Kresta in the Afternoon – November 29, 2019 – Hour 2

Kresta in the Afternoon – November 29, 2019 – Hour 2

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+  Entitlemania: How We Can Help the "Me" Generation Help Themselves

  • Description: As a veteran advisor and legal counsel to America’s most successful families, Richard Watts has seen the extremes of entitlement up close and wants to help you avoid creating it in your own children. Well-intentioned parents across the country are enabling a “me” generation of children who lack the wisdom and satisfaction of accomplishment that only struggle and adversity can bring. He joins us to discuss strategies for helping your kids avoid "entitlemania."
  • Segment Guests:
    • Richard Watts
      Richard Watts is the founder and President of Family Business Office. He's the author of Entitltemania and Fables of Fortune. He's a renowned speaker and contributor to national publications such as Forbes, Huffington Post, NPR, Variety Magazine, Washington Times, and PBS. Visit FBO.com and Entitlemania.com

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    • Entitlemania: How Not to Spoil Your Kids, and What to Do If You Have

      FOR EVERYTHING YOU GIVE YOUR CHILD, YOU TAKE SOMETHING AWAY. Entitlemania is an epidemic. Well-intentioned parents across the country are enabling a “me” generation of children who lack the wisdom and satisfaction of accomplishment that only struggle and adversity can bring. As a veteran advisor and legal counsel to America’s most successful families, Richard Watts has seen the extremes of entitlement up close and wants to help you avoid creating it in your own children. Entitlemania will teach you how to redirect kids and repair adults who believe the world owes them something. Your greatest challenge may be learning to control your own actions! Entitlemania will provide practical strategies like creating boundaries, walking your talk, and allowing children to fend for themselves. A groundbreaking book that sheds important light on an increasingly pervasive social trend affecting children at every age—and at every income bracket! The big takeaway for parents: You may have to let your children fail so they can learn how to succeed. (learn more)

+  Machines and the future of Work (2 segments)

  • Description: New technologies are emerging at a rate we’ve never seen. With a few taps of a button, you can have virtually any product on earth delivered to your doorstep by the next morning – and maybe even sooner. Before long, those deliveries could be handled almost entirely by drones and driverless trucks. What does this mean for the job market? We talk with Brett Beasley
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    • Brett Beasley
      Brett Beasley is an Associate Director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership.

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