Competition is a fun and healthy part of life but, what if it was ruined because people thought they deserved it all. First and Foremost, the everybody wins culture is when anyone who participates either, receives a trophy or expects to receive one and then is hailed as a winner regardless of the outcome. Eliminate the everybody wins mentality from sports and the workplace, as it is hurting society more than it is helping them. The everybody wins mentality is giving kids, employees, and the overall population a false sense of confidence and self esteem, it is an unrealistic part of life, sometime one wins and sometimes one loses, and finally, it can cause a person to become vulnerable and easily offended.
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People say it is from this study the need for everybody wins was born. “In 1969, Nathaniel Branden published an article titled “The Psychology of Self-Esteem.” He argued that feelings of self-esteem were the key to success in life, and his notion became the foundational presupposition in education and child rearing for a generation of Americans” (Prince). If kids receive an award just for showing up they will have an inflated confidence and a false sense of esteem. This idea of false high self esteem is brought up in a washington post article, “Competition is a natural instinct. However, the ‘win-at-all-costs’ mentality so prevalent in youth sports today is not only destructive to team morale, it severely undermines individual self-esteem” (Chumley). When these kids finally are told the truth, or lose, it will be much harder for them to overcome the fact of this loss. Therefore, this aspect of the everyone wins mentality is hurting kids more than it is helping …show more content…
“Entitlement involves having an inflated view of oneself, and managers are finding that younger employees are often very resistant to anything that doesn’t involve praise and rewards.” This definition and application of entitlement does well showing the after effects of the everybody wins mentality. As mentioned in the quote younger employees are resilient to anything that does not involve reward. This resilience is stemming from always being told yes and that they are winners. Secondly, always being hailed as a winner, as mentioned before, one acquires a false sense of confidence which leads to having an inflated view of oneself. When someone acquires an inflated sense of confidence he or she will think they are better than others and, in turn, feel that the deserve more. An article written in Forbes magazine does well at bring this point across. “Narcissistic and exploitive entitlement, such as ‘If I’m in a hurry, people should let me move ahead in line’, are associated with manipulativeness, irresponsibility, grandiosity, neuroticism and anxiety” (Beaton). This just further more illustrates how destructive the results of entitlement and always being hailed as a winner can
The everybody wins mentality, …show more content…
People say it is from this study the need for everybody wins was born. “In 1969, Nathaniel Branden published an article titled “The Psychology of Self-Esteem.” He argued that feelings of self-esteem were the key to success in life, and his notion became the foundational presupposition in education and child rearing for a generation of Americans” (Prince). If kids receive an award just for showing up they will have an inflated confidence and a false sense of esteem. This idea of false high self esteem is brought up in a washington post article, “Competition is a natural instinct. However, the ‘win-at-all-costs’ mentality so prevalent in youth sports today is not only destructive to team morale, it severely undermines individual self-esteem” (Chumley). When these kids finally are told the truth, or lose, it will be much harder for them to overcome the fact of this loss. Therefore, this aspect of the everyone wins mentality is hurting kids more than it is helping …show more content…
“Entitlement involves having an inflated view of oneself, and managers are finding that younger employees are often very resistant to anything that doesn’t involve praise and rewards.” This definition and application of entitlement does well showing the after effects of the everybody wins mentality. As mentioned in the quote younger employees are resilient to anything that does not involve reward. This resilience is stemming from always being told yes and that they are winners. Secondly, always being hailed as a winner, as mentioned before, one acquires a false sense of confidence which leads to having an inflated view of oneself. When someone acquires an inflated sense of confidence he or she will think they are better than others and, in turn, feel that the deserve more. An article written in Forbes magazine does well at bring this point across. “Narcissistic and exploitive entitlement, such as ‘If I’m in a hurry, people should let me move ahead in line’, are associated with manipulativeness, irresponsibility, grandiosity, neuroticism and anxiety” (Beaton). This just further more illustrates how destructive the results of entitlement and always being hailed as a winner can