My Generation Has an Entitlement Issue

I wake up each day thankful for what I have, what I dream of doing, and how I can be the best version of myself. I awaken feeling determined to make the world a better place before I die. Often, I wonder what other’s my age dream about or wish to do. Today, it seems that many kids my age just want to get nice cars, wear Gucci, make shit loads of money and post flashy images on social media.

Now, I am not bagging on the desire to have nice things or be wealthy, but there is a problem surfacing here that I cannot bear to be a part of. The issue at hand is beyond those material things, it is entitlement.

It is the get rich quick mindset, it is the I want this many followers mindset, it is the let’s join this company or do this thing just to make money mindset. It is the insatiable, passion-less craving to be Instagram famous, to be showing off your new luxury toys, to be recruiting the next person to get the next buck mindset.

This is entitlement and it’s swallowing my entire fucking generation whole day by day, post by post, mlm by MLM company at a time and it has me feeling confused.

The truth is, I will get beef on this post. The truth is no kid my age wants to hear this, they don’t want to believe it. They do not want to work hard, they do not want to work as a team, they do not actually want to build their own business.

They’d rather rely on prebuilt systems, the easy way, the shortcut to making it. Besides, isn’t it easy to put on dress clothes, post an Instagram picture about being a hustling entrepreneur and remind all kids who are still working jobs that they are silly and should join their company or direct sales team or this or that.

Once again, I am not bagging on MLM companies or people apart of similar type business models. I personally have been a part of multiple of these type of companies. Albeit, they were great tools to use to grow and learn but the harsh truth I came to realize after joining each company was “Is this what I am really supposed to be doing?”. “Is this what I dreamt of doing growing up?.”

It was these type of questions that led to this aha moment. If you are doing something just for money, just for nice things, just for the “lifestyle” then you are avoiding your true passion and reason for existence. What’s really crazy about all of this is that I cannot even blame my similar aged peers for doing what they do. We are constantly being advertised luxury items, fast cars, beautiful women, nice things 24/7.

Even in my gut as I write this I fear releasing this due to it sounding like such a bash, but really this comes from my heart. The issue is really not any of the material items, nice things or lifestyle vacations. The issue is the fact that people will do whatever it takes to get that status, they’ll fuck people over, make false promises, and continue to create “multiple streams of income” with things that our world really truly doesn’t need.

The last thing our planet needs is more millionaire 19-year-olds with brand new G-Wagons, BMW’s, and Rolex’s.

What I find vastly important that almost everyone misses my age is patience. We are so young, we barely know shit about life and have electronic devices that can literally change the world in our palms 3–5 hours a day minimum. But what are we doing with them? Selling pink mugs on amazing for no apparent reason but to get “paid”. You’d think that the focus would be on creating a more sustainable existence for our entire race. The problem is entitlement. It is me, me, me.

Everything is personal and beyond the generation of making shit loads of money what did you effectively do that you would be proud of when you died?

I reflect on all the times I joined a company to get paid, where I sold a person because I wanted money, not because they needed a product or service but because I convinced them they did. I’ve heard this saying “selling someone is the greatest service you can do for them” many times. Yet I came to realize after contemplation this is not true.

Especially after hearing Naveen Jain speak at 10x Growth Con where he mentioned: “Selling someone is actually a disservice because if you had to convince someone they needed something they didn’t make a choice, you did.”

In result, what Naveen means is that if people are not already looking for you or in the purchasing position because they NEED something you are just continuing the cycle of upsells of more things this world doesn’t actually need.

I cannot bear to witness the continuation of these perpetual entitlement issues, but this is something I cannot control. So I choose to speak on it in light of saying the unsaid. I’d like to end this article off by sharing a recent insight I received from Gary V recently via LinkedIn.

“People making statements to justify their actions for short-term financial benefits always fade away. Defend something you believe in, not what helps you get a fancier car.”

If that doesn’t hit you right in the soul, then I am not sure where you are headed next.

Sincerely,

Skylar G. Lysaker

C.O.O of FG Marketing Co.

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