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1. The state or condition of being entitled. 2. A right to benefits specified especially by law or contract. 3. A government program providing benefits to members of a specified group. 4. The belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges or special treatment. 5. An unrealistic, exaggerated, or rigidly held sense of entitlement may be considered a symptom of narcissistic personality disorder, seen in those who because of early frustrations arrogate to themselves the right to demand lifelong reimbursement from fate or everyone they meet!

1. Something that exists or is perceived as a single, separate object. 2. The fact of existence; being. 3. The existence of something considered apart from its properties. 4. An organization (such as a business or governmental unit) that has an identity separate from those of its members.

1. The act of entrapping; the process of being entrapped. 2. To lure into danger, difficulty, or a compromising situation. 3. The opposite of freedom. A person may be entrapped by an idea, a belief or a thought.

A person who organizes and operates a business, taking on greater than the normal financial risk in order to make a profit. The entrepreneurial spirit is characterized by innovation, risk-taking and a positive bias.

A term coined by R. Buckminster Fuller, is the ability of technological advancement to do “more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing,” that is, an accelerating increase in the efficiency of achieving the same or more output (products, services, information, etc.) while requiring less input (effort, time, resources, etc.). Fuller’s belief is that this “doing more with less” process will result in ever-increasing standards of living for an ever-growing population despite finite resources.

1. The state of being calm, stable, and composed, especially under stress. Derived from “aequus,” a Latin adjective meaning level or equal. From the combination of aequus and animus (soul or mind) in the Latin phrase aequo animo, which means “with even mind.” 2. To the degree that you develop your Emotional Intelligence, you will also increase your stability. 3. Unresolved painful emotional experiences from your past detract from your ability to maintain equanimity. 4. The state where you can maintain your emotional state or mood without absorbing, reacting, or being affected by another person’s negative expression of emotions.

1. The state or quality of being just and fair. 2. Ownership interest in a corporation, property, or another asset, usually calculated as the value of the holding after subtracting any debt or liabilities. 3. Shares of stock. 4. The value of a brand’s reputation. 5. Representing an ownership interest: an equity stake. 6. Subordinated to all other claims on income, earnings, or assets.

1. To remove or destroy something completely; eliminate, obliterate. 2. Remove all traces of. 3. To recount a painful experience until it ceases to be painful.

1. A system of moral principles governing the appropriate, or right conduct of an individual or group. 2. Relating to a code of agreement among people that they will obtain the optimum solution of their problems and maximizes the possibility of survival of the individual, group, and human race. 3. Rules or standards governing the conduct of the members of a profession.

1. The state or quality of excelling or being exceptionally good; extreme merit; superiority 2. an action, characteristic, feature, etc, in which a person excels.