To Win More This Year, Eliminate 'The Entitlement Mentality' - by Ademola H Adigun
At this point last year, a young man was in my box, telling me his truth. He told me in summary that I was a hypocrite. That I do not do what I write. That he wished I were my writings. What a way to start the year! I asked him why he felt that way, he said I refused to help him with his dreams. What was the dream? He had a proposal for a former Vice President. He wanted me to take it to him. He had when living with me, heard me take a call from the person. He assumed that I was in the position to connect him. I asked the young man if he planned to return all the funding, from his exiting secondary school to completing his schooling till HND. The numerous school fees I paid. His rent in school, pocket money down to support during his NYSC. All the holidays he spent with me. The job he held now that paid him a stipend. I asked if he were related to me. I had taken him in because of his father’s kindness to me. I told him I did not owe him. He had spent three...