Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace

[@GaneshNayak]

the best part is host did not interrupt him even once. great job

[@vernonsteinkamp1088]

Ganesh Nayak I noticed that. He didn't even need to be there.

[@E40785]

Ganesh Nayak was thinking the same thing

[@mattscott7871]

I know! What a class act. Big ups to the host for letting him speak his piece.

[@moomootoyou]

Good hosts know when they have gold.

[@ReedRock]

When you ask the right question, you don't need to interrupt. And his attention to Simon helped the thought continue.

[@PARTY7KING7]

1:22 : Parenting 3:13 : Technology/Social media 7:25 : Impatience 10:23 : Environment

[@pangolin7398]

Thanks, I needed this for an essay.

[@360stab]

@@pangolin7398 ROFL are you seriouse? Point 3.

[@pangolin7398]

@@360stab Just turned in an essay on social media and we had to use this source.

[@intiferino]

@@pangolin7398 this is so milennial to make essays about youtube videos haha

[@starblazing1160]

Here let me correct the links 1:22 click off the video 3:13 why have you not clicked off 7:25 it’s obvious this guy is ageist 10:23 why are there people writing an essay on this incorrect BS

[@MrScblason]

I don't know the interviewer, but he did a fantastic job. He just sat there and here him talking. No interruptions. Seems silly, but these days where every interviewer wants to be also the star, is something rare to find

[@robertjohnston1091]

I was thinking that same thing. was wondering if anyone else pick up on him allowing him to explain!! more should listen then talking!! 👍

[@KryptonRecords]

he is a millenial

[@user-sw1wq8lh2w]

don't interrupt simon sinek

[@Nithion]

Tom bileu is the interviewer. He’s a great guy. Check out his show “impact theory”

[@newtontek]

@@KryptonRecords i thought that too it was like “omg it all makes sense now this is so truths!... oh shit im supposed to be hosting"

[@natalies2733]

I first watched this video the month it came out, when I was 18 and in my first semester of college, very much at the bottom of the mountain. I've returned to it at least once a year since then, always thinking I had it all figured out. I was future oriented and worked hard all throughout college to be able to move to NYC soon after graduation. But when I got here, I wanted to get the professional job of my dreams right away. I sent out resumes and made flimsy connections with people and it just didn't work. Instead I've spent the last two years in a working class job where I help people every day. I'm building relationships at the cross sections of my deep passions. I work my ass off every single week. This week I got an opportunity that has put that old professional dream job into reach for the first time. A place for me in the world I didn't even know might exist, all because of that working class job I didn't know I would fall so deeply in love with. And it felt like a completely natural small step, just one out of the thousand that have come before it. I'm 25 now and I feel like I really understand this video for the first time.

[@Esterfortofay357]

Good, I’m glad for you!

[@nancyvaleski267]

Excellent!! Working toward one of many finite goals on your way to your infinite goals! What a great way to maneuver in life!!!

[@CasinoGin1]

This is awesome!

[@renata3691]

♥

[@jaymaccool]

2016: "This generation are entitled and lazy because they go around glued to smartphones." 1995: "This generation are entitled and lazy with their personal computers, music players and gadgets." 1970: "This generation of pot smoking hippies is entitled because they never had to fight in World War like me!" 1900: "This generation are entitled and lazy because they have electricity and running water, and never had to work in the coal mine like me.". 1800: "This generation are entitled and lazy with their steam engines and machines doing all the work." . . 10,000BC: "This generation are entitled and lazy with their fancy fire."

[@gaussminigun]

the last 3 don't work I'll let you figure out why

[@dimebagsixx]

JCummins47 I think a big piece that's missing is socialization. People are inept at basic communication. The dumbing down of connectivity.Social skills and personalization is becoming moot. If you cannot connect on a emotional level all is lost.

[@dimebagsixx]

I think the generalization quotes above aren't exactly valid as a argument. I think your quantification is just opening you eyes look around you or talk to some millennials. While all are not effected are large amount are. Barely any social skills , glued to their phones heads down like like zombies. I often see teens texting each other on the train while sitting together. They are unable or more so willing just to type versus having a conversation.

[@gmg1618]

JCummins47 All true - but look where we are! Half of society is next to useless, unfortunately. Ain't much good coming toward most Millennials.

[@avipatable]

I do see your point here and think its pretty valid - except where the stats showing depression and suicide suggest it might be different this time round...

[@indyjones8184]

When he talks about "friends" canceling if a better opportunity comes up really hit me

[@chizkelly]

Lol obvious your not much fun to hang round with

[@DailyScratcher]

It's ok sometimes depending on the situation

[@MLGRDR]

Lol me and my friends wouldn't be friends in the first place if that was true. That's kinda sad for you man

[@NightcorEDM]

My family friend is a backstabber. We known each other for like decades but he still wouldnt inv me

[@ericrobert9708]

This gives a really bad impression on people with chronic illnesses or anxiety or introverts

[@TheRepty818]

Yeah, speaking as a millennial no one promised me shit. I was told I could accomplish anything if I put in the work. I was told not to limit myself and to try and do better. If we seem frustrated it's because my Dad had no degree, had a job doing manual labor, and yet he could afford to buy a house and a car when he was 22 without help from his parents and provide for my Mom who was not working at the time. The reason people are upset is the cost of living goes up but wages don't match that rise. And most of us aren't coming into this work force with a savings. We're coming in with insane college debt. But yeah, I suppose we can blame the frustration not the participation trophy I got when i was 7.

[@deville295]

It's called generalization. He's speaking for and about a lot of people. If you're not affected, great. You've learned how to be a decent human being on your own. The PROBLEM he's addressing is that there aren't many people like you.

[@thegreatflamdango5612]

Im one of those kids...got medals for losing, teacher gave me an a on a paper once cuz he didnt wannt talk to me parents and had to get to his kids soccer game (who went to a private school not even the one he taught at) and my parents always sat me in front of disney movies telling me thats how the real world is..like a disney movie..brutal eye opener after college...maybe ur parents didnt coddle you, but they still messed u up by telling you that you could be anything you wanted if you work hard..not true..you get rich from who you know and who you screw..not how much work you do...look at our president...dude wake up we are the F%^$ed generation..

[@singlecellorganism13]

Raised by conservative Christians?

[@ihatetheworld7592]

I didn't play team sports growing up. I didn't experience everyone gets a trophy. I experienced as a kid with autism other Millennial brats picking on me and clueless baby boomers who wanted me to make up with them or wanted to force me into medications. So whenever someone wants to bring me down as a Millennial because of my age I let my fury go on them. I'm a NEET because people like me are bullied off the job. So whenever someone calls me a leech or lazy I feel no guilt. I'm just more hardened towards this society. Words can't express how much hate or contempt I have towards this society.

[@thegreatflamdango5612]

WELL SAID

[@egdunc1152]

This almost made me cry. I'm a millennial and this spoke to me deeply. And, I am glad he spoke uninterrupted.

[@JuanCD135]

Me too

[@soulplexis]

Hes right but its not quite unique of a problem as it seems to be

[@krissa9664]

Pretty sure youre lying but ok

[@lexibrowning7447]

Kristaps Sprūdžs What? Why would she lie?

[@krissa9664]

@@lexibrowning7447 cause that video is bassically snake oils not something helpful. Also IM A MILLENIAL YOUR IDIOTIC AND SELF CONTRADUCTING POINTS SPOKE TO ME SO DEEPLY is not realistic cause most millenials have a brain

[@lucagray1246]

Anyone else's mom making them watch this

[@DerpGuru]

I am making my kids watch it. As a mum, I worry I have failed them :( Time to say sorry

[@krave983]

If you teach them to stand on their own two feet, give them good rules to follow in social situations, and show them that hard work can't be substituted for, then you won't have failed them at all.

[@DerpGuru]

Totally agree, we have always done that, but there is always room for improvement. For me it is probably more to do with my example setting re; social media/phone usage.

[@sam-well2241]

Luca Gray yeah I just got fired from my job and my dad is making me watch 😂😅😓

[@LARALIGHTING]

Yep

[@carlovaneijken]

I watched this on my phone. Now I feel conflicted.

[@nobodymr2146]

feel like i agree and disagree with him. All good intentions though, yeah sure patience is good but not working towards something and instead just working can be rough life. And it is unfulfilling. You have to "MAKE" a choice to go to the right path.

[@brandorastudio]

Carlo van Eijken so did i hahah

[@MaxRunia]

I'm feeding your dopamine levels by liking your comment.

[@jorgepadilla9945]

I gave you a like too.. oh shit it's a chain reaction!!! I'll be back in a hour to check my likes on this comment.

[@akumaquik]

J p like given

[@TheRichie213]

People are unhappy because they finally realized they are modern day slaves.

[@WillyJunior]

TheRichie213 kinda, but most people just want too much and want to be better than their peers. if they stopped that, they'd be happier and could stress less.

[@TheRichie213]

***** The whole 99% are all slaves not just leftists. We are all free range slaves just like free range chickens. Born then a number,ss.card,birth cert, blood sample,teeth records,finger and foot print,vaccines,forced and brainwashed in school,forced to work in a money slave system in order to eat and have housing, robbed by taxes, millions of ridiculous rules ect.. People are sick of the nanny state. Can't even sell lemonade without being butt fucked.

[@DuskLegend]

that's why older folk make many of the talking points simon here says in this video. They're mad that even the most obnoxious idiots of the young folk realize that what the older folk have spent so much time and energy doing is bullshit and they want it done their way.

[@AirborneMOC031]

Some people are unhappy because they believe they are "modern day slaves" - devastated unfortunates who have no freedom to choose, no free will, barred from ever starting their own business, inventing a profitable idea. Like slaves, they believe they can't choose where to work, can't choose to work for themselves instead of an employer, are prevented from being in inventor, an innovator, a developer - even a leader. Some might get self-help by reading Locke, Montesque, etc to understand the concept of people living in a commonwealth, the division of labour, etc. But most won't. They'll just remain outraged that if you want to eat, have a home, etc - then you'll have to lower yourself to having a job that pays you money, instead of being just given your needs.

[@stuartphilkill416]

Yeah, fuck them all for wanting to do something meaningful with themselves.

