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Generation Me

Monday, December 7th, 2009

David Mindich, author of Tuned Out: Why Americans under 40 Don’t Follow the News, interviewed 18-to-24-year-olds in 2002. He found that 60% could not name a single Supreme Court justice, 48% did not know what Roe vs Wade was, and 62% could not name any of the three countries Bush had identified as the ‘Axis of Evil’”.

This article was published in the Boston Globe, in 2007, but is still relevant and worth reading. It shows the difference of what has become important to Generation Me, then what drives the previous generations. When I read the article I started thinking of people like Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Madam Curie, Thomas Edison and other individuals who had the chutzpah and self confidence to keep moving forward………. Read the article and I’d like to see your comments.

Generation Me

The crop of talented recent graduates coming into today’s workforce is widely seen as narcissistic and entitled. And those are their best qualities.

By Jake Halpern|  September 30, 2007

Nicole Mirabile, who is just 15 years old, has a clear vision of her future, and it doesn’t involve a boss. The prospect of working at a Fortune 500 company – and landing the sort of well-paying job that Americans once regarded as the benchmark of success – holds zero allure for her. “It would be hard compromising with a lot of different people whom I might clash with,” she speculates. Mirabile, a sophomore at North Quincy High School, would be far happier running her own company. “I have the time, I have the brains, I have the patience to do it, and I am not going to give up if I fail once,” she vows. (more…)

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Continue To Have Fun Along The Way To Our Financial Recovery

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

“Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keep friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.”

~Greenville Kleisser

 Picture by D. [SansPretentionAucune] (•̪●) ✪

Picture by D. [SansPretentionAucune

We simply must balance the weight of the economic crisis we’re living day to day, and replace it with an emotional lightness that comes with having fun with friends and family. We have a right to worry and plan for the future, but we would be wrong to forget to have fun along the way. We simply won’t make it a better tomorrow if we don’t take time to enjoy life today. Take it from me; my entire life has been lived in the name of delayed gratification. You can do better; you can have fun along the way with family and friends.

We would do well as a nation to remember the importance of taking responsibility for our own lot in life. I think there is a danger in putting too much pressure on the individual. I don’t mean that the government should pick up the slack and neither do most Americans. Our public institutions are weakening and are in no condition to be relied upon except in a time of crisis.

Pull your life together consider whether you are happy at your JOB, or your JOB is taking away too much time from your personal life and separation from family. You should consider a career change and look for something to provide financial independence, more personal time and having fun along the way of accomplishing these goals.

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Accountability of government and Restoring responsibility of the creativity among American youth

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

~ Edward R. Murrow

America, It Will Take Much More Than Our Daily Wants To Go Forward (Continued)

V. Accountability of government

Accountability vs. Responsibility image by Dean Shareski

Accountability vs. Responsibility image by Dean Shareski

What the American people need from government is elected officials who say what they mean and mean what they say(which is for the most part the definition of accountability today). But even as Americans lower their expectations about how much government can do in their lives, they are going to raise expectations about how well government delivers on what it promises. We will and must throw out the party, either party,  that continues to promise the world and deliver peanuts.

VI. Restoring responsibility of the creativity among American youth - Enough said about government I would like to say something about our future, the youth of America.

A poll of Americans was taken including all age groups. The question asked was, What do you think the youth of America need more?

Ages 18-29             Total

75%                          79%          A Swift Kick in the Ass

25%                          21%          A Gentle and Understanding Hand

A swift kick in the ass is not going to help this generation achieve its fullest potential. Because the youth have seen the worst of life, 9/11 and the depression we’re living in. This requires a significant effort to renew their faith in the future. This generation could be the most successful, dynamic and diversely talented cohort in American history. Our older generations should probably offer a compromise or something in the middle of the two questions above that were posed to our young Americans. What they need is a firm hand and gentle guidance to show them how to channel their creativity and raise them from this stigma of economic ruin. My opinions about what we should be doing are in my success tips. (more…)

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