Embrace Humility & Avoid Entitlement in Your Life | Simon Sinek

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Simon Sinek, a thought leader in leadership and personal development, guides you on the path to cultivating humility and steering clear of entitlement. He delves into the importance of embracing a mindset that fosters growth, gratitude, and a strong sense of purpose. Through real-life examples and powerful insights, you'll learn the significance of humility in achieving success and happiness. Join us as we uncover the keys to a fulfilling and grounded life.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:11.8	Obviously, this isn't the case for everyone in the younger generation.
0:16.6	There is a conversation happening about the younger generation where there is an entitlement or
0:23.0	demand energy towards, okay, this is my first year in this job, you know, out of college,
0:29.5	two years out.
0:30.2	I don't have all the skills or the experience or the results to show that I'm capable of getting
0:35.7	this, but I demand and want all of these things that the older generation wasn't able to do,
0:42.2	raises within the first month.
0:44.1	More, you know, I'll remember the time off.
0:45.9	So there's multiple factors, of course.
0:49.0	Parents is one of them.
0:50.3	The parenting philosophies of the generation.
0:52.3	That was a big part of it.
0:53.4	You know, when you and I got in trouble at school, our parents said, what did you do now? If a lot of people get in trouble at school now, their parents say, what's wrong with your teacher? Right. I got suspended. Right. You know, I was like punished for weeks. Right. You know, again, sometimes it is the school and the teacher, but there's bad kids too.
1:11.4	Mm-hmm.
1:11.8	You know, our kids do stupid things. Sure, sure. Social media is part of it because we're constantly comparing. My sister had somebody who worked for her back in a previous job, and he walked into her office and said, can you give me a promotion? And my sister's like, you haven't worked her a loan. Right. And he's like, well, hold on, no, no, no.
1:27.4	You don't have to give me the additional responsibility,
1:29.8	and I don't even to give me the additional responsibility.
1:29.8	And I don't even need a salary raise. I just need the new title so I can put it on LinkedIn so my friends can see. Holy cow. After what, like a few months of working there, yes. But it was really about the display, the display. So it became one of those metrics like followers or likes, which is how many promotions have you had on LinkedIn?
1:46.5	It's a false sense of accomplishment. display, the display. So it became one of those metrics like followers or likes, which is how many
1:44.9	promotions have you had on LinkedIn? And it's a false sense of accomplishment though. So, so, so, and it's
1:49.3	really funny because there's a corollary here, which is we know that when there is conspicuous displays
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