[@VintageRayne]

I’d like to add. A lot of people in that generation, myself included, graduated high school right around when the 2008 crash happened. I couldn’t find a job for nothing. Finally found one. Or so I thought. Due to company budget cuts, my hours went from 30-ish a week to 20 hours a week. I could no longer afford my utilities, food, or laundry mat after rent. Then I got cut to 10 hours a week. Then they tried to cut me down to only one 5 hour shift a week. By that point, my phone was long shut off which made finding a new job all that much harder. Couldn’t afford my rent any more. Got evicted. And it went downhill from there. My credit was shot. My rental history was shot. My employment history was shot. All before I turned 19. Spent 10 years on & off homeless. Mostly homeless. It’s an extremely hard hole to dig yourself out of. And the longer you’re there, the deeper the hole gets.

[@loverlover1302]

I've been there and kudos to you for finding your way out. Interesting how those kinds of situations show us who we are and make us stronger.

[@sailorspills3025]

exactly!! this experience in common among our generation.

[@fonkelster]

Oh please, this continous complaint about the youth. Here is a quote from Socrates (2300 years before now) : "The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise."

[@PhattyBolger]

I agree. All generations are very similar, but like evolution, social behaviours change slowly over time. And it's a slippery slope leading to, as he said, astoundingly poor mental health and attitude. This guy is spot on with his observations.

[@DanielKivari]

Millennials are not children they are adults that are up to 32-36 years old. The children, or post-millennial generation are just starting to finish high school now, turning 17.

[@gracem9916]

fonkelster ju

[@nickycocaine]

But it's more than just bad manners and disrespect for the elderly. It's a surge in depression and suicide. Not only that, but a complete lack of basic social skills that every generation before now has had.

[@AlmostaFlipinSkater]

+Buckets - Complete lack of social skills compared to previous generations? Previous generations would socially ostracize others who didn't fit the same demographic as them whether they were black, gay, Native American, atheist etc. That's not to say some social skills today don't need improvement, but to broadly generalize and say ALL social skills have deteriorated is ludicrous. Millennials are the least prejudice generation is history, and yes, that is an important aspect of social interaction. Previous generations were weaker at being comfortable around people who were different. Can you imagine today if a white 20 year felt uncomfortable around a black person? That white person would face opposition from their white peers, compared to 50 years ago where they'd be supported.

[@ASKpq]

I read a book called 'Capitalist Realism' by Mark Fisher, and that book reflects the points made here, the idea that we, young people, are nurtured on nothing but the perpetual pursuit of pleasure, so it leaves us disenfranchised and confused with the truth that you can't escape suffering. It's a part of life that we've been taught to almost repress. He explains that our very consciousnesses are being constricted by education systems that run at the behest of bureaucratic governments, who neglect spiritual, human fulfilment in favour of hitting the numbers; mechanical, computer-like thinking, shaped for a world they're not prepared for - mentally, emotionally, spiritually, skills-wise etc.

[@peterboil4064]

The nervous chuckle of the audience...

[@yywiyk4151]

Lmao so true

[@onefatbuddha]

Shit themselves

[@savaget2058]

Dopamine also is generated while eating. No restrictions on that either.

[@hrvojeaconno6039]

Indeed, but there is an evolutionary reason why dopamine is released when we eat food. Evolution did not account for electronic devices, though.

[@savaget2058]

Superfluous Contemplation I get that, but my point is there aren't any laws/restrictions on eating and generating dopamine in that way. He specifically calls out alcohol, smoking and gambling as if they are the only sources for dopamine and saying "hey, these are all regulated but using your phone isn't". Also I doubt evolution accounted for gambling either.

[@hrvojeaconno6039]

@@savaget2058 I see your point, but I think the message he is trying to convey here is not that everything that generates dopamine should be restricted, only the substances and others which induce such a ridiculously high amount of dopamine in our brain that our bodies simply cannot cope with it and addiction develops as a result. The aim here would not be to restrict use of these for everyone - every adult has a freedom of choice in (most) of these things - but the issue is that young adolescent, highly-impressionable people whom we know cannot yet make decisions on the level adults can have unlimited access to such source of addiction. In a certain way they are psychologically not yet equipped with tools to full understand the perils or risks of such consumption but are able to consume it nonetheless. A great everyday example - have you ever heard a smoker saying "I wish I never started smoking, now I can't stop?". Have you ever asked them when they started smoking? Usually, not always but usually their answer is "when I was young", "as a teen" or "in high school". And usually they were warned at that time by their parents and other adults about addiction development, health risks, etc. but ignored them, as young ones tend to do. I do not think that restricting or regulating electronic device usage is possible, though. This scares me. As an uncle of a two-year-old nephew I'm witnessing a struggle of parents to minimize their young child exposure to TV, mobile phones and others in an age where they are constantly surrounded by those, and its unsettling to see how such young kids crave that exposure. Through release of dopamine such devices short-circuit their behavior because for young kids nothing in their immediate surroundings can provide them with such a high stimulus "kick" as those devices. This is terrible for kids development. Children should be curious about their surroundings, try out everything, explore, play with legos and puzzle pieces and all this things that help develop their brain in various ways. It truly is scary to see how all that curiosity and playfulness simply just melts away when they are presented with a screen, and unlike legos which will bore them in an hour (only to become interesting again in three hours), screens never bore them. How to handle that, this will we a huge task for all of us who will be parents to these new generations and there is no instruction manual for that.

[@elisahyebin]

yeah why do you think all of America is obese

[@agentmysterian1461]

I´m not sure on the science but I believe that eating releases way less dopamine than technology.

[@jkc702]

I'm a millennial. I made $67,000 last year, after taxes. I work 40-60 hour weeks. I have student loans that I'm almost finished paying off. I have no social media accounts. I've been financially supporting myself since I was 17. Baby boomers had affordable college and access to factory jobs with no scholarly requirements. Baby boomers lived in an era when one factory job could support a family of 4. My grandmother worked the line at General Motors and could easily afford a comfortable life for my dad and his brother. Those days are gone. This world we're currently occupying is vastly different than the world of the 50's, 60's and 70's. Income inequality has been constantly increasing due to a bought and paid for US government that threw it's people overboard in the late 70's and early 80's. Reaganomics anyone? Trickle down theory? The destruction of Glass-Steagall. Americans are currently working more and longer hours than any other first world nation. For less pay than what our grandfathers were paid 30+ years ago. Inflation anyone? Quantitive easing? Endless wars of aggression? Why do the CEO's of fortune 500 companies have pay raises that line up with inflation but no one else does? People are literally getting paid less for the same work while living expenses increase. Do people think this is an accident? The US government has been bought and paid for. The 1% is in control. The revolution is not coming. Marx was right. Orwell was right. Humanity is doomed. I look forward to rising oceans, I look forward to the day Manhattan, most of LA and Miami are swallowed by the sea. I look forward to hurricane seasons that last longer and destroy more houses and businesses. I look forward to the increase in wild fires due to severe drought. Human greed and stupidity has been allowed to get away with too much. The meek will not inherit the earth. They will be the first to die.

[@ivorproblem1332]

Someone with sense. 100% agree. Its the same the world over thanks to the 1%. If a person thinks the world is wonderful they probably spend their life on social media which is a look at what I have and you don't have canvas of hate all driven by big corporations (including the news propaganda).

[@gmmay70]

You might try sticking to the subject instead of taking the opportunity to excrete out yet another manifesto of discredited Marxist propaganda and Leftist half-truth. But hey, it's youtube, can't expect too much.

[@gmmay70]

M. Rowntree, perhaps if there were some actual facts, you might have a point, Sport.

[@cocojo1142]

This is exactly right. You should be the one presenting why us millennials feel the way we do at our workplace.

[@gmmay70]

No, those are interpretations and half-truths. The following is NOT a fact, but a conspiracy theory: "income inequality has been constantly increasing due to a bought and paid for US government..." There's several paragraphs of rebuttal to the socio-economic ignorance on display here (and Marxist memetic nonsense for just that excerpt) as to invoke Brandolini's law. The giveaway is the the usual mindless invocation of "Reaganomics" and "Trickle Down." Glass-Steagall? That pretty much had fuckall to do with anything mentioned prior to it. *"Americans are currently working more and longer hours than any other first world nation."* So? *" For less pay than what our grandfathers were paid 30+ years ago. Inflation anyone?"* Inflation is measured differently that it was 30+ years ago, so it's really an apples/oranges comparison. Want another factor in why people are working more hours for less? Obamacare. Quality of life has also increased across the board. Don't like Quantitative Easing? Welcome to the failure of central planning. I love the irony of Marxist tools whining about QE. The kicker is when "capitalism" gets the blame for decidedly un-capitalistic central planning. Endless Wars of Aggression? We're in Iraq because they were the aggressors against Kuwait. The reason its taken so long is because of an incompetent and corrupt UN. Try again. *"Why do the CEO's of fortune 500 companies have pay raises that line up with inflation but no one else does?"* Because their shareholders vote on it. They risk their capital to invest and get that right to vote. You don't. Deal with it. *"People are literally getting paid less for the same work while living expenses increase."* This is hardly universally true. Some do, some don't. Welcome to all of recorded history. The whole screed was bullshit from top to bottom and really has nothing to do with my worldview.

[@ricardoserrano3603]

The "problem" with millenials is that your generation had something to win with patience. Your generation could buy a house in 10 years, then save for retirement other 15 years, in 25 years of work, you were done. My grandfather retired at 40. Today you can see mortgages for 50 years, and retirement? When you retire you will go directly to a nursing home, the house that was never yours will pay for the costs of you living there. You will be alive, that's what the banks and government use to evaluate your life expectancy, but you won't really be alive. So that's the life that the people like me, born after 1984 will have to live. So wherever we find meaning to our lives, has to be with something that will not take our entire lives from us. Be it eating, or traveling, or making an impact, even if it's small.

[@dimensiondoor2738]

That comment is really on point. I am a Millenial and thats practically how I always saw the worksituation. 10 years and you have your own house, thats something worthy to work and learn for, something that for us Millenials was always far out of reach. Whats the point in working hard if all you can make only is enough to pay for a small flat and some food on the table.

[@miguelrobb5719]

Dimensiondoor working hard enough just to pay for a small flat and food on the table? Where im from, thats called slavery

[@tehagent1321]

Outright owning a home in 10 years time and retiring at 40 was NEVER the norm. Your entire point is based on that assumption, which is incredibly false.

[@shenazack2148]

Ricardo Serrano ritering at a certain age keeps rising....

