In it, he cited an NIH study proclaiming that the incidence of narcissism is three times higher for individuals in their 20s than those 65 and older. In 2013, TIME writer Joel Stein wrote an article titled, “ Millennials: The Me, Me, Me Generation” which immediately placed this generation under a condemnatory microscope and surveyed the landscape for anyone daring to work with or befriend a millennial. However, selfie or no selfie, the term “narcissist” is without a doubt the most important and regularly used word in the millennial basher’s lexicon. Today’s “selfie” obsessed culture has done very little for the public’s opinion of millennials. Read the stories of millennial entrepreneurs who ditched the typical career path for more fulfilling, impassioned work. Rather than pointing fingers and assigning blame, we can focus on what lies ahead.What has the past taught us? What do we want the future to look like? Most importantly, what power do we have now, using all these traits – desirable and undesirable alike – to shape the next generation? That way, we could carry on, trusting that we will have a chance to rebrand ourselves when we’re older and have a new, younger generation of screw-ups to judge.Īlternatively, we can take a look at the factors that led to these characterizations. It often feels as though they’re sitting high in their ivory towers, rewriting history. It would be easy enough to blame society’s rage against the millennials on the aging generations that came before us. It won’t be long until we millennials are characterized in a more positive light. So it comes as no surprise that millennials, who are now in their 20s and 30s, are being characterized as narcissistic, entitled, and lazy. Generation X is described as skeptical but self-reliant.

“The Lost Generation” came to be known as “ The Greatest Generation.” Boomers are now characterized as ambitious and hard-working. …Those generalizations evolved and dissipated over time.

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