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From: Edward Happ <ehapp@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: Simon Sinek on Millennials
To: John Leslie King <jlking@umich.edu>
I remember a documentary about a Montessori school many years ago, where the students would stand on a stool to smell the soup cooking. They were only allowed to smell. The narrator noted that it was an exercise in delayed gratification. I thought that a good thing to learn. Another side to this is my experience that those things we work hardest for, usually bring the most joy and satisfaction--and we tend to value the results more. I agree, that some things are worth waiting for.
Ed
On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:31 PM, John Leslie King <jlking@umich.edu> wrote:
I finally got a chance to watch this. He's a smart guy. He's right about a lot. I can leave the rant aside. The biggest thing I've noticed in students is the failure to accept or even to understand the concept of deferred gratification. People want it now. Well, some things don't happen now. They take time. In fact, the taking of the time is part of those things. If you don't take the time, you don't get -- can't get -- those things. It is less that they don't want to wait. It's that they don't know how to tell the difference between things that can happen fast (whether they need to or not) and things that must happen slow. The biggest problem is the consequence of failure to accept that some things happen slow. People abandon those things too early, and as a result can never and do never get them. There is a tendency to think that if it takes too long, it isn't worth having. This flies in the face of the notion that some things are "worth waiting for." I fear the consequences of losing that truth -- that some things are worth waiting for -- will have a very negative impact on the society. Sinek is a little preachy, but that makes him interesting. Thanks for forwarding.
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From: Edward Happ <ehapp@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:53 PM
Subject: Simon Sinek on Millenials
To: John King <jlking@umich.edu>
John,
Here's the video I mentioned about millennials and the workplace that went viral last year. There are some annoying parts to his rant, but nuggets of wisdom as well. His comments about impact and working relationships are on target--these are messy and take time. But the avoidance of taking responsibility (it's the environment or being dealt a bad hand) is not empowering (or accountable). Your thoughts?
Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU
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