Model: millennial have been dealt a bad hand
December 18th, 2020
Model: millennial have been dealt a bad hand
Parenting
Technology
Impatience
Environment
(1) Failed parenting strategies
Participation medals devalue winning and shame losing
School grades/honour-programs because parents complain instead of working for it
Millennials learn
They can have anything they want, just because they want it
When they start working they learn that all those beliefs are wrong
This causes their self esteem to shatter
They have lower self esteem than other generations
(2) Technology
Social media teaches youths to curate what parts of their life to show
Dopamine addiction to cope with stress
Dopamine gives a great feeling when you achieve something
Adolescence is a stressful time
Youths should loosen from family into the larger tribe
Addicts learn their addiction during adolescence
Dopamine numbs stress
Social media and... triggers dopamine
Youths have unrestricted access to social media
(3) Impatience because of instant gratification
Shopping online, next day delivery
Movies: download, stream, binge
Dating: tinder swipe right
Seem "entitled" but actually just impatient
(4) Environment
Corporate environments treat people as numbers instead of human beings
Built on management models from the 70's and 80's (did not exist before)
Shareholder supremacy
Mass layoffs
(src: Video: Most Leaders Don't Even Know the Game They're In - Simon Sinek)