To Get What You Want You Must Deserve What You Want

You can point the blame in a ton of directions to explain why you don’t have what you personally want in your life.

You can blame your parents for the way they raised you. Or you can blame the socio-economic status you grew up with. You can blame your characteristics — the color of your skin, your attractiveness, your IQ.

The explanations might fit perfectly. But are they useful? I love that word, useful. It strips away all the additional context we add to the scenarios in our life — right and wrong, fair and unfair, lucky and unlucky.

Is it more useful to believe that to get what you want, you have to deserve what you want? Or should you believe that having the things you want is entirely outside of your control?

You know the answer. But you live in a reality you’ve created with your rationalizations. On top of that, you have a culture that will placate your beliefs and make you feel like you should have what you want just because you want it.

But if you look at the way the world works, you know that’s never the case. You know which attitude is most useful to hold. But it’s not the easiest one. Far from it.

Let’s dive into that word, deserve.

You can look at it from many different angles and the word carries a different meaning depending on the context. Some people say they deserve to make a certain living.

We all probably deep down feel like we deserve to live a good life, whatever that means to each of us. You might say you deserve to have great people in your life, good relationships, and a solid network.

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