On the one hand, yes, such mindsets do exist. Some people feel like everything ought to work perfectly for them, and if something goes wrong then it’s not their fault and they’re not going to fix it.

On the other hand, it’s classic nonsense that “normal” people accuse everyone else of having an “entitlement mindset”, as in “Get serious. You think you can make money online? You think you can escape 9-to-5? You think you’re better than the rest of us? You’re selfish. You just think you’re entitled to something.”

See how that works?

You said: “If you really want something, you shouldn’t expect to glide through life so easily and still be able to attain it.”

Yes, we shouldn’t underestimate the challenge. But neither should we overestimate the challenge. Some people have the former problem, where they figure that very little effort is necessary. Most people have the latter problem, figuring that doing-what-they-love is so gosh-darn hard that it’s not worth the effort. In both cases, people don’t work hard enough to make their dreams come true.

It’s interesting. .-= Sonicsuns´s last blog ..Use Firefox (or maybe Chrome) =-.

But what bugs the hell out of me is that obtaining success and money and fame without hard work doesn’t result in mastery of any kind. Something I’ve found out in the last few years is that I apparently value mastery above all else. If I was rich or famous without feeling like an expert in my field I’d be a failure in my own eyes. And I think that will always be true.

Mastery takes hard work and that’s why my generation is typically only good at claiming to be knowledgeable or inventing new fields for which they can claim mastery (like “social media expert” WTF is that?)