[@vyuan4242]

That's pretty fucking deep.

[@avenuePad]

I agree with some of what he's saying. I just disagree with millennials being "entitled". The boomers were entitled and got good jobs just by participating. You didn't need 3 degrees and a masters just to get considered for a position. I actually can't stand it when people try and blame the people with the least power for what's wrong with the world. This guy is hardly profound. I've heard this on Fox News countless times. Yawn. He probably blames Millennials for Hillary Clinton losing.

[@MichaelLloyd]

You sound like a millennial. I'm a boomer... nobody gave me anything. I taught myself engineering while I was working because my family couldn't afford college (only 5 figures back then). It's a matter of having and taking the initiative to better yourself not "just participating". He's profound... you just don't want to hear the truth

[@avenuePad]

I'm not a millennial. Good for you for teaching yourself engineering while working. Truly amazing. Not going to happen in today's world. You cannot get a professional job without a degree in today's market. That's just a fact. You can't just teach yourself autocad and start designing buildings. You have to go to at least four years of university. Boomers spent and spent and spent leaving scraps for their children. But yeah, Facebook is what's wrong with the economy. For a guy who taught himself engineering, you sure don't have a critical mind to see through the tripe this guy is spewing. Just blame it on the kids straddled with student debt working three minimum wage jobs. Because they're lazy. But hey, at least you taught yourself engineering. I honestly don't give a shit about your personal success stories. This isn't about you. It's about a shitty economy. It's about a shrinking middle class. It's about stagnant wages. But just sit back and pat yourself on the back for your engineering chops. Showed me...

[@jessip8654]

Yup, husband's bosses desperately wants to promote him, but HR won't let them because even though he has more than enough experience to do the new job, he hasn't yet finished his degree. Having a piece of paper that says "I learned stuff!" is more important than actually knowing what you're doing. That said there's truth in this video. I've seen many of my peers crumble to dust at the first sign of trouble in the work field. It's frustrating. Thankfully it's not all of us, but enough to be a problem.

[@rasincero]

Entitled? Have you ever played an online game? Do you know that gamers get free rewards just by logging in. They don't have do anything other than just logging in. Entitlement is such a strong part of the culture now that game developers have to reward players for doing nothing in order to compete. Without these incentives, gamers would move on to the next game. And free stuff is just the beginning. The whiny complaints come pouring out if a gamer were to lose in a competitive tournament. The other free stuff given out just by participating (called "milestones") are not good enough. They want the top prize. Sinek claims that the "participation" rewards have lowered people's self esteem. If that's true, it sure did not damper their enthusiasm to demand that they still get the rewards even when they lose.

[@JamesBrown4ever1]

Ha, are you serious? The Boomers, like my parents, worked their asses off to provide for us. Its true that every generation has it easier than the last, but there definitely was not any entitlement in that generation. Their parents were far more disciplinary and focused on morals than the current generation of parents. At 12 or 14, YOU HAD TO START WORKING! Nobody paid for their cars, or their insurance, or any other luxuries they had. Everything had to be earned. Hell, most of them had to pay for their own college, since government assistance didnt exist. Where does this ignorance come from to make such a claim that the Boomers were entitled?

[@Graham1312]

Where can I sign up for me free alarm clock?

[@omersapir6781]

Entitlement argument - proven. 😊

[@CarolinDnB]

@@omersapir6781 Doesnt understand jokes and most definetly isnt fun to be around because hes taking everything too serious in life - proven. 😊

[@louisduong2090]

@@CarolinDnB Hmm... I think he was joking though

[@CarolinDnB]

@@louisduong2090 i was replying to the reply, not the comment

[@louisduong2090]

@@CarolinDnB i know

[@WissCoast]

Ok, I've destroyed my phone, what's next?

[@ms3er396]

Live life!

[@DavidHdezES]

If you got one, the iWatch also!

[@ecotonoirrelevante246]

pay attention to what happens around you.

[@josefromspace]

I literally saw someone wearing an iWatch at work and felt sorry for her.

[@alejandrolugo8743]

Why would you do that?! he is a moron, like many other morons reminds me of the tv add, dad laughs at his kid "that's not how the world works" kid replays " The world is changing"

[@Miragexe]

Isn't it the parents, the predecessors of the millennials that made the world the way it is now, isn't it them who raised the millennials themselves? Isn't that like Frankenstein creating his monster, and then blaming the monster for who and what he is?

[@rizon72]

Yes and no. Frankenstein creating his monster is responsible to a point. But there becomes a time when the monster is responsible for who and what he is. The same with millennials.

[@Miragexe]

That's fair, but if you do a poor job at creating him, and put him into a world that is a lot worse than before, and then say 'you are now responsible for your own actions and pretend you are not responsible in any way when he fails doesn't seem fair either.

[@Wparklaw]

did you even watch the video, that is what he started out saying and actually said the parents are at fault. Then the environment part at the end also addressed the same issue.

[@rizon72]

Mirage, again yes and no. Perhaps I'm misreading, but you seem to want to put blame on everyone but the Millennials. Parents, the world, its all against them and they deserve no blame at all. Pass the buck. Where does it stop? And with who?

[@Miragexe]

Not at all, it just seems that currently the opposite is true and only the millennials are taking the blame, as where those really responsible are not. I'm just thinking the blame should be shifted to those who are actually responsible, but that doesn't mean that millennials are free of responsbility.

[@jeanquirit2009]

He is wrong on one thing though, meaningfullness is beyond work ethics. Millennials are born in a society in crisis, and works is indeed meaningless if seen as destructive. There are no work ethics in Corporation, Politics etc... Work lost its appeal to a generation that sees Work as enslavement...physical, psychological and financial. Education cost, housing cost...Millenials are lost into a society looking for meaning so when they ask for a purpose they are not wrong because what is the point really... Anything he says is right within the old framework, the paradigm of Live to work/Work to live...now the millennial wants Live to live...fuck work! and they are right, the work sucks bad...so build a new society, that is the millennial's job.

[@ninad.twentyone]

Stephane Nerbonne I agree with you, we literally just want to have a world with equality. Students have a hard time paying off their college fees like absolute sheep while they're young and deserve to have the right of freedom they were promised as a kid. We find reasons to study, to work and without proper reasons we have absolutely zero interest in doing so, thus forcing us to change the future of shithole of society that these old bastards who sit on the government chair are controlling.

[@jeanquirit2009]

***** Which studies? Such claim needs to be backed up with sources. Thank you

[@jeanquirit2009]

You seems to be lacking love Kronstadt. How about a big hug to you. I send you all my love so you start loving yourself more ☺

[@BG-fh5me]

Stephane Nerbonne I agree with him on all levels and what you said makes compete sense.

[@z1sania]

Exactly, I wanted to add the same thing... when you have all the governmental manipulations, corporations funding wars and managers working for short term shareholders, why/how the F*** could this Generation trust in the purpose of the company he is working for?!

[@BrittneysKitchen]

"Life is amazing even though im depressed" - Spoke my life in one line

[@LukasSTT]

time he said that? thank u

[@sohailalamkhel9220]

Life*

[@BrittneysKitchen]

@@sohailalamkhel9220 thanks

[@BruceCampbell0886]

Him comparing dopamine high from social media to alcohol and cigarettes was a bit disingenuous. Those substances have age restrictions, not because of the natural chemical dopamine, but because of the foreign ones: ethanol and nicotine. You also get a dopamine high from everyday things like listening to music, exercise and discovery. Should music have an age restriction?

[@RandyAbild]

I agree completely. His use of the word "addictive" is very misleading. Like sex and exercise, the science shows that tech is not addictive in the classical sense and the distinctions are still being assessed. It's certainly complicated and there are components that reflect addiction but his language and the assumptions discussed don't reflect this complicated phenomenon.

[@martijnsavenije4926]

The point here is that the sources of dopamine you just named - music, exercise, discovery - are in fact activities that help you build your life. You are naturally programmed to be rewarded for these things because they help you out. In contrast, alcohol, nicotine, and yes, smartphones/social media generally really don't help you out that much. They simply exploit the dopamine-pathways that exist in our brains. Does that make them evil? No, but you should be mindful about your consumption of these sources.

[@heyheythrowaway]

Funny thing is most corporate HR reps would look at you askew if you told them you had no social media presence. His advice could make someone less employable.

[@5thquad]

Which is why he says you have balance it out. No HR rep would care if you have instagram, or facebook or twitter, unless you're career depends on being active in social media (actor, musician etc).

[@cefwood]

He did not suggest no media presence.

[@Bobby.Kristensen]

You heard it - Simon Sinek will buy 7 billion alarm clocks.

[@asianforce]

Greedy Imp FREE @ Google Play he said for millennials you entitled imp.

[@tompaul2591]

Wait and see. There will be people in line for one too :)

[@patelpelat4658]

- 1, + I have a watch ..... that I use !

[@kennethallen7096]

Sup er Patel

[@bdsbckjdskl]

Greedy Imp FREE @ Google Play The man is smart. His philosophy will save your millennial life. Be Wise.Listen ! :)

[@NeoN-PeoN]

I'm so not against an age restriction on social media.

[@tompaul2591]

Me neither but how many adults do you know who are addicted to twitter or facebook? I would say many. Look I am eating breakfast. Here I am in my car on my way to work. Listening to my favorite song by so and so right now. Hope my sports team wins tonight. My kid won his baseball game. So and so for president. Please like me if you like what you read. Check us out on facebook. I have a zillion facebook friends. I just tweeted that Hillary took this state or Trump took that one. It gets ridiculous even with adults.

[@KwanzaaJuice]

Restriction is not the best way to teach. We want kids to think something is wrong *because* it is wrong. Restriction means you're teaching people something is wrong because it will get you in trouble.

[@tompaul4400]

I understand what you mean but consider violence and nudity in movies for example or online. They are age restricted. Simply watching violence or six does not get anyone pregnant or diseased or maimed or killed yet we don't want our youth looking at it. So is virtual violence or sex bad? I we believe too much violence in movies desensitized one to real violence and too much pornography creates unreal expectations of what a woman should look like or she should behave then I do believe social media can be every bit as detrimental to real social interaction such as looking someone in the eye while you speak. please and thank you. Having a real friend instead of 102 likes on my Facebook page or I have 5629 friends on social media. I think does create a false relationship. It is bad

[@agwtaw2]

There already is an age restriction, its 13.

