http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/zenmind Questions tagged with 'zenmind' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 18 May 2007 16:37:11 -0800 Fri, 18 May 2007 16:37:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/62946/How%2Ddo%2DI%2Dlose%2Dmy%2Dsense%2Dof%2Dentitlement How do I lose my sense of entitlement? Far from having "immigrant mentality," I have the "entitled white boy" mentality, and I'd really like to lose it. When I was younger I never had to work too hard because people ascribed to me a high level of aptitude I never really earned. Now that I'm out in the Real World I'm having a hard time mustering the success that a nattering little voice in my head says I deserve, but I lack the drive to achieve it, having been handed so much without any effort on my part.<br> <br> So.<br> <br> How do I silence the voice that say I deserve everything so I can muster the ambition to actually earn it? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.62946 Fri, 18 May 2007 16:37:11 -0800 ambition entitled success whiteboy zenmind lekvar