Today's young generation (not all of them but enough to matter) grow up with a sense of entitlement. Many get this message, perhaps inadvertently, from public schools that you get credit just for showing up. That's a bad message.

As parents, it's up to us to teach kids that the only successful career path, regardless of occupation, is to match our talents and desire with other people's wants and needs. That means occasionally upgrading our skills and reassessing our alignment with the opportunity that's out there.

Losers think the world was made for them and soon discover that the world doesn't give a damn, but winners think they were made for the world and soon disover they have a lot to offer the world and world has a lot to offer back in exchange.