[@KwanzaaJuice]

agwtaw2 loooool

[@MrMountain707]

Most people are not happy. I don't think it's just millenials

[@CrimsonHazmat]

@ensayofr my problem is that no one honors anything anymore. Even a few years ago this wasn't a problem. I've been on the phone for months trying to find a job and recruiters will straight up call and lie to me that they've submitted me for the position. Which would be fine if they were from India but not from America OK have some integrity in your ability to do your job. This "block everyone who bothers you" culture has completely screwed things up and people are invisibility protected everywhere today but the dynamic is backwards. "Oh don't be depressed have fun with your life" these little kids have ruined everything and what it means to be an American and the pride of being a human being and they are so "mommy's perfect child" they will never be harmed by anyone. I think that's what he's talking about, and it's screwing up our current workforce and the future will be worse. Think about it this way. You are already predisposed to only hear/trust about 20% of what I am saying because it is through the internet. In person you would at least hear out what I am saying. Yes you poor baby kids, you DO have to hear what I'm saying. You DO have to let things penetrate your tiny idealistic society. You DO have to actually DO your job. My problem is the current culture supports these kids let alone they are making the rules and that's not how an economy runs that's how it fails. So millenial question, don't let there be a question, just let these kids fuck up and learn. Don't help them

[@MrHyonD]

Nobody wants to work on themselves, nobody wants to seek wisdom because it's way harder than instant gratification. Then people complain...

[@heavilymeditated2263]

@@MrHyonD: so true, but that's because they're afraid to look in the mirror of self responsibility. It's mostly finger pointing rather than self improvement.

[@user-sw1wq8lh2w]

that's why facebook was able to get 2.5B users, because it's more than millenials who are depressed.

[@RadioactiveSkullSocial]

Ryan I mean those of us that were lucky enough to be raised right and not to be entitled to everything aren’t as depressed. I’m happy, I’ve gotten myself together, going to college, certified in IT and right out of college will be making 90k a year. My parents raised me right, they didn’t tell me I was special and I was entitled to everything, they told me it takes hard work to get the things you want and life won’t always go the way you want jt

[@N8y5000]

This whining about the faults of millennials is so misguided. The boomers could support a family of four on one job. Young adults today can't support a family of two on two jobs. The irony is so thick- The generation that had everything handed to them is complaining about the performance of the generation that entered the workforce during the worst recession in a lifetime.

[@caralynlipschutz3155]

You are correct. The millennials raised themselves because both parents worked. They stayed alone and learned to entertain themselves. Parents overcompensated by buying the things that acted like the TV to my generation did. But all these things interacted with the elements that are in this video.

[@Riona146]

This is why there’s an important difference between a talented speaker and a factual speaker.

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Arial Slater Gen Y are they the best generation ever

[@starblazing1160]

What’s the difference between millennial and a human. A millennial doesn’t exist a human does.

[@starblazing1160]

ensayofr so when someone is born at a certain point in time naming them a millennial. They are automatically entitled. That’s racism, but with age. Your ageist.

[@AcornHillHomestead]

I could not have said it better 👍🏻

[@projectjt3149]

Arial Slater Isnt the whole point of speaking to express truths to wider audiences to begin with? It’s a shame many speakers dont do that

[@corbetelisa8914]

After listening to him I'm shocked to admit that as for me he is right about the studies and job fulfillement, I like what I'm studying but it's "fine same as yesterday". This man is incredible really convincing and easy to listen to

[@FundacionNunaBolivia]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:06 *Millennials tough management* 00:18 *Entitled generation paradox* 00:58 *Four problem characteristics* 01:12 *Parenting impact issues* 02:21 *Shattered self-image realization* 03:05 *Social media facades* 04:23 *Dopamine addiction effects* 05:06 *Superficial friendships consequence* 06:15 *Missing coping mechanisms* 06:57 *Imbalance in technology* 07:24 *Impatience affects careers* 08:22 *Patience crucial development* 09:46 *Rising mental health issues* 10:27 *Corporate environment failure* 11:49 *Responsibility on corporations* 12:31 *Building relationship skills* 13:29 *Disconnecting for connections* 14:38 *Encourage mind wandering* Made with HARPA AI

[@ericbuhl]

Index 3:57 dopamine 4:10 age restrictions 4:30 addictive 5:43 deep relationships 6:20 balance 8:16 instant gratification. except! 9:10 patience 9:59 best case senario. its fine. 10:24 4th point. environment. corporate. 10:39 care more about the year than the lifetime. 12:21 little things 13:00 inoculous 13:50 innovation somebody buy me an alarm clock.

[@NilCaos]

Eric Buhl You the real MVP.

[@ericbuhl]

Nil Caos thanks human. i just re watched this because of you.

[@MrNatevazquez]

When people are discussing 'Millennials', they're usually painting an entire generation with an Anerican-upper-middle/upper- white brush.

[@Tabrinaistocool]

nate vazquez exactly. And because if that non of this is valid.

[@RofICopters]

Yeah because we're the only ones with jobs. How about those average GPA's and drop out rates

[@MrNatevazquez]

@@RofICopters post hoc ergo propter hoc

[@robishere7339]

Your obvious lack of English skills speaks for itself. QED

[@MrNatevazquez]

@@robishere7339 Right. You should have said, "Your lack of English skill is obvious." See how I removed the poor grammar and redundancy from your piss-poor reply? At your service.

[@danielleteal8903]

I love this. I am a millennial and a parent and parent with traditional values, morals and disciplines- my son will not be a product of entitlement and laziness and no consequences.

[@timthomas129]

Danielle Teal show the baby boomers how to do it right. 👏👏

[@Jack-id6sj]

I wish you were my mom.

[@Jenkkimie]

I am not sure if is even so much about traditionalism as it is about being a good parent who will care enough about their children to raise them well. I had my advantage that my own parents were much older than most peoples are, so much so that some of my friends grandparents are about the same age as my parents are now (77 dad, and 67 mom). So with their older values, they taught me that life doesn't come easy for you and you need to earn things, rather than expect them. Just be that parent. Don't be selfish, but teach them well.

[@danielleteal8903]

But despite the fact that I am of the age- I intend to impose traditional concepts and values in my kids. There are no phones at the table, and that goes for me as well. There are no tablets on long car rides. Its books and toys... Life doesn't come easy is right- so Ive taught my son that losing is ok, but that the next time we work harder. That failing is acceptable, but we should WANT to succeed on our own accord not by a handout. I agree with you..

[@danielleteal8903]

And not being a traditionalists doesn't mean you are not a good parent.. but I think we have gotten so far removed from old, simple, effective parenting methods. I see families out at restaurants where everyone at the table, kids included, are glued to their phones. Parents are opting out of doing the work..

[@dwyer2413]

How do companies provide an opportunity to teach these skills (or change their cultures) when they are, most of the time, run by individuals from the same generation who failed to teach these skills to this generation while they were growing up - their parents?

[@KeithBallardA]

The problem with this vague definition of a "millennial" is that it leads to calling people that are about to turn 30 "kids".

[@KwanzaaJuice]

As if they didn't already?

[@mikullll]

What happened to generation x/y?

[@KeithBallardA]

They got old and started calling everyone millennials.

[@ceeenow3450]

I think millennial is more appropriate for 23-25 under, with this addiction age he's talking about

[@danielprice538]

where i work your a kid until you prove yourself, theres a 51 year old "kid" on my job right now. im used to it haha

[@CJUGames]

I agree that near constant gratification could be extremely distracting and detrimental.

[@alantaylor6128]

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[@ThadStott]

This societal disconnect makes total sense. Millennials are not okay with old paradigms. But, honestly, I don't think that's a bad thing. Corporations and governments don't have the control, manipulation, and persuasion over the populace like they used to. I don't think old cultural paradigms are superior. It's the Millennial generation that is demanding equality and justice across all classes. I think we are headed in the right direction and I think it's the Millennial who will be blazing the way.

[@jessepye6772]

Thats true but only with the help of previous generations, the whole standing on the shoulders of giants and such, even with flaws progress was made each generation.

[@wellhedge]

Exactly.

[@wellhedge]

(My exactly is for Thad's comment.)

[@loge10]

This guy is great. I've never heard it expressed so clearly, with wit - yet with compassion.

[@Madrid_214]

Are the millenials the primary audience in this video?

[@susanwilliams1748]

I'm a boomer, and this guy just gave me the tools whereby I can understand a generation that is not always depicted correctly in the media. Loved this.

[@camel747]

I'm watching this on my phone during dinner with my friends

[@EvanBagwell]

Camel747 I'm watching this on my phone. Had it sent to me by my dad... from his phone xD

[@HongFeiBai]

In university during breaks, I tried to get to know people. They were always on their phones. I asked "how are you?", and they said "good," and that was about it. I'm a millennial, and this guy's right.

[@hyberkonawa272]

Yeah... I'm not a phone addictive guy but... I do replaying saying "Good!.. how was your day"? I like social media because of youtube and people online to chat with but.... what I do disagree and I don't like is that the youth they are so addictive to their phones that they just ignores me and keeps comparing their personal life with others which sooooooooo immature and childish and a waste of time. Sorry for my bad grammar but I'm Dyxlesic, and that's another problem too... that many Elites and bigger corporations aren't helping people like me with Dixlesia, neither Autsim, OCD, and other disabilitities that people struggkes daily which this is why they have lower sefesteem with social anxiety, depression and even a serious mental health. Why?.... Cuz they are fucking lazy and distracted with their phones making billions without any effort help the most needed people.

[@metallica66625]

Yeah, Na Parents just didn’t know how to handle the rising of technology. The world change so fast so quickly.

[@firstNamelastName-ho6lv]

Same at my college

[@MayoVox]

At the begining Simon says "milllenials are born after 1994", If I undersand well, we're talking about Z Generation : Generation Y (Millennials): born between 1981 and 1996 Generation Z: born between 1997 and 2012.

