John Townsend - The Entitlement Cure
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The growing entitlement mentality in this country is completely toxic, slowly eatingaway at our spirits like acid. Ive said for years that if you want to win, youvegot to take responsibility. Youve got to leave the cave, kill something, and thenyou can drag it home! Personal responsibility may be the hard way, but its the onlyway.
DAVE RAMSEY,New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio showhost
The Entitlement Cure is a powerful book that gives people a true roadmap to success.If you want a better life, starting right now, buy this book.
DANIEL G. AMEN, MD, founder, Amen Clinics, author of Change Your Brain, Change YourLife
Dr. John Townsend has written a helpful and encouraging book to help us deal withthe issue of entitlement, whether we see it in others or in ourselves. Overcomingthis mindset isnt easy. It requires discipline, honesty, and responsibility. Thatsthe hard way, but its the only way worth taking.
JIM DALY, President Focus on the Family
There are so many real-life examples based on Johns experience and expertise thatreinforce why the hard way is the best way and Gods intended way for our success.This is more than a book to read, its an engaging conversation with a friendlyexpert.
GARY DAICHENDT, former executive vice president, Cisco Systems
Buying and reading The Entitlement Cure should be one of the easiest decisions youever make. Why? Because we all need John Townsends life-giving message. Dont missout on this compelling and immensely practical book. You will love The EntitlementCure!
DRS. LES AND LESLIE PARROTT, authors of Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts
There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth getting to. The Entitlement Cure is fullof wisdom, truth, empowerment, and principles that will help you and those aroundyou actually achieve success. Ive been waiting for this book and could not put itdown. It is a new word for our generation.
CHRISTINE CAINE, founder, The A21 Campaign
There is no such thing as the easy button, but my friend John Townsend deliversreal remedies to todays entitlement mentality. The Entitlement Cure is a game changer.
DR. KEVIN LEMAN,New York Times bestselling author of The Birth Order Book and TheWayofthe Shepherd
Dr. John Townsend is one of the leading psychologists in the world today, and hisnew book, The Entitlement Cure, will help hundreds of thousands of readers. He describesthe hard way as developing the habit of doing what is best, rather than what is mostcomfortable, to accomplish worthwhile outcomes. In reality, the hard way actuallybecomes the easiest way to achieve success and love. I highly endorse this book.
PAUL MEIER, MD, founder of the national chain of Meier Clinics
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Cuttingcorners is a shortcut to losing there is no free lunch. John has hit on one ofthe most pressing problems facing families, businesses, and society. We have a risingculture of entitlement. The Entitlement Cure is a straightforward illustration andguide to curing this epidemic.
C. KEMMONS WILSON JR., founding family of Holiday Inns
Dr. John Townsend has addressed a devastating result of the disappearance of personalresponsibility in our culture entitlement. He provides the necessary tools to identifyit and a system to deal with it. The Entitlement Cure is a useful addition to everyonestoolbox.
BILL YINGLING, former chairman and CEO, Thrifty Corp
John has again demonstrated a clear understanding of the reality we all face of feelingentitled about something. With his explanation of the hard way in his new book,The Entitlement Cure, we learn of a path forward, always learning to be vulnerable,affirming others appropriately, taking risks, and knowing the why whenever wedo something.
GREG CAMPBELL, former executive VP/Partner Coldwell Banker Corporation
Also by Dr. John Townsend
Boundaries with Teens
Beyond Boundaries
Hiding from Love
By Dr. Henry Cloud
and Dr. John Townsend
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Our Mothers, Ourselves
Boundaries in Marriage
Safe People
Boundaries in Dating
How People Grow
NIV Life Journey Bible
12 Christian Beliefs
That Can Drive You Crazy
Raising Great Kids
Making Small Groups Work
How to Have That Difficult Conversation
ZONDERVAN
The Entitlement Cure
Copyright 2015 by John Townsend
ePub Edition September 2015: ISBN 978-0-310-41296-0
Requests for information should be addressed to:
Zondervan, 3900 Sparks Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Townsend, John Sims, 1952
The Entitlement Cure : finding success in doing hard things the right way / Dr. John Townsend. 1 [edition].
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-310-33052-3 (hardcover)
1. Success Religious aspects Christianity. I. Title.
BV4598.3.T69 2015
170'.44 dc23
2015015677
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Cover design: James Hall
Interior design: Kait Lamphere
Edited by Sandra Vander Zicht and Verlyn Verbrugge
First printing July 2015
To all who live life the hard way,
because life works best that way.
CONTENTS
Elaine Morris, for the many, many accountability phone calls to help me stay on trackin the writing process;
Sealy Yates, my literary agent, for your continual excellence in cocrafting my writingcareer, and a great friendship;
Sandy Vander Zicht, executive editor at HarperCollins Christian Publishing, for encouragingme to write from passion and interest in this topic;
Mark Schoenwald, president and CEO of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, for yourleadership and for your support of this project;
Steve Halliday, my writing coach, for your insights into making this book an integratedwhole;
My wife, Barbi, for your love, presence, and suggestions during the writing process;
My mens group, along with Greg Campbell and Scott Makin, for your steady supportin creating this book;
The Townsend Leadership Program team members, for letting me try out the conceptsand skills in the material;
The Townsend Institute of Leadership and Counseling, for using this book contentto train others in their fields of competence;
Christine Ames and Deana Vollaro, my assistants, for creating and following throughwith a writing schedule that worked.
And to several people who provided their thoughts and personal experience narratives:Dave Bradley, Dennis Del Valle, Dan Granger, Richard Halderman, John Hersker, PaulRasa, Benny Townsend, Ricky Townsend, Bob Whiton, Brian Williams, and Wayne Williams.Your insights and vulnerability made this a better book.
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