The Audacity of Entitlement

How much more are you expected to give before someone recognizes the cost to you?One more revision. One more favor. One more responsibility. One more introduction. More time, more access, more expertise, more availability-yet no greater investment, support, appreciation, or consideration.In The Audacity of Entitlement: Restoring Humanity in Business and Life, Vikki Jones exposes a pattern many people experience but struggle to name: the moment appreciation becomes expectation and generosity becomes something others believe they are entitled to receive.Entitlement does not exist only in business. It appears wherever people become so focused on what they want that they stop seeing the human being expected to provide it. It can affect professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, employees, creators, families, friendships, partnerships, and personal relationships. Over time, capable and dependable people can find themselves carrying responsibilities, emotional weight, and hidden costs that were never meant to be theirs alone.This book will help you recognize when an exchange has become unbalanced, understand why the pattern continues, and respond without losing your professionalism, generosity, optimism, or humanity. Through clear insights, practical principles, and Vikki’s Ethical Exchange Audit, you will learn how to make invisible contributions visible, establish healthier expectations, protect valuable expertise, and restore reciprocity before trust is lost.This is not a book about giving less. It is about creating relationships in which people see one another clearly, communicate honestly, and contribute fairly.If you have ever felt valued for what you can provide but overlooked as a human being, The Audacity of Entitlement will give you language for what you have experienced-and a better way forward.