[@elises9249]

I really enjoyed this. Honestly this gave me a new perspective. Thank you so much for the nice 15 minute video on the Millennials and how electronics are "taking over." I had an amazing experience going on a court for kids trip to Nicaragua. The first rule was NO PHONES. It was amazing to experience a week with out them. We all didn't really know each other and to be honest it was kind of awkward but then when we were in Huston airport we decided to get to know each other and figured out our names and finally started talking. It was so refreshing knowing their are people in the world that agree with the no cellphones and communicating face to face. Its important to know you can talk face to face to people you just met. It made me realize that there's more to life than our phones. Showing that we can handle not even thinking about our phones for a week was a total blessing! Thank you again for the amazing video ! Thanks, Elise

[@djliquidsmoke]

you want another taste of that.. BURNING MAN. there's almost no cell service and the dust actually kills electronics fast so No phones

[@hoochill]

Every generation: "The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise." - Socrates

[@onesyphorus]

lmfao. if only he took out "Now".

[@j.o.e.e.v.a.n.s]

Where do we click to get the free alarm clock

[@jcas236]

I remember as a kid growing up i played baseball a lot. I was lucky enough to be a part of a talented team to where we always won, we were used to it. After 3 years, i was 8 years old and we finally lost a game and it was a championship game. Second place didnt get ANYTHING at all and I told myself, “this feeling sucks, I have to try harder so I never get that feeling again.” For the next 7 years I worked and worked with different professionals and when I stopped playing at 15 (health reasons) I looked back and loved the process i went through because my mental strength increased so much and I wish thats something kids today would understand

[@aaronorrantia8263]

Am I the only 90s kid that agrees with him and that isn't butthurt about this awful truth?

[@ConstantineJoseph]

You're not a kid anymore, you're a young adult. Don't keep referring to yourself as a kid and you will be a man

[@kratomseeker5258]

its no where close to true...

[@jiovanirodarte7333]

Aaron Orrantia no

[@Cfomodz]

Constantine Joseph.. 90s kid means you were a kid in the 90s.. Not that you were born in the 90s and Are now a kid... You are, what.. are 70s kid, an 80s kid? Not because you're a kid now lol.

[@120milk8]

Ahh yes #relatable we 90s kid are cool and hip

[@luddeo4354]

I grew up with a depressed mother and a stressed out father who played alot of games. My big brother, other brother and twin sister all three got hooked on games and they are still all gaming hard to this day, except maybe my biggest brother. I had the luck the be dragged out by friends in my teens, i had experiences none of my family had, not all went good for me though later, when i fell ill. I felt i had no support so i went to video games. Today i recover after 5-6 years of gaming abuse and low social interaction, its hard, but im atleast VERY happy i know the VALUE of friends and social interaction, even though its verry difficult for me. But it gets better. I'm 28 today.

[@sheek3222]

How are you doing now bro?

[@renata3691]

♥

[@bluebell8557]

That moment when I can’t wait 5 seconds for the ad to finish in front of a KZbin video. He’s right. There’s no patience.

[@legatronsquatasaurus7831]

Well it makes sense to not want to watch an ad you don’t want to see? What’s wrong with that

[@bluebell8557]

@@legatronsquatasaurus7831 Not wanting something isn't the issue. It's not being able to wait for something I want.

[@marthedge]

based adblocking add-ons

[@tylerdoerrer3576]

Get KZbin Red if it really bothers you (no adds and includes KZbin music)

[@usarmynow3743]

There never used to be ads to begin with. Are we supposed to deal with whatever gets thrown at our face? We are the customers, so I dont watch youtube videos with ads or youtube rarely at all anymore because of it. You people act like we have no options it's kind of funny

[@DarkPrince696]

Oh you are sooo RIGHT!!! It has nothing to do with going $150k in debt for college, being told starting salaries will be $50k-$60k a year. Then after 5 years of worthless college degrees being offered only $27k a year, which we can't even afford living expenses let alone minimum payments on those student loans, car payment, insurance, or saving for retirement. Go love yourself.

[@TonyMontanaDS]

You have never been through a recession. You never lost your job, your savings, your house or your family. You just complain and complain and complain.

[@DarkPrince696]

@@TonyMontanaDS You are right in that sense.... because I STILL CAN'T AFFORD A HOUSE, FAMILY, INSURANCE, OR RETIREMENT ACCOUNT!!! I have worked multiple jobs requiring 84 hours a week and still making less than what I should have been making right out of college. I can't LOSE something I could never afford in the first place. You have to at least have something first to be able to lose it. I graduated in the 2008-2009 recession.

[@TonyMontanaDS]

@@DarkPrince696 Looks like you made some poor life choices. I just finished paying off my mortgage and make quite a decent amount. No help from dead beat parent either. Looks like you're just full of excuses.

[@thunderbug8640]

@@TonyMontanaDS When were you born?

[@_sayan_roy_]

@@TonyMontanaDS Looks like someone flipped their stance when they got the answer that the guy he was arguing against indeed went through recession, in fact, graduated in it unlike the boomer who was at least in an age where he had most of the life savings collected to pay off the mortgage for his "great life choices". Point is don't flip or don't make a wild assumption about the next guy in the first place.

[@StrangeMeadowLark]

As a Millennial (born 1985), I initially asked: Who is this man and why does his opinion matter? I looked him up and found he was born a mere 12 years before me, and had never heard of him so this is just an American thing. I agree with a lot of what he says - I've often thought my generation was particularly prone to receiving crap parenting, and that we have lower resilience and higher mental anguish, probably due to crap (and traumatic) childhoods (myself included). But then I think of all the people I know that had great parents, and aren't deeply unhappy. So...maybe it isn't millennials? Maybe it's the world that the 20th Century created, the end of which we were born in and which we're living in now but are only just starting to advance into adulthood and cultivate the maturity to deal with? The 20th Century, with all its advances in quality of life and technological convenience, but also its stark political and societal inequalities and insecurities which we feel most strongly? Basically, Millennials (And then Generation Z) are the human version of Planet Earth - now living with the fck-ups of the 20th Century. And so we then question things. The problem I've found most with the workplace, and the people that run it, is that they're still stuck in 20th Century (the Pandemic giving them the kick up the arse they needed) and can't cope with 'it's always been done like this' being questioned. Having their illogical fallacies shown to them merely by the innovation and efficiency of someone who was born with cassette tapes and VHS but then had to learn CDs, PCs, DVDs, MP3 players, iPods, the internet, Macs, smartphones and who knows what now, having learned that sometimes there might be a better way of doing something. Wondering why someone who merely pays us for doing certain specific tasks for them - who we would never otherwise have met or have anything to do with - feels like they own us as if we're still working in a factory in the 19th Century, can speak to us however they want, tell us what to do where and when at all times, all days of the week. The 'prizes for everyone' may have led to entitlement, but previous generations who didn't even realise everything was being hoarded from them, and who were told and taught to just be grateful for what they had would say that. Some might say that 'woke' is just another word for Enlightenment (the clue's in the name). Not a scientific and philosophical enlightening of Europe in the 18th century, and not the psychological and spiritual enlightenment of the Buddha, but a social and environmental realisation that the world is actually very very sh't in many ways and, importantly, completely unnecessarily so. But 'its always been that way'. So we're entitled millennials? Well, you're welcome, because you won't survive old age and the human race won't survive the destruction of the only planet on which we live by continuing to do things how they've always been done, by people still thinking, talking, categorising and comparing as in the last century now 21 years ago.

[@StrangeMeadowLark]

I should also add, for a bit of perspective, that this is clearly a western/minority world issue.

[@StrangeMeadowLark]

Another important point I always make is that we are the generation that had 9/11. We hadn't lived through the Second World War. Nor the Cold War. 9/11 was the first single biggest event to happen on a global scale that changed the world forever. No, terrorism wasn't new (the UK had had its fair share in the preceding decades regarding Northern Ireland and 'the Troubles'), and yes, it was a single event in one country. But it was huge. Unprecedented, in its audacity apart from anything else. Denting the all-consuming American ego - and the rest of the world's acceptance of it - forever. The psychological impact and subsequent geopolitical repercussions (Afghanistan and Iraq to name but two) were international (just think of all the subsequent Islamist/anti-west terrorist attacks - still ongoing - in other countries around the globe). Such big events always change perceptions, and people then question the world in which they find themselves: the same happened after the First World War (the 'Lost' generation) and indeed the post-WWII 'Boomers' and the cultural revolution of the 60s. And so being the quintessential post-9/11 generation, *knowing life before and after the event* that changed the world and how we lived, how we thought about each other, how states interacted with their populations, how states interacted with each other, we are now the generation facing those issues and a dying planet, but with the prime responsibility of doing something about it as we aren't too young to do anything and neither old enough we won't be around for most of it. So yeah, we will question how things have been done and we will ask for a good reason for why they should remain the same and will get upset when our achievements and innovations are taken for granted.

[@raginald7mars408]

This is a Historic Lecture. Each Second worth.

[@eNtyck]

I love how the people in the audience laugh in the beginning like it is all fun and games and later on they realize they are all fucked up in the head and noone is laughing :D

[@owenoj]

Thing is, it'll make them think during the tine they are there, but once they're at home, it's all gone in one ear and out the other.

[@oochiewally2783]

Haaaaa i know

[@michelepiteo7179]

They are cunts with no manners. Understanding them won't teach them manners. We gotta start slapping them up. If they want psychological warfare they will certainly get it from me as i know they are immoral prefects of NWO.

[@ruebencristobal7790]

art sol Then explain Antifa

[@artnsol90]

@@ruebencristobal7790 goes both ways with opposing sides

[@kassidywolfe7206]

Soo.. Is the definition of irony the fact that I'm watching this on my phone on KZbin?

[@itshusein]

15 mins well spent of my life

[@karchkurrai4765]

are people using Facebook because they are depressed or are they depressed because they are using Facebook?

[@jmiquelmb]

Maybe it's a vicious cycle like alcohol? Idk

[@KwanzaaJuice]

Like all generalizations - a little of column A, little of B. Perhaps both sometimes.

[@caitlinschulz2596]

Is Facebook the chicken or the egg?

[@jonplaud]

Both

[@shivamkimothi2441]

when he says you need patience and you check how much of the video is remaining("^")

[@jonathanbradley4896]

Oooof, the part about deep meaningful relationships and people cancelling as soon as something better comes along hit hard. I may be jaded, but this has largely been my experience with people, they do not commit to any plans, it's usually a maybe and they won't blink to flake out.

[@KarlosEPM]

Yup, we're destroying each other. We play tough guy but are depressed. It's our own fault. And even though we could google how to stop this, we don't for whatever reason. It's heartbreaking. Hope you're better, cheers!

