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Something You Should Know

How to Make Your Point So People Get It & Dealing with the Growing Entitlement Mentality

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Social Sciences, Science, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Does love at first sight exist? Many experts say no but many people claim to have experienced it. So what’s the truth? We begin this episode by looking at this intriguing phenomenon. Then, whenever you speak, you should have a point. And not only should you have a point but you must make sure the person listening gets your point. Communications trainer Joel Schwartzberg, author of the book, Get to The Point: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter (http://amzn.to/2A5k8aL) explains that too often people don’t know what their point is. And even when they do, they don’t make it clear to the listener. In this discussion Joel reveals how to make your point crystal clear.  Then, the Navy Seals have something called the “40% Rule.” It has to do with human potential. When I first read it a while ago, I cut out the article and always remembered it during those teams when I needed to get more out of myself. I think you’ll find it useful in your life as well. Are today’s kids and young adults too entitled? Do they think the world owes them something? Well, certainly not all of them think that but there does seem to be a growing entitlement mentality in our culture. So where did it come from? According to psychologist Michael Wetter, it is primarily a parenting problem. Parents want to protect their children and keep them happy but the unintended consequence is that kids are not prepared for the real world. Dr. Wetter is author of the book Earn It!: What to Do When Your Kid Needs an Entitlement Intervention (http://amzn.to/2BZL1hO) and he offers some great advice and insight to deal with this problem.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I just learned Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome.

0:05.2

At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.

0:10.7

That's right, everything you've earned doubled.

0:13.6

All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup-dumpling restaurant?

0:17.6

Doubled.

0:18.6

All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard?

0:22.7

Also doubled.

0:23.9

And the best part, you don't have to do anything ridiculous to get it.

0:27.5

Oh, Discover does it automatically.

0:30.5

Seriously though, see terms and check it out for yourself at Discover.com slash match.

0:37.8

Today on something you should know, do you believe in love at first sight?

0:43.4

Let's look at what the evidence says.

0:45.8

Then, making your point, whenever you speak, you should have a point.

0:50.4

And the reason people ramble or stumble over what they're trying to say is they don't

0:55.0

know what their point is.

0:56.6

And they often confuse their point for a topic, a theme, a subject, sometimes a catch phrase.

1:03.8

They think that's their point, but actually that's not their point.

1:06.8

Also, a great piece of advice that comes from the Navy Seals that I think you're going to

1:11.8

like.

1:12.8

And a lot of young people today seem to have a real sense of entitlement.

1:17.0

You know, they work at a certain company or a work place for two or three months and they

1:21.0

say, you know, I deserve a promotion and a raise now.

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