Video Review The Millennial Generation

The three point where I agree with Simon are: -
Parenting: What Simon says is true. We are told since birth that we are special. Being special is
not something like birthmark its hard work and consistency. When children are made to believe
that they are already special they skip the part where they must put in work to become special.
They start to believe that they are “the one” like “neo” from “The Matrix”. They forget the part
that they are not in a sci-fi movie this is real world. Children are pushed by their parents to choose
courses which are in most in demand. They forget that the most demanding course is where the
biggest competition exists and only the top percentile student really does something and by the
time the students who are not special realises that they were much better off in a not so demanding
course but with lesser competition it’s too late.
The biggest challenge of our generation is recognizing ourselves knowing that we aren’t made
special it’s the work that they put in makes them special. The person who knows us the best are
ourselves. One can make the right decision only after knowing themselves, knowing what they
like and dislike.
Impatience: Having everything instantly and having that instant gratification is nothing
compared to the joy one gets when they achieve something through a long consistent hard work
and most of the teenagers never feel this joy. As Simon clearly mentioned we live in a world
where we can have almost anything right at our fingertips. This creates a mentality that we can
have anything we want instantly, and we don’t realise how wrong it is until we go through
adolescence. Later, in our lives when things like job satisfaction and relationship which require
patience comes into the picture and we don’t get them instantly our brain doesn’t know how to
react to such situations. The brain doesn’t understand that it must be patient, and this leads to
giving up which may lead to depression which may further lead to suicide. It’s a slippery slope.
All good things take time. We must learn not to give up on something which will take time, we
must stand by it and give it time. You can’t reach the top floor without walking up the stairs.
Environment: The environment where we live in is driven by grades and not the overall
personality development. Our education system is not making humans. They are making robots.
There goal is not to make us passionate about subject or develop our communication skills and
personality but only to make us score better grades. These grades may help us to get through high
school, it may also help us get through college but when we step into the corporate world we
realise that there is a much bigger world where the grades we scored means so little and the social
skill matters more. We are not well skilled to get through corporate life. According to the latest
stats 85% of people are unhappy with their jobs and the reason was not money but the lack of
communication with the boss and colleagues.
The point where I don’t completely agree with is:-
Technology: The points mentioned by him clearly mentions all the negative impact social media
has. But there are many positive points and in certain situations the positive outweighs the
negative, this lockdown is the best example to prove this point. Majority of people would have
suffered from anxiety and loneliness if they weren’t in touch with their friends on social media.
Yes, real world communication is always a better option but situations like this pandemic makes
the social media a much better place for communication.
According to me the 3 important values needed to live a

content life are: -
1) Always do your duty
2) Be patient
3) Do what you love and believe in god
I don’t know an instance where all the 3 points were challenged together. So, I am going to divide
into 3 different instances where each point I mentioned was challenged.
Always do your duty-

This is not a personal experience. I came across this instance while reading the book “leader eat
last” from “Simon Sinek” himself. The instance is of a US pilot Johnny Bravo. It was a year after
the 9/11 attack and the US marines were in Afghanistan escorting a high value target when the
terrorist started attacking the marines. Johnny Bravo was giving air support with his not so
advanced plane called the A-10. The weather was very cloudy, so he had to get close to the ground
surrounded with mountains. The odds of making out alive was more but he decided to do his duty
as according to him a fate where no soldier return home except him is worse than death. With an
excellent air support, he managed to kill all the enemies with zero casualties. He was not awarded
any medal and he wasn’t looking for any either. For him it was all part of his job and his real gift
was when he met all the other marines and had a satisfaction of doing the correct thing.
Be patient-
This is a personal experience. In class 11 I was obese. I weighed around 85 kgs. I went to the gym
for 2 months worked 2 hrs a day and was on a very healthy diet but there was no difference. I was
very disappointed and angry with results. I had two option either quit and be a subject to constant
mockery or be patient. I chose the latter, even after one more month of no positive result I kept
going and then I started feeling the difference. I was more energetic and then slowly with
consistent hard work I was able to lose 15 kgs in 8 months. I didn’t stop there I kept on going
managing my studies and the gym and was able to replace 7 kgs of my fat with pure muscle.
Do what you love and believe in god-

This is a personal experience. After class 10 I was advised to drop science. Even though I loved
physics, maths and computer my marks were just not enough. Eventually I decided to do what I
love, and I chose science believing that god is there with me. I never loved chemistry and even
though it was important for my overall percentage and admission to colleges I didn’t pay attention
to it and decided to do higher studies in the subjects I love. Marks was never the main goal nor
was admissions. All I was interested in were the subjects I loved. 2 years down the road I was able
to score 98,97,91 in computer, physics and maths respectively and was able to get into one of the
best colleges of India, St. Xavier’s Mumbai.

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The three point where I agree with Simon are: -

According to me the 3 important values needed to live a

Always do your duty-

Do what you love and believe in god-

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