Obsession With Entitlement Fuel Racism?

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racism, Classism, Entitlement, Capitalism, America, Politics, Slavery, Politics News
Gil Laroya

America, considered by the world as the "land of the free and home of the brave". But does this saying come with some sort of social guarantee? If you...

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Digital IQ may plug the Ingenuity Gap

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nasa, Entitlement, Digital IQ, State Department, Recession, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

For most of this decade, I've been obsessed with Thomas Homer-Dixon's Ingenuity Gap; the problems we face grow in complexity while our civic problem s...

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Cruising for a Bruising

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exceptionalism, Entitlement, Carnival Cruise Lines, World News
John Feffer

The Carnival cruise story's framing says about the U.S. perspective of the world. Even if only in a very muted way, the ship's passengers got a taste of Third World conditions.

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Reality Check!

Wendy Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Carnival, Haiti Earthquake, San Diego, Associated Press, Spam, Entitlement, Cruise Ship, Tragedy, Perspective, Cholera, Vacation, World News
Wendy Abrams

Let's put the Carnival Cruise ship into perspective -- it was not tragedy. Tragedy is the cholera outbreak in Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people are left homeless from the earthquake.

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Season's Greetings

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Living Dead, Halloween, Treats, Ghouls, Republicans, Tricks, Entitlement, Witches, Politics News
Frank Dwyer

We didn't open the door. "Trick or treat!" It seemed so Republican....

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'Self-Described Fiscal Conservatives Cannot Be Taken Seriously'

The New York Times | SIMON JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Deficit, Aftershock, Social Security, Fault Lines, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, Dodd-Frank Act, Entitlement, Third World America, Wall Street, Austerity, Politics News

There are three main views of the financial crisis and the most recent recession. In the first two views, the debate over the fiscal deficit is quite ...

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'Entitled' to What, Being Unemployed?

Emily Bennington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entitlement, Emily Bennington, College, Gen Y, College News, Scott Gerber, College News
Emily Bennington

If you are destined to become the most self-accountable cohort in human history, what better time to get started then right now?

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Amanda Terkel

Republicans Struggle To Say How They Would Pay For Tax Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entitlements, Fox News Sunday, Federal Deficit, 2010 Elections, Fiorina Spending, Social Security, Deficits, Deficit Reduction, Budget Deficit, Entitlement, Deficit, Video, Fiorina Fox News, Federal Budget Deficit, Carly Fiorina, Fiorina Entitlements, Medicare, Fiorina Deficit, Ken Buck, Meg Whitman, Bush Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Elections 2010, Politics News

On Sunday's morning public affairs shows, both Republican Senate candidates Carly Fiorina in California and Ken Buck in Colorado struggled to give spe...

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We're Too Proud of Our Anger

Michael Yapko | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Entitlement, Bullying, Culture, Anger, Anger Management, Depression, Suicide, Unplug and Recharge, Child Bullies, Cyber-Bullying, Healthy Living News
Michael Yapko

The suicide of the student at Rutgers is a tragedy that has everyone examining cyberbullying and homophobia. Those are good things to be examining, but it misses the heart of the matter.

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Fiscal Commission Mistakenly Targets Social Security for Cuts

Merton and Joan Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security Funding, Retirement Age, Aged Dependancy Ratio, Social Security, Entitlement, Allen Simpson, Fiscal Commision, Politics News
Merton and Joan Bernstein

Misinformation and misunderstanding, much of it deliberate, continues to fuel the mistaken notion that we can pare the federal deficit by trimming Social Security.

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YPU debates Michael Astrue, the National Commissioner of Social Security on "Resolved: The Yale Class of 2014 should and will receive social security benefits" (2010/09/13)

Yale Political Union | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Welfare, Ypu, Entitlement, Social Security, Budget, Michael Astrue, Yale Political Union, Politics News
Yale Political Union

On Sept. 3, 2010, the Yale Political Union debated "Resolved: The Yale Class of 2014 should and will receive social security benefits" with National C...

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Entitled Rookie Job Seekers are Not Empowered

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Humble Confidence, Professionalism, Attitude, Self-Awareness, Behavior, Relationship Management, Social Awareness, Entitlement, Millennial Generation, Self Management, Grade Inflation, Emotional Intelligence, Work Ethic, Healthy Living News
Caroline Dowd-Higgins

I like to think the millennial age of entitlement ran amok when a sports entrepreneur invented T-Ball so every mini little leaguer could actually hit ...

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Blabbers Remorse, White Entitlement, and General Stanley McChrystal's Ego

Molly Secours | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dnc, White House, Richard Holbrooke, Lindsey Graham, Joe Biden, Entitlement, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, John Kerry, Rolling Stone, Stanley McChrystal, Racism, Gop, Fox News, Whiteness, Tea Party, Politics News
Molly Secours

It is difficult to imagine McCrystal's words don't belong to a jacked up first semester frat boy who has discovered what his new status affords and suffers from the delusion that his 'winning streak' will never end.

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Quiz! Are You Entitled?

Kit Yarrow, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Narcissism, Quiz, Psychology, Entitlement, Kit Yarrow, Gratitude, Happiness, Richad Wiseman, Healthy Living News
Kit Yarrow, Ph.D.

The entitled person is more likely to be dissatisfied or unhappy than those whose expectations are aligned with society and the needs of others.

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How True Leadership in Business Is Not About Entitlement

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Leadership, Leaders, Matthieu Langeard, Narcissism, Human Capital, Financial Crisis, Gry Osnes, Entrepreneurs, Entitlement, Business, Business News
Vivian Norris

A Leader creates new pathways, whereas a manager tries to keep an existing structure in place and "train" those under him or her to work within that context.

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The Favorite Child: Unraveling This Pervasive Dynamic

Dr. Ellen Libby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Favorite Child, Family Dynamics, Children, Favoritism, Siblings, Children's Welfare, Psychology, Parenting, Child Rearing, Entitlement, Family, Parenting Favoritism, Dr. Ellen Libby, Healthy Living News
Dr. Ellen Libby

There are dangers inherent in being the favorite child. Unbridled confidence can be accompanied by feelings of entitlement and little, if any, realization that there are consequences for actions.

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Tiger Woods And The Sandtrap Of Entitlement

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, Mark Sanford, Tiger Woods Affair, Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Entitlement, Tiger Woods Scandal, Mark Sanford Affair, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Kobe Bryant, Hollywood, South Carolina, Buddhism, Living News, Featured Contributor, Arianna Huffington, Dr. Judith Rich, Healthy Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

Tiger, intoxicated with fame and fortune, felt he could fly as high as he wanted and that somehow the sun's heat would make an exception, or the law of gravity would be suspended.

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Cancer, John Mayer and "Please Don't Call Me Racist" : Diffusing the R-Bomb

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hood Pass, White Supremacists, Bull Conner, Chemotherapy, Racism, Entitlement, Cancer, Whiteness, Rush Limbaugh, Bart Motes, John Meyer, Tim-Wise, White People, Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, Healthy Living News
Molly Secours

It wasn't until recovering from stage IV uterine cancer that I began to notice the parallels between cancer and racism -- and potentially similar paths of recovery.

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