Happy Friday! Can you believe that the weekend is finally here?! My weekend is going to be full of productivity and I could not be more excited. I thrive when on a schedule. So my weekend will be filled with work, writing and working out (3 W’s… what do you know ;) ). But before the weekend begins I wanted to share with you a little encouragement I received from one of the blogs I follow. While there are many blogs I love, there are only a few that I actually subscribe too. I believe that blogs are only worth subscribing to if they encourage me to be the best version of myself possible! So here is a direct quote from one of their recent emails! Enjoy!
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell shares a surprising study that links success with a sense of entitlement. A researcher named Annette Lareau followed the children of twelve families, choosing families who were poor, rich, white, and black. What Lareau found was that children raised in middle-class and upper-class homes, regardless of race, had a “sense of entitlement.”
Gladwell points out we usually have negative associations with the word entitlement, but Lareau’s study showed it as a positive trait. “[The middle and upper-class children] acted as though they had a right to pursue their own individual preferences and to actively manage interactions in institutional settings. They appeared comfortable in those settings; they were open to sharing information and asking for attention.” In other words, says Gladwell, this sense of entitlement leads to success.
–From Joe Bunting at the Story Cartel
I just want to encourage each of you this Friday to work towards success! I truly believe that you can do whatever you set your mind to. So set goals, work hard, and pray harder!
Use this weekend to work towards your goals- I know I sure will!
Be blessed!
I feel as though I read all of Gladwell’s books in college – definite must reads!
I don’t know that I have read any other than Outliers. I’ll have to look through my library and reread or purchase some! Quite inspiring though.