It’s Never About You

Jerry Del Colliano
DayStarters
Published in
1 min readAug 9, 2017

Only a fool believes that everything winds up being about them.

Entitled people are not happy people. They suck the life out of those around them to win attention. Social media is the tool for entitlement because it can spread a person’s narrative at a quick tap to hundreds and even thousands of people.

We are entitled to nothing.

Earning a PhD does not guarantee a great job or happiness.

Being athletic in youth does not entitle you to immunity from hip replacements later.

A great partner does not assure a great marriage or even relationship.

A good break doesn’t mean we will be able to reap the benefits.

What if we made it about the other person?

The client was always right.

Our friends get to ramble on without us matching every story.

Where we spend the entirety of our day focused on others and not ourselves.

Focusing on others ahead of ourselves always brings success and happiness.

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Jerry Del Colliano
DayStarters

Professor NYU Steinhardt Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Publisher InsideMusicMedia.com and DayStarters, USC Professor Music Industry