What You Need to Learn from Millennials If You're 45

If you are in your 40s and working in an office, you would have noticed that millennials have brought about a significant change in your work environment and style.

Although millennials aren’t considered hard-working by many, they know how to get their work done and, therefore, they have changed the overall professional working environment. For example, they are becoming leaders and HODs even before they hit 30. The age of leadership has decreased to 30-40 years.

While you’re used to the 9-to-5 grind, you may notice your younger colleagues asking for more flexible working hours. You and your colleagues would have hardly changed two or more jobs in your whole career. On the other hand, young adults are job hoppers and change more than two jobs at the start of their careers.

Their ideologies and practices are way different than yours. Even though you don’t like their working style, but you know that some of their practices are worth appreciating. Here, we are mentioning some of the practices that you should learn from millennials.

1.       Finding Your Purpose

Young adults often work for a purpose. Almost 60 to 70% of the millennials are working for any social or environmental cause. They want to have a deeper meaning in their work. On the contrary, your generation was looking for financial and professional security.

Finding your purpose and working for organizations that share the same purpose leads to greater motivation and satisfaction.

2.       Be Bold and Fearless

One of is the best qualities of millennials is that they are bold and fearless. They dare to take a stand and voice their opinions. They review almost every product and service online.

3.       Care About Their Emotional Health

Not just physical, they also care for their emotional health. Millennials prefer leaving jobs and staying unemployed rather than taking up jobs that are emotionally draining.

Commonly, they can block people out from their all social media accounts to maintain their emotional health. They also actively look for counselors and seek help to improve their emotional wellbeing. They believe in empathizing. Learn from millennials how to take care of your emotional health and empathize with others.

4.       Quick Learners and Multitask

Millennials are good at multitasking. They will be listening to you from one ear and typing a reply to a friend by looking at their mobile screen. They can engage in multiple activities at one time.

5.       Don’t Be Afraid Of Change

They are quick to learn new things. Almost every day, new technological advancements are taking over the old ones. They look up to it as an opportunity to learn and grow, instead of being afraid of change.

6.       Question Everything

Their boldness is reflected in their ability to question everything. They question all basic assumptions. Then, they accept whatever seems logical and rational to them. Their social consciousness is also quite high.

7.       Maintain a Work-Life Balance

Remember that after retirement vacation plan that you have made?

On the contrary, millennials want an instant reward. They don’t want to have one after-retirement vacation plan, but a once in a year vacation plan. They know how to live and enjoy small moments every day. They want to keep family, friends, and work going altogether.

Furthermore, technology has also helped and they can easily remain connected.

In conclusion, millennials bring a different approach to work. Some of their practices are better than yours and you should adopt them. Learn from them and bring positive changes in your life. It will not only make your work easy, but you’d also enjoy more out of your life.

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