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A Way Not To Extinguish Millennial Potential




The 2008 global recession thrust millennials into an era defined by anxiety. Left unchecked, your anxiety will soon become a chronic mindset which will extinguish your potential.

Look into the life of most organisations and you'll see the implications. They model anxiety. Ingrained thought patterns generate low-grade fear and stall change with ‘what if?’ scenarios. 

From this perspective, change management postings are a cry for help: someone to take away the problem and come back with a neatly packaged solution.

Observe your organisation from this perspective and you'll find evidence of:
  • Self-doubt
  • Wanting control of the future 
  • Fear of failure
Judgement of millennials as the "Me Generation" is a futile attempt deflect a painful reality. 

It requires you step back and evaluate their experience and the perspectives it brings. The answers cannot be faked, use it to your advantage. Conduct a cost-benefit analysis of those whose life has sought answer the question: “What do I want to give the world?”, with those who've asked: “What do I want the world to give me?” Choose whether you become the 'Me' or the 'Us' Generation.

Brother David Steindle-Rast, grew up in the last years of World War II. No hope for the future instilled a profound gratitude for life and a determination to exercise happiness amidst the hardship. He is of the 'Us' persuasion.

Only you can defy the 'Me' stereotype of millennials. Guide your mind away from unskillful emotions like anxiety. towards Choose determined optimism as part of the template of your millennial leadership.

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