Entitlement Cure - How to Break the Grip of Entitlement by Instilling Accountability and Responsibility with Dr. John Townsend
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2017
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
If there's one thing that keeps people from succeeding, it's their sense of entitlement. And that's what we're going to discuss today. Why is this entitlement so detrimental to developing responsible and accountable children or employees and how are we going to tackle this societal disease.
Today's guest is an expert on this topic and he's written the book, The Entitlement Cure along with many other books.
Dr. John Townsend is a New York Times bestselling author, business consultant, leadership coach and psychologist. He has written or co-written 27 books, selling 8 million copies, including the Boundaries series; Leadership Beyond Reason; and Handling Difficult People.
I'm sure you'll enjoy the insights in this episode so be sure to stick around. And if you haven't subscribe, be sure to subscribe to this podcast so you won't miss out on three other interviews we have with Dr. Townsend.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Donnie Osman and welcome to the Brain Warrior's Way, hosted by my friends Daniel and Tanna Aeman. |
| 0:09.6 | Now in this podcast you're going to learn that the war for your health is one between your ears. |
| 0:15.0 | That's right. If you're ready to be sharper and have better memory, mood, energy, and focus, |
| 0:20.0 | well then stay with us. Here are Daniel and Tanna Aeman. |
| 0:24.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back. |
| 0:30.0 | We are so excited you're with us. |
| 0:33.0 | We have something very special plan today. |
| 0:35.0 | So we have Dr. John Townsend, who is one of our close friends. |
| 0:41.0 | He's amazing. |
| 0:43.0 | You're gonna love him. |
| 0:44.3 | He's a New York Times best-selling author, |
| 0:46.4 | business consultant, leadership coach, |
| 0:48.9 | and psychologist. |
| 0:50.3 | He has written or co-written 30 books selling 10 million copies including the famous |
| 0:57.6 | Boundaries series, Leadership Beyond Reason, and his latest book The Entitlement Cure, which I'm excited to read. |
| 1:06.8 | For more than 20 years, Dr. Townsend has engaged with leaders, organizations, individuals |
| 1:12.2 | around the globe, offering them life-changing solutions to their problems. |
| 1:17.6 | He is a co-host of the nationally syndicated talk show, New Life Live, which I've been on, which is heard in 180 markets |
| 1:29.0 | with 3 million listeners. |
| 1:31.5 | John founded the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling, |
| 1:35.9 | which I teach at, which offers graduate degrees |
| 1:39.2 | and credentialing in organizational leadership, executive coaching, and counseling. |
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