So you take this group of people and they graduate school and they get a job, and
they're thrust into the real world and in an instant they find out
they're not special, their mums can't get them a promotion, that you get nothing
for coming in last, and by the way you can't just have it because you want it.
Right? And in an instant their entire self-image is shattered and so you have
an entire generation that's growing up with lower self-esteem than previous generations.
You guys may recognize him from his best-selling book
Start With Why
Leaders Eat Last
Or you may recognize him from a video that we did
together that literally broke the internet where he answers the
now-infamous Millennials question.
Of course everybody shares responsibility of course Millennials have to admit they have a problem.
All generations need to admit we have an issue sometimes and of course
of course Millennials need to take responsibility for themselves.
And I'll pay Millennials huge credit, which is at least they're speaking out
All of us want to feel like we belong. All of us want to feel like our lives
and our work have meaning beyond whatever the metrics we're achieving are.
I love that Millennials want to make an impact but the problems impact doesn't happen
in a moment you have to know what kind of impact you want to make.