Comments on: Leading the Millennials http://www.leadershipturn.com/leading-the-millennials/ Articles, tips, and resources about leadership. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:44:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dan Jackson » links for 2008-01-29 http://www.leadershipturn.com/leading-the-millennials/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Dan Jackson » links for 2008-01-29 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:23:15 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/leading-the-millennials/#comment-995 [...] Leading the Millennials These days, I find that I go to the polls to vote AGAINST a candidate and for the person most capable of defeating him/her. Do you think that’s enough to motivate your generation? (tags: voting millennials presidential candidates) [...] [...] Leading the Millennials These days, I find that I go to the polls to vote AGAINST a candidate and for the person most capable of defeating him/her. Do you think that’s enough to motivate your generation? (tags: voting millennials presidential candidates) [...]

]]> By: Miki Saxon http://www.leadershipturn.com/leading-the-millennials/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Miki Saxon Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:02:22 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/leading-the-millennials/#comment-1125 Luke, Based on the US savings rate across all ages your analogy isn't a happy one. Politicians are good at promising, not good at delivering. EVERYONE wants instant gratification—look at the solution to the current economic slowdown. Give people some money knowing that they'll spend it. Just think what would happen if they saved it, the whole stimulus package would flop. Long-term thinking isn't present in politics or business and certainly not on Wall Street. In business it's a quarter and in politics it's four years ('til re-election) Most of the crises we're facing came from short-term thinking and fixes and if Gen Y also demands instant fixes I'm afraid that we'll just get more of the same. Luke, Based on the US savings rate across all ages your analogy isn’t a happy one. Politicians are good at promising, not good at delivering. EVERYONE wants instant gratification—look at the solution to the current economic slowdown. Give people some money knowing that they’ll spend it. Just think what would happen if they saved it, the whole stimulus package would flop.

Long-term thinking isn’t present in politics or business and certainly not on Wall Street. In business it’s a quarter and in politics it’s four years (’til re-election)

Most of the crises we’re facing came from short-term thinking and fixes and if Gen Y also demands instant fixes I’m afraid that we’ll just get more of the same.

]]> By: Luke http://www.leadershipturn.com/leading-the-millennials/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Luke Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:40:31 +0000 http://www.leadershipturn.com/leading-the-millennials/#comment-1164 The balancing act of immediate vs. long term policy seems to be the ultimate way to go. Unless you can give instant gratification (or at least promises of it) then I think your chances of success go down, but at the same time I think enough people know that unless there's a long-term plan in place then no matter how good the short-term fixes they'll quickly turn into problems down the road. I guess it's something like: a penny saved is a penny earned - how far can you stretch your saving attitude versus your immediate spending attitude? The balancing act of immediate vs. long term policy seems to be the ultimate way to go.
Unless you can give instant gratification (or at least promises of it) then I think your chances of success go down, but at the same time I think enough people know that unless there’s a long-term plan in place then no matter how good the short-term fixes they’ll quickly turn into problems down the road.
I guess it’s something like: a penny saved is a penny earned – how far can you stretch your saving attitude versus your immediate spending attitude?

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