Comments on: Helping America’s Next Gen Workers Establish Job Cred http://contentedcows.com/2010/02/helping-americas-next-gen-workers-establish-job-cred/ Leadership Speakers, Leadership Training, Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:23:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ian http://contentedcows.com/2010/02/helping-americas-next-gen-workers-establish-job-cred/comment-page-1/#comment-130 ian Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:14:17 +0000 http://contentedcows.com/?p=2426#comment-130 "Where we once embraced work as the way people earned their place in society and admired those who climbed to the top, we’ve lately come to accept a world view in which those who manage to avoid work are the ones deserving of our admiration." An interesting perception, but misses the bigger picture. The reason young people appear to avoid work is because they've realized the system is a sham. No longer is it good enough to trade your life for a stable job. Stability doesn't exist anymore. On top of that, kids see their parents working harder, longer, for more stress. Who wouldn't opt out of this? "the simple truth is that most young people lack the work ethic that built the infrastructure they now reject." You're right, they lack this work ethic because it's generally soul-destroying. Young people are striving to find careers that actually mean something: to themselves and to other people. Put them in that type of career, and suddenly "work ethic" isn't a problem anymore. They'll work long hours and revel every minute, because now they can put their hearts into it. “Where we once embraced work as the way people earned their place in society and admired those who climbed to the top, we’ve lately come to accept a world view in which those who manage to avoid work are the ones deserving of our admiration.”

An interesting perception, but misses the bigger picture. The reason young people appear to avoid work is because they’ve realized the system is a sham.

No longer is it good enough to trade your life for a stable job. Stability doesn’t exist anymore. On top of that, kids see their parents working harder, longer, for more stress. Who wouldn’t opt out of this?

“the simple truth is that most young people lack the work ethic that built the infrastructure they now reject.”

You’re right, they lack this work ethic because it’s generally soul-destroying.

Young people are striving to find careers that actually mean something: to themselves and to other people. Put them in that type of career, and suddenly “work ethic” isn’t a problem anymore. They’ll work long hours and revel every minute, because now they can put their hearts into it.

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