What People THINK Millennials Don’t Know About Social Media
Challenging the worlds perspective towards the first online generation — the millennials.
After Simon Sinek’s ‘Millennials in the Workplace’ video I found it challenging to process what he thought I [we] didn’t know. As a ‘tough to manage’ millennial, I was offended but not surprised. Not only did he mention the low self esteem this generation holds and the lack of a coping mechanism but highlighted our social media ‘imbalance’.
I felt personally attacked; the only generation to have their 20’s ruined by a pandemic, redundancies left right and centre, graduations cancelled and memories lost. Cut us some slack. I know this video was released back in 2016, but the same opinions are still shared by these generations today.
Growing up with a filter on my face 24/7 and tweeting every teenage life crisis I had, do you not think we know that we’re addicted? Do you not think that I know I am so used to the instant gratification my phone gives me? Do you not think I know that I need the approval of other people through likes? But why are these all seen as such negative things? With the right mind set that addiction can be turned into a business, instant gratification turned into a successful e-commerce platform and those likes could be another new community formed online.
Jared Klienert ‘s — TEDxTALK ‘Why Millennials hold more power than ever before’ supported this idea of mine, that yes we may be addicted, but if used in the right way, we are more powerful that any generation prior. From E-commerce to Digital Marketing, the world may not be our oyster right now but our phones certainly are. The opportunities for young people from their phones are endless. Never before has anyone this age had so much power and freedom.
“Harness the power of our fully connected world, embrace an entrepreneurial mindset and collaborate at mass scale”
Overall, I think the older generations assumes that we are oblivious to the fact that millennials use their phones a lot. They seem to struggle to admit that things have changed since they were in their mid 20’s. Phones and social media are now a part of growing up and a crucial part to our careers throughout the 21st century.
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WEEK 1: TEDxTalk of the week
One of my favourite ways to explore a subject further is through the art of TEDxTalks so every week over the next 8 weeks I’m going to be leaving you with a TEDxTalk, so you can also explore my blog topic further. This week:
