What I’ve Learned from Millennials

I write a lot about Millennials because they’re such an important part of our workforce, our consumer base, and our lives in general.  Much of what we hear or read about Millennials stereo-types them in less than attractive ways.  So I sat down to reflect on several things that I’ve learned from Millennials over the years.

Here they are:

• Instead of knowing that I should live a more balanced life, Millennials have made me more conscious of enacting daily principles that actually help me live a more balanced life.
• Instead of taking our planet for granted, Millennials have made me more conscious of things I can do to preserve and protect the world around us.
• Instead of viewing myself as creatively challenged, Millennials have shown me that we all have a creative spirit but that our creativity is revealed in different forms and actions.
• Instead of trying to be all things to all people, Millennials have shown me that being really good in one area or another – at one time or another – is simply okay.
• Instead of treating every business or company more or less the same, Millennials have taught me to value those who are socially responsible and give back to their communities as better firms to buy from and invest in.
• Instead of being in a hurry to do, do, do more and more and more, Millennials have shown me that taking more time to reflect and experience may in fact be a better way to live.

What have you learned from Millennials?

 
Here are a few Business & Life Tips to think about….

Business Tips:

• Want to fill a need? Consider trying to solve a problem with a creative new solution. If successful, you just might have a new business.
• Overnight success is a fable. If you look at every business story, you’ll find the years of hard work, dedication, and perseverance that went into it.
• People with a product or service that does good and fulfills noble values is a model for success in the new purpose economy.

Life Tips:

• Integrity is being fair and balanced in any partnership so as to create a win for each person. Win-win is the best outcome of all.
• Our insecurity can cause us to unconsciously focus on other peoples’ weaknesses and mistakes, rather than their strengths and virtues.
• Life is more art than science. It’s never easy. It requires creativity. It takes good thoughts and reflection. It means putting life on notice each day for better things to come.

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