One of the financial nuances we fail to admit is that the state of entitlement is naturally inculcated. There's a reason why we're entitled, it's not human nature that's alien. People are born entitled because they didn't choose to be born.
Living comes with incurred expenses, this is why we work, save, budget, plan, and eventually spend. So, the process of entitlement is causal.
We incur expenses by being connected or relates to others. The instinct of entitlement comes in the form of parent to children's relationships.
When people choose to birth children, these children have the right to be automatically entitled and this is because they didn't choose to be born.
So whether we have jobs, or not, paid or underpaid, being owed or not, the sentiment of entitlement cannot from kids remains
because they're unable to cater to themselves, and secondly, they need to be nurtured it's a systemic financial process of life.
So early entitlement is incurred, the expectations of entitlement should come naturally, because it's life's natural process, and this is why people are always skeptical about the cost of owning and running a family.
However, we expect the sense of entitlement to wane when people begin to develop the Intuitive skills of dependence. However, entitlement remains especially with the type of affiliation we form.
The Cultural form Of Financial Entitlement
For example, a woman is entitled to a man's resources or means and vice versa, when they're romantically or familially affiliated, so it's difficult to establish entitlement with a stranger, a familiarity is struck, and we begin to feel too comfortable because of their goodwill.
This is why I believe entitlement differs culturally and psychologically. While it's a state of mind that's meant to be natural, it's important to understand that it is meant to take a different form as we progress.
However, growth is subjective, especially when it comes to money and finance, some people are limited by health imperatives (like me), there are others who are limited by negating cultural beliefs and practices.
This means that some people's cultural background, makes them think they aren't supposed to be financially independent
......they feel they're unable to eschew values that should be financially rewardable, and people like this are why we have families that exist in perpetual mediocrity.
Sometimes, entitlement naturally dies when our expectations are not met, this disappointment might lead to an awakening.
While we need people in life it's important to understand that we cannot completely trust others to come through for us when we need them the most.
Complete Reliability Makes Disappointment Hurts More
Trusting people complexly is a form of entitlement, but we cannot help this, because that is how we're emotionally wired.
There are people who have trusted others to establish business relationships, but in the end, the promises of these people fail and millions in loss are incurred, and trust is severed.
While people cannot completely establish 100% certainty when it comes to business relationships, we should understand that even experts and professionals can be wrong in their estimations and assertions. Why? They're humans, and life can change irrespective of what we say or believe in.
So people establish a different form of entitlement, but the main point is that age, growth, and experience are what diversify the form of entitlement we often cultivate.
For example, In a place like Nigeria, the sense of entitlement is more than in some other places and this is because of the lack of personal development and self-awareness.
Having a sophisticated sense of independence is one of the ways to obliterate natural entitlement.
when people rise above their expectations, disappointment, or sense of loss, to do those things they expect others to do for themselves.
It Boils Down To Money Again.
Money is where the biggest form of entitlement comes in and we cannot take away this fact or its relevance.
Without the psychological nuances that come with money, things like retention will be impossible, this is why it's important to shape the mindset and keep learning about different ways to restructure the sense of entitlement. It's an individual journey.
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