What Responsibility?

This week I wanted to focus on a huge problem I have been seeing lately, responsibility, or the lack thereof.

Very rarely do I ever hear a millennial admit they made a mistake, it is almost always someone else's fault. I also notice how constructive criticism isn’t taken well, and becoming increasingly rare due to the possibility of hurting “feelings”.

This is one trait that millennials must abandon if we wish to succeed in anything. Our possibilities are endless, yet our willingness to learn and improve is drastically coming to a halt.

We all cry out for changes to be made, yet some of us need “safe spaces” and seek therapy whenever they hear an opinion they can’t handle.

The most sickening thing to me, is that schools are actually guiding people to behave in this manner. Common Core education for example, does not help children exceed, it just teaches them how to easily pass the grade.

A college professor at the University of Georgia actually let his students pick their own grades or leave class as part of a “stress reduction” policy. How does any of this help somebody encounter a problem in the real world?

Parents, I’m afraid, are just as much to blame. They expect the schools to teach them how to make it in their adult life, and parents are responsible for giving millennials a “safe space” their entire lives.

Where did discipline go? Respect for your elders? Almost extinct.

What everybody clearly needs to do is, grow up. Start today by taking responsibility for your actions. If somebody says you messed up, and you know you did, the very next words out of your mouth should start with “You’re right, I should have ______”.

This really helps you learn from your mistakes, rather than tricking your mind into thinking you did nothing wrong. This applies to constructive criticism as well, and will help build on your success.

If you can’t handle making adjustments or suiting the needs for others, then you are not only selfish, but foolish as well. If your only goal in life is to please yourself, then by all means go to your “safe space”, but out here in the real world we need those willing to accept that every mind is different.

Out here, we need people working effectively. No more getting angry when you don't like what somebody said. You don’t need to feel offended by someone's words. Take whatever they said and look at it in a positive way, if possible.

Obviously at times people just say hateful things that have no positive influence, but you need to know the difference. Those people should be ignored at that point, and not taken seriously because they are obviously not worth the time of day.

If we can all drift away from this overly politically correct culture and remember to laugh, love, and learn, then we can start to prove just how amazing millennials can be. But as for right now, I’m sorry to say we are a collective laughing stock.

There are too many bullies, too many babies, too many people drowning their potential with feelings, and too many people afraid to help someone better themselves because they don't want to upset them.

Let’s get this together millennials, it is our responsibility to mature and give back to the society that nurtured us for these past decades.

We are in our prime to do the right thing, we have more than any generation before us ever dreamed of having, let's make it in the history books for reasons to be proud of.