[@changoreuben1]

For Christ sake. don't you guys get it ? The use of social media, cell phones and technologies are 'OK' period. but but just within your limit. just don't make your life all about it.

[@TheChazaqingdude]

It's called bad parenting. That, mixed with the tech, is the problem.

[@SailorJohn34]

Social media was designed to keep people distracted and addicted. These kids now days are just worthless pieces of $hit.

[@Scythemantis]

Wrong, the tech has only a positive effect.

[@geek1582]

wokey.

[@abehan]

Right. If you only believe in economics and capitalist production. Human values are broader than that, however. Life's complicated.

[@RandyPennington]

It is rarely a good idea to characterize an entire generation based on your impressions of the worst of them. Gen X was also labeled as slackers, but I guess Larry Page and Sergey Brin never got the word. There are Millennials that conform to Sinek's stereotyped description, and then there is Mark Zuckerberg and a host of other Millennial entrepreneurs. This week a 37-year old Millennial will interview for the top spot at one of my clients. A 33-year old just took over as the head of a division with about $250 million in sales. Simon Sinek says that he meets college graduates who want to quit because they are not making an impact. He should give me a call. This Baby Boomer will happily introduce him to Millennials who are completely different than his description. I remind myself of this saying when I am tempted top generalize an entire group by the actions of a few: "All Indians walk in single file. I know this is true because the one I saw was doing it this way."

[@mattl584]

They are just trying to figure out the general solutions. For that endeavor, they are on track

[@tylerperiod]

Except a 37 year old and a 33 year old aren't millenials

[@RandyPennington]

33 year old's are definitely at the older end of the Millennial generation. 37 years old is definitely on the edge of Gen X, but there are sources that identify those born between 1975 and 1982 as stuck between Gen X and Gen Y. This piece explains it: www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/signs-youre-stuck-between-gen-x-and-millennials?.owv4KP4LX#.kkrBeYBKR. So I'll give you that 37 isn't purely Millennial, but it isn't completely Gen X either.

[@RandyPennington]

My fuzzy math aside, I still think Sinek misses the point when characterizing all of an entire generation by the actions of a few. There are other factors that influence why we behave the way we do other than age.

[@Facto237]

Randy Pennington what you have actually done is give examples of outliers who are very few and far between...and those people you have listed do not even represent 1 10th if not 1 100th of the people you meet in your lifetime just walking the street and in the outside world ...that's like me working on wall street and saying poverty is a scam I see successful people all the time when in fact where I work is indicative of less than 1% of the population...

[@isaiahfreeman]

What if Millenials are no different than any other generation? What if we keep complaining about the same thing about each new generation using the new technology and the same parenting as reasons for the differences? What if this is a common factor for every new generation? They will also grow up and change like every gen before them perhaps. I ask these questions because I distinctly remember the hate Gen X got. And have seen other articles and studies that support this view.

[@zibafu]

you are onto something there, the point in your life when you start going "when I was a lad" Everyone hates the next generation because they do things differently to your generation

[@getawaydreamer2724]

This Generation was raised by Obama. So it's worse then usual.

[@theSemiChrist]

Amaz3ments I dunno. I always liked it when I came home and President Obama had made his world famous microwave hotdogs on Wonder Bread for dinner. And he always chose a good book to read when he tucked me in.

[@DerekLFoster]

Amaz3ments than

[@selfinducedcoma3712]

Isaiah Freeman it's those that understand the system, and use it to their advantage, that benefit.

[@slvrangel22]

I leave my phone in my car in a compartment during work hours. When I tell people this, I get a million questions... what if there is an emergency? My response: My classroom comes with a landline. Also, our school is in a deadzone, we barely get signal so I couldn't use it anyway. Also me... my phone is more likely to become a distraction or be stolen if I bring it in to work. I also leave it in my car when I go to a yoga class. I'm supposed to concentrate for an hour... my cell phone near by doesn't help. Plus I always run the risk of it accidentally going off because I forgot to silence the ringtone or accidentally hit the button on my watch that causes it to play music. Defeating the serenity of yoga.

[@russavery56]

Anyone who comments that he's "millennial bashing" or "just another millennial basher" did not pay any attention to what he actually said.

[@ClaudiaSanchezQuintero]

Russ Avery Good try at trying to sound like the smartest guy but we can understand what this idiot is saying we just don’t agree with him.

[@Pomiferous]

Attention is hard to hold on to in the digital age Russ.

[@depstrider]

Thank you for commenting this. See these are the people i wanna listen to.

[@Rirwinable]

As I watch this on my phone.

[@defariase]

Typical "Millennial" response.You just validated what Siman is talking about. Hehehe....

[@Rirwinable]

Leo Defarias hilarious.

[@thewateversho223gaming]

Leo Defarias Hold this L

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

@@defariase "Hehehe" cringe

[@user-iz7mq6cp6x]

I’m a millenial apparently. This world is rugged. You gotta work hard for what you want and not give up because there’s a bump in the road. The world isn’t gonna hand you anything for free. You just have to have patience. It’s a race that you may never see the end of. That’s why you must enjoy the journey. Sometimes life will feel like shit and you’re stuck in an endless pit of hell and sometimes it will feel great like you’re on top of the world sometimes it’ll feel like you’re stuck in a freaking limbo juggling the world on your back trying to make decisions . You aren’t entitled to anything. You earn it

[@solo2367]

Great comment man, you better believe it

[@solo2367]

This is so big. Thank you for your comment. It is so much better to see what people have learned in their experience rather than listen to this inaccurate jerk on a pedestal :)

[@ruebencristobal7790]

Gen Y are they so great

[@667neighborofdabeast]

Problem is, when the journey is so fraught with resistance, and in my experience with disappointment with the current economic and social values of this era, the journey is very hard to enjoy. As us 'millennials' say: "I don't want to live on this planet anymore".

[@AO-bk1mh]

Sounds more like he's talking about late millennials and gen z in terms of the phone aspect.

[@alexhjc8]

Even early millenials are glued to their phones. I see this in public transit. Everyone has their phone whipped out.

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

When millennials try to blame it on others

[@nanmin73]

He kind of is. His timeline for the beginning of the millennial gen is off by about 10 years. The millennial gen started being born in the mid 80s actually.

[@nanmin73]

@@AOSMAKAKMS they can't help how they were raised by the boomers 🤷 they were taught to be like this and now the boomers are complaining about the way they act and TBH I have seen many more well adjusted and open-minded accepting millennials then I've ever seen in the boomer generation. Millennials want to actually make a difference and change the world to be better than the me generation (ie boomers) left it.

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

@@nanmin73 nah your just assuming

[@mementomori2183]

Vietnamese way: you put your cell phone on the table, whose wife calls first paying for all.

[@quniacchtinee5060]

My whatsapp is [phone] let me know when you need assistance at your assignment

[@katizkool5039]

Dude... the part about technology addiction is so true. My husband and I have to call each other out on scrolling through reddit and Facebook all the time. Sometimes you just need to put the cell phones aside and enjoy time as a family.

[@broadbean.]

Drinking game: every time he says 'right', take a drink.

[@ejbabc]

This is incredible. There are a few things that I get from him though, including from his other videos, that are a bit "Gen X" to me. (Which is a little bit Boomer/ old school.) He says that climbing a mountain takes time. And that it's important for Millenials to feel like they're making an impact. The thing is, with technology, which the younger generation are fully accustomed to, they CAN make an impact, they're USED to making an impact. So when they don't, they notice and it affects them. They feel futile and inefficient. That mountain to climb might have taken 20 years in the past, but now it can be done in 5. So telling Millennials to wait is bizarre. Why deter them? It doesn't make sense. It's different times with different expectations, and I think sometimes the older ones don't get what can be accomplished, or how quickly it can be done, at least. Eagerness is a great thing and should be fostered! I think many younger ones know it will take hard work. They're used to that. Yes, some were coddled, but others worked incredibly hard. So, telling them to wait unnecessarily is unhelpful. He also says that the best case scenario is for them to be fine. I totally disagree. Best case scenario is for them to feel GREAT!! That they're making a difference and are engaged. But when they get into corporations where the employees there are used to feeling "fine" at best, that's a pretty low standard and not one I imagine they wish to aim for. Millennials are habituated to achieving more because the technology has enabled it. But older colleagues aren't, and expect younger ones to wait it out, which they rightly identity as futile. But Simon does correctly point out that it's the corporations' responsibility to engage these young employees. Some are entitled, yes. But others are probably just hungry. Lumping them all together isn't helpful. You end up dampening their enthusiasm instead of harnessing it. I've had some weird experiences. (I'm born '79, so identify with both Gen X and Millennials.) I had a whole bunch of tabs open once at work, and I think my superior saw that as disorganised. Not efficient and well researched and cross referenced, but sloppy. Because it would probably take him a week to open that many tabs, not an hour. It was weird. I also interviewed somewhere with a number of the senior management, and I expressed an interest in learning about different parts of the (small) business - regulatory affairs, marketing, manufacturing, etc. The response I got was, "You won't have his job in one year, and his the next, and mine (the CEO's) a few years later." Huh!? What the heck gave them that impression?? I expressed enthusiasm and somehow they interpreted that as a threat! 😳 It was super bizarre. Obviously, I didn't get the job, nor did I want it, tbh. I'm not particularly interested in being siloed. I think a lot of them also don't like to be shown up. I appreciate and respect what the older, more experienced ones can do. I also don't think it's helpful or necessary to artificially hold someone back. But I think they do that because they don't want to become obsolete. *I* wouldn't see them like that, I could stick to my lane. But I'd also like to be able to go at the speed I see fit for my ability, and not have training wheels put on because I was a junior, which is what I felt they tried to do. All very inhibiting. There's too much focus on the younger ones adapting and not enough on the older ones. Honestly, set the young ones loose and see what they can accomplish! They WANT to do it! Guide, oversee, and let them do it. Don't micromanage as to how you (an older one) would do it. It's the what, not the how that counts. Let them achieve what they want to achieve and enjoy the spoils from it. I was still being given mini research pieces years after I had graduated. I didn't need a degree for it, a high school education would have been enough. My uni thesis was vastly more advanced than the work I was doing. Why train for something if you don't get to practice? It was pathetic. I was accused of seeing the work as beneath me. IT WAS!!!! (She was a toxic AF boss, so there's always that. But the attitude was pervasive.) All very frustrating. You end up almost having to downplay your ability just to get the opportunities. It's surreal. Anyway, we'll sort it out, or leave them behind! Lol! I'm not interested in their scraps! They can do them themselves! If you've got the talent, there's no use in wasting it! 🙌🙏💫

[@louispennell3810]

I have 3 Great kids, all millennials. They have turned out to be better than most and I really don't like comparing them to their generation. My kids know nothing is free, you must work hard to get what you want, everything in life takes time. Don't blame your life or situation on anyone or anything. I grew up without a Dad and a abusive mom, I still worked my life out blaming excluded.

