My boys play baseball. They play in little league, and they play well. My youngest son came home from practice upset. He was upset that he didn’t get a chance to pitch. I asked him if he was bigger than the other kids on his team, he said no. Did he work harder at pitching than he did his batting and fielding? Again, the answer was no. So, I have to ask, why do you deserve the opportunity to pitch? He said that he didn’t know. (This is where we actually need to parent our children.) I could have called the coach and chewed him out for not giving my son a chance to pitch, but I didn’t. My son and I had a talk instead. I told him, just because you want to pitch doesn’t mean that anyone owes you an opportunity that you haven’t earned. You are small for your age, which means that you have to work harder, be more focused, and more determined than everyone else to achieve the result that you want. Say you work harder than everyone else, and still don’t get what you want, what then? Everyone else quits, you can’t quit. Work hard, create good habits now, they will stay with you for the rest of your life. As long as you don’t quit, you have an immediate advantage over 70% of the population (that’s my statistic, but it could be higher based on the weak-minded quitters that I see regularly). Life is not fair, you can put in the work and still not get it. You have to be willing to work harder than everyone around you, that’s how you overcome and win at life. The world owes you nothing, not even an opportunity. If you want to pitch, you have to sacrifice something else to do it. True success comes at a cost and it’s usually something you love to do. This is something that whiners complain about, and winners eliminate and forget.
Generation after generation of entitled, weak-minded, weak-willed, quitters. They will mindlessly follow unless it interferes with their video game time. I have a compromise, they have to read and be outside for the same amount of time that they want to play games, do chores around the house to earn game time, but it isn’t given, it must be earned. As parents, we have created a generation of brittle children, that buckle under the lightest pressure. There are opportunities everywhere for those that can handle the pressure, and did you know that you can get paid more for handling high stress positions!? Crazy! Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot of pressure for every age group. Not everyone can handle it, but so many never try. Instead, they quit and feel that they are entitled to status, opportunities, and higher income without actually earning it. This evolved form of nepotism is toxic to our society. We can see children of prominent politicians procure high six figure salaries with major network television, jobs with Ukrainian oil companies, or sell finger paintings for hundreds of thousands of dollars with no formal artistic training. It becomes easy to see why the upcoming generations feel entitled to everything without earning it because we as a society has conditioned them to do so.
Not anymore. Here are five things that you need to tell your son or daughter today.
1. Control what you put into your body. Whether it’s drugs, alcohol, fast food, or sex, none of those things today will make a better version of yourself tomorrow. I know, you feel entitled to momentary escape and pleasure, but it’s a bad long-term result. Eat fast food every meal for a month and see how motivated you feel.
2. Exercise. You would have to run for an hour to burn the calories from two cookies, but that’s on you. Put your self together. Learn how to fight. Take Jiu Jitsu, it teaches you how to combat larger opponents. Also, if some kids knew what it felt like to get punched in the face, there would be less of them running their mouth, just saying.
3. Strengthen your mind. Read actual books, and not just from authors or subjects you know and agree with. Read subjects that will push the boundaries so you can argue intellectually against them. Reading opens your mind to new ideas and presents the solution to problems instead of creating them.
4. Cut back on tv, video games, social media. This is simple, write down the amount of time you spend gaming, on Instagram, or in front of the television. If you spend more than one hour on any platform it is time to cut back. Apps and games have a way of controlling and dominating your time. Change your algorithm, reclaim your time, you can never get it back.
5. Learn to communicate effectively. Have you tried having a conversation with an elitist, leftist, moron? It is physically painful, like a sandpaper thong, irritating in all the wrong places (enjoy the visual). Casual polite conversation is quickly fading, so get your head out of your phone and speak, I don’t speak in emojis LOL, YOLO, #mybrainisofficiallyoatmeal.
Do all five or start with one and incorporate more when you see progress, where you start is not the issue, but when you start is. Start now. As a parent you cannot rely on others to show your children a path to success. If you are a parent and you aren’t doing these things, it is a good day for you to start as well. Take the time today, to be a better version of yourself tomorrow. Do nothing and expect your kids to be handed everything, fine, you are entitled to your opinion, but I’m not entitled to listen.
Stay strong my friends!
Aaron from GA
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