[@khaldrogo6130]

So to summarise the 15 minutes... All he could have said was... *Turn off your phone*

[@SeethuNatarajan]

Ironic, given what he talked about :)

[@azarel7]

Do you mean lack of patience? I am not trolling or anything but what did you mean exactly?

[@khaldrogo6130]

azarel7 Its really self-explanatory what I said.

[@azarel7]

Khal Drogo Apologies, I didn't actually mean you I was trying to reply to Seethu Natarajan.

[@azarel7]

Seethu Natarajan What's the irony for you exactly? Again, I'm not trolling. I just saw the comment and I was seeing the irony in one way, but it may not be the way you meant.

[@gramos2452]

I have to say I disagree with a lot of what Simon says. And this is why: I am a millennial and was born in 86 so am on the upper end of the spectrum, I am not addicted to social media, not entitled and fairly happy with my life and have few but strong meaningful relationships which I can relate to. And overall this guy and society look to place blame for some individuals ending up this way, when no one but the individual should be to blame. I have seen some the way he has described but that is not the majority. I think social media for some can be addicting but its just a matter of learning to excessive self control and that is not by "removing the alcohol from the house"(which is avoidance, but by actively attempting to control your actions. From there you can exert discipline and self control on your life little by little. Overall our generation seems happy from most of the people I talk to, they would just like fulfilling DIFFERENT jobs than what was previously available and that will work itself out with time. As for the ones that are depressed, he placed blame on a few driving factors. Social media, schools, and parents. But these factors do not influence an entire population. There is another major one that he is completely ignoring and I think by chance missed. Technology. But not in the way he described it. Technology is the tip of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. What he really missed is the influx of information about the world, our cities, neighborhoods and individuals that wasn't readily available for the previous generation. The amount of atrocities, disturbing things, and perspectives that we all witness and are able to view online on a daily basis is incomprehensible. These are the biggest factors that seem to influence our generation. Overall I don't think he gave our generation a thorough assessment and missed some key factors when making a conclusion such as he made. I think our generation is the sleeping generation and when we wake up it will be an enormous change. We are bigger than generation X. Smarter than babyboom(based on a study which estimated the average education level of millennial vs babyboomers) who are dying off. And more interconnected than any generation in history. Ultimately the older generations can try to understand but have no idea and will never be able to understand the perspective of our generation. I don't think he accurately assessed his facts before his tirade. He said it himself "The older generations keep trying to figure out what millennials want", they want to try to understand them better. This is impossible for his generation, or previous. I ultimately think for someone as notorious as Simon, he could have created a better assessment. Instead of sounding like a cocky, uninformed, old boss which can't understand the generation below him and feels pity for them. Thats all I am saying. Sorry for the typing errors, it is not my forte.

[@gramos2452]

I most definitely voted and am very passionate about politics and our current state of the world. It gets me very frustrated.

[@connorblasing4067]

Look at me I'm the opposite he claimed we are generally. I'm a special snowflake. so because I am entitled I get to disagree with his generalization without giving any supporting evidence.

[@gramos2452]

How am I saying I am a special snowflake by saying i disagree with his argument? That makes no sense. Also you sound like a special snowflake by the way you are acting like a spoiled child in response to someones discussion. Grow up a bit.

[@mustaine8666]

I won't say I agree or disagree with Simon - but I understand his analysis of this. I was born in 86 however my parents were nearly 40 when I was born. The last two years I've suffered from major depression. It makes a lot of sense to me. However I would like to see Simon do this type of analysis on other generations. I've been studying global political economics lately and I can tell you, the baby boomer generation have a lot to answer for.

[@KaneK1234]

Gregory Ramos You're both special snowflakes because you don't realise how meaningless life is. Look into nihilism.

[@kleindavid9416]

as a millenial: he is partly right, but generalizes and oversimplifies. Literally of my fellow students works 12 hours without any moaning, if they have to. We just realize, that there is no reason to fight, because we fought for 22-27 years and got nothing from it (yeah, going to shool, studying and working shitty jobs for 20 years is demoralizing....)

[@namecantbeblankbitches]

You would not have survived slavery.

[@kleindavid9416]

@@namecantbeblankbitches yeah, I hope I would have died quickly

[@jroseandhearts]

AND when you do everything your "supposed to" you still cant afford to live in a one bedroom apartment without roommates. I live in as silicon valley and even engineers can barely afford their 4000 dollar a month rent because the system sucks! The rent and home prices keep raising but the wage gap is unreal as hell. How can anyone feel satisfied with that? There is a problem there and we millenials are blamed for just being lazy but the truth is that not all us want to hustle till we die just for damn peanuts

[@corya3189]

Unfortunately many companies will pay to the lowest denominator for a position to be filled and judging from the majority of salary postings, $22 per hour does not take into account a person with a family, but is aimed at recent college graduate who doesn't have a lot of expenses. The vast majority of jobs are within the $15-23 hourly wage which is really bullshit pay for someone with a 20/30yr loan.

[@raularmas317]

@@jroseandhearts l have great hope for how a generation has made effective use of mass media/communications to create a unified front for better wages and working conditions for everyone in America. All without politicizing the need for more and better housing and living conditions. Bravo for keeping politics out of my desire to live indoors and eat 3 square meals a day.

[@youshouldallexpire]

I'm confused. Where are all the kids that got into honors classes through parental whining? I never saw any of those. And I wonder where all my participation rewards are. Oh wait, in the garbage where I knew they belonged. Not that I ever had enough to bother counting in the first place. And I recall in high school after our school got second place, being told and agreeing that we basically lost. The people who point out the participation medals haven't actually interacted with any children at all. And I've never been told I can have anything because I want it, I've been taught that because this is america, I can do a lot of things if I want to... work for it. This guy needs to stop looking to social media complaints for his facts.

[@garneroutlaw1]

Yah he's a moron. Completely ignores the socioeconomic factors as well.

[@sophialewis5474]

I've seen them. This on point

[@stephaniemanucha4079]

Actually there is only a small section of social media that he talks about, and he is correct. The way people get excited or addicted to social media, is correct. And he never ever said that every person, had their way like this. I had been in the gifted program from a long time during school, several classmates of mine had their parents complain, and forcing the teachers to put their child on the gifted program or else they would complain, you may have been taught certain things, but several others have not, many have cheated and passed through their lives very easily, unlike others who had been working their entire lives for things, and who had never gotten it, America is a wonderful country to study and get a job here, but it has never been a perfect place to get a job for or to study

[@fayevinyl4596]

Is that all you took from this? The unrelatable parenting part? A lil bit from soc med?

[@fayevinyl4596]

@@stephaniemanucha4079 i agree, I've seen kids with parents who absolutely stresses the fact that their child NEED to have a certain form of approbation even though they don't really deserve it.

[@charlenesouthafrica8463]

hit it on the nail! i havent had a phone for about a month and my life has been the most productive! even getting to know myself more!

[@Wannawatchthis5555]

Charlene South Africa how did you quit. I feel like I need rehab now

[@charlenesouthafrica8463]

@@Wannawatchthis5555 started with deleting whatsapp...was on ly available on email...phone got stolen then till now i just havent bothered to have one. of course i have to eventually but the break was great..24th im back to it. it's made me realise who my REAL friends are. the real friends are the ones that came to my house to check on me from worry. now i know who to have on my phonebook! just try it! its amazing what gets revealed ...even from day1!

[@123456789smilez]

Literally started tearing when he talked about the worse case scenarios...its allll true

[@princesheep9412]

Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by persistent use of a drug despite substantial harm and adverse consequences. I hope this helps you understand what addiction truly is and how it is far more complex than just a dopamine hormone that you kept mentioning.

[@benedictifye]

youtube offers hits of temporary dopamine relief.

[@user-sw1wq8lh2w]

that's the trade off for access to the workings of your brain. remember, google never makes any product that doesn't serve them more than you and if it's free, you're the product.

[@ktn13001]

Everything in life which excite you get the temporary dopamine relief. When you see a burger, when you see a hot girl/boy, when you see a cute dog, when you see that class clothes you want. Dopaine is lead to motivation. Sinek Simon is only talking about shit that science has prooven wrong since many years ago.

[@ghosthusler]

@@ktn13001 Oh the good old burger argument. Why stop smoking? You can get addicted to many things. Burger, candy so on. Ypu can get addicted to everything.

[@harold6422]

Often for free!

[@847MicRoss]

I would disagree. KZbin videos are long and drug out for ad revenue. Ig vids are short and to the point. IG is where the dopamine is at.

[@bennyboost]

the phone addiction is common across all generations. Gen X'ers are just as bad as millennials when it comes to being glued to their phones, and even boomers are, maybe to a slightly lesser extent.

[@KyivCossack]

So, you feel reverse justification makes it okay for millennials to be addicted to their phones because everyone else is, is that it? The point is he is specifically addressing the issues of millennials as they are the center of the discussion relating to employment. He backs it up with scientific research...its meant to be a constructive criticism discussion. If you took it personally, then my instinct tells me you're a millennial who should be paying attention to the facts. The rest of us can figure it out for ourselves.

[@pandy2755]

i can tell you that the level of addiction aint the same we as millenials are a lot more addicted

[@xavierbrannen969]

10:35 when all your jobs tell you you're expendable and their not going to pay you enough to move out of your parents house. Then they tell you a raise is between 9 and 25 cents a year if you do a good job. Then your parents abuse you until your ready to be homeless or die. Then your car breaks down. Smh

[@burninsherman1037]

That's where I'm stuck, too. I don't know when, but I imagine I'll probably be stuck like this until I kill myself. I don't wanna hurt the people who care about me, but at some point the pain is just gonna be too much.

[@lemonmuffin4990]

This is all great. What is the solution?

[@CrimsonHazmat]

It's not how they were raised, it's now that they're in this world, it's harder to accomplish things than it used to be, and the parents know no better how to help the kids than the kids do know how to help themselves. Things are just harder and more outsourced and monopolized than they used to be

[@kadieanavales2942]

CrimsonHazmat not really

[@user-sw1wq8lh2w]

there is psychology to it as well, but the main issue is the world got fucked, yes.

[@mennehgambia1962]

yes but the parents still had a role in this

[@2011Azure]

CrimsonHazmat Boo hoo ! What, things weren't handed to you on a silver platter? How sad. Not your fault, right ?

[@Keeve5]

It really bothers me that people will so nonchalantly parrot what someone else has says. "Millenials are entitled. They're lazy. They have no social skills." The second they see some of this behavior on display, people will be quick to jump all over the story and say, "SEE? Look at this entitled millenial. Classic." I think that saying "Millenials are lazy/entitled" is a gross generalization that is mostly confirmation bias. For every lazy or childish millenial you see, I guarantee there at least 4 others that work their asses off. Millenials have tons of debt.....you can't NOT work hard to pay that off.

[@mahomedseedat]

Keeve5 a

[@cefwood]

Were you on your cellphone during the video? He did not say that at all!

[@Aquablue62]

I think people fail to realize it’s not just the millennial generation that does this, everyone’s gone through this they just choose not to recognize that they had the same experiences so they can feel better about themselves

[@edbroaotearoa1198]

I believe the interviewer was like me, actually interested in what was being said. Watched this a couple of times because he makes sense. No blame just a clear explanation

[@xerox782]

I am a millennial, and in my opinion we live in a great era where we have more opportunities than our parents ever had. I refuse the idea to blame them for any of my failures, or wrong turns. They raised us the best they could. Now it is our turn and responsibility to use opportunities of this time. Instead of feeling sorry and blame everyone around, take on and become a professional at something or start your own company if you don't like how they treat you in the one you are at right now. Education is more available than ever, you can learn anything from the internet. Take things as they are, take the responsibility for your actions and one day be an example to your kids that will face the same problems as you do right now.

[@Dross_Flame]

4 years later. Is this still the case?

[@xerox782]

@@Dross_Flame Yes it is. During that time I started my own company that does pretty well. Economy crises, high energy costs and all that is not a problem for me. Also got 3rd kid. Both professional and family life is fine. So yeah, I would say it still is the case.

[@Dross_Flame]

Well im glad to see you are doing well. Most people i know have been victims of predatory lending for college tuition and don't have the money to even live comfortably. They were raised to be nothing more than a cog in a machine. I have seen cases of student debt payments becoming triple what they make working two full time jobs. People living off the bare necessities and still have to decide between feeding themselves or their dog. Not spending money on themselves. No amazon purchases. No concerts. The housing market has been bought up by rich people looking for passive income and price gouging has become common practice so most price increases are going to profit. People can't afford to get sick because the hospital bill alone could cripple them financially. People with no help from family because their family can't or won't. Schools that pass high schoolers that still can't even read. (I had some in my senior class). I worked Telecom and construction for 3 years with nothing to show for it. I quit to take care of my mom before she died and i applied to thousands of jobs in the span of two year afterwards. I only got two interviews and the jobs closed shortly after i started working due to covid. I had saved six thousand for an emergency fund and it all went to bills while i was between jobs. Most people arent even taught to make an emergency fund. It is significantly harder now to succeed than in the past. The only ones succeeding are either lucky or have a safety net to fall back on so they can make "safe risks"

[@xerox782]

@@Dross_Flame Based on what you are saying, my guess is you are from USA. I am from central Europe. Honestly, I used to love US since I spent a year there as a forn-exchange student. But now, I am really upset how US is all about money and nothing else. People will do anything, to get more money. Especially those that are at the top. Like they never have enough. They will sacrifice peoples lives, make them pretty much slaves just to get more money out of it. There were times when I dreamed about moving to US. Now I am glad for being where I am. Cause majority of those problems you covered in your case are payed from universal health care and social security funds that every citizen contributes to in form of a tax or insurance that is automatically paid from paychecks. I used to not like it, but after seeing hundreds of homeless people I saw in San Francisco while I was there to visit, made me realize that it is actually a great thing. Thanks to that we have almost zero homeless and even tho there are a lot of people now that need financial help, the state provides money to help out. Of course it is never enough, but never too low to let people fall and end up on a side walk. Honestly almost entire Europe has these systems. I really hope US will get to that point too... but I know every time somebody tries it, people start screaming "communism!!!" and it is all over. Hope you get better. Maybe think about relocating to a different country. Good luck. Editing the message as I forgot to say the universal care also covers schools. So I payed pretty much nothing for my Masters degree in product design. Again all that is payed from the taxes. And now as I make money with my company, I pay for the education that the younger generation is getting. Which is totally fine and I am happy to do my part in this system.

[@ncamisilengcongca]

@@Dross_Flame hello, I hope you are well and I wish you all the best, it sounds like you have been through a lot! My 2 cents is to ask you to believe in a force that is larger than you and all of life, just truly believe that it/he will provide for all of your needs. I am praying for you and hope for the best for you. I know it may be hard for you to see a happy ending for yourself because you’ve been through a lot, but dream again and God will help you and guide your every step.

[@austinwoodward9912]

So much wisdom in those 15 minutes.

[@austinwoodward9912]

***** I'm one of those parents with 5 boys 4 at home. And honestly I've known about this problem but this has prompted me to do something about it.

[@myTheus95]

I feel like this guy as been following me around...that hit way too close to home, specially the alarm clock part...I need to buy one.

[@kevindecot186]

I raised two millennials who must have beat the odds. Admittedly their childhood involved nicer things than mine but there was one a singular guiding philosophy. Know one owes you anything and if you want to be successful educate yourself and work harder than your peers. This philosophy was grounded by a Christian belief system.

[@callumvanheerden1530]

Widespread internet use has been around for younger people's entire lives.[607] The youth of the 2010s were called the "best-behaved generation on record." In May 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that teenage pregnancies and their uses of drugs and alcohol reached record lows.[608] A 2013 survey showed that the rate of teen smoking dropped to 15.7%, the rate of teenagers having unprotected sex dropped to 34% and the rate of teenagers participating in a physical fight dropped to 25%, much lower than their counterparts 22 years earlier.[609] E-cigarette and smokeless tobacco use among teenagers rose.[610] Reference:https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s#Youth_culture

[@mchl843]

Deft ZA right, millennials are more informed so that they tend to refrain from bad vices. If someone would spread information that using too much cellphone is bad for them and support it by credible facts and scientific evidence. They would certainly believe it and will surely stay away with it especially the younger ones which are not hard to teach.

[@joym3357]

Watch out! If you use facts you'll hurt there feelings.

[@ruebencristobal7790]

the millenials are the best. There's nothing better

[@ramirogames9583]

Can you authorize to subtitle this video in Portuguese and publish in my channel with all credits?

[@Spifey]

Makes total sense.

[@Spifey]

Anthony Lopez That point is fair enough, but his general message is inspiring

[@elilla331]

It does. But want to know where that whole "piss poor parenting" thing came from? The higher levels of academia and government. The whole "special snowflake" bit is directly backed to the garbage pushed by Dr. Benji Spock and others. We've got an entire generation of kids that are this way because academia said "doing it any other way, will hurt kids." Those people went from academia to government and pushed their garbage as hard as they could. And it's probably going to take 2 generations if not more to fix the entire mess, provided that we don't end up in some massive war and are on the losing side because they're "triggered" over something.

[@elilla331]

Those "parents and educators" are using the ideologies and beliefs put, pushed and pumped up by people like Dr. Spock. You're looking at the kids and believing that the problems lies in parents and educators -- and believe that the infection started there. I'm looking at the original source of the infection, and that came from people like him.

[@owenoj]

Bad parenting is also an issue that is widely criticised because it's the truth, and a lot of us love living in denial.

[@darwindixon7140]

My biggest issue (with myself, in relation to this video) is that my mind tends to constantly go. I'm usually the quiet guy in the corner who notices a lot of things that could be noticed in the room. Because my mind has a constant need for stimulation, I find myself being fidgety and needing to do something with my hands. This is where my phone comes into play. If I'm not looking at it, I'm usually playing with it in some way, like this finger loop on the back of the phone case that I'll absentmindedly flick out of the "lock" and push it back in. It's loose now because of that, and I have to press it in a certain way to keep it from swinging around freely. I pay attention to what's being said to me, but without a buffer of some kind, that becomes more difficult to me because of my mind feeding itself with environmental information. I call it a problem, since it hinders interpersonal connection, but at the same time, it's a good problem to have since it keeps me sharp without having to actively work on it.

[@3Demon100]

Its easy to forget that the cost of living is increasing. Higher education is becoming more of a standard for good entry level employment. These two factors together create unhappiness in young adults. It sucks to know that after going through 4 years or more years of college, collecting debt, and living check to check even though you have a worthwhile degree that some people still have the nerve to ask you why you cant wait 30 years to have a couple extra 0s on your paycheck.

[@carlyw60]

People of ALL AGES are having to deal with the same issues of cost of living increases, and higher education requirements. It isn't fun, and doesn't seem fair but we ALL have to find a way to deal with it. Sitting around whining and expecting others to coddle you isn't going to make life any better. I think that is what SOME Millenials expect from everyone around them. Most people work their asses off all their lives and still aren't making the extra 0's on their paycheck. It sucks for all of us.

[@dandemsky7157]

Very well articulated.

[@Nithion]

I thought this was going to be a millennial bashing but he made it clear that it wasn’t the millennials fault for being born in a time where technology began rapidly increasing. Great job on finding a good balance

[@kamilwezka3008]

I thought the same because I constantly see in the media that Millennials are just the new scapegoat for everything it is wrong in the world. I tend not to put people in generational buckets because I met people from gen z or x who can be as awful as some of the Millenials. Today, I tend to just get on with my life rather than listen to various media telling me what is wrong with me or why I don't have a humongous home, fancy car or live beyond my means, bulldozing the environment. Generally, I believe every older generation screws up younger ones somehow. As a millennial, I am glad I didn't have to participate in mindless wars that our great-grandfathers fought but just inherited the debt of their impulsiveness.

[@trickshotzz5401]

Anybody have an essay on this? Or at least a transcript of it? Thanks