They do have to get me a cup of coffee every once in a while, do some paper work, make sure I get in the right car. Their job is much like that- sitting in a cubicle. I had military aide-de-camps, young army green berets.
How does the message of your book transcend to those millennials?įor those millennials sitting in a cubicle or getting coffee thinking, “I’m sitting here in a cubicle, am I of any value to the organization?” It’s important for the leaders to say, “You bet you are!” I’ve seen the best of the millennials and I love the generation.ĭANIELA: What would you say to those millennials in entry-level jobs, not in the military where they are trying to find purpose in the little things? Maybe, they don’t understand why they’re fetching coffee or doing, what may seem like menial tasks on a computer. I see the millennials with a lot of energy. At the same time they want to be the best lawyer, doctors, anthropologists, journalists they can be. They want to be entrepreneurs, do start-ups. They want to go out in the world and change things. Now at my perch here at the University of Texas system, I see the same sort of thing. I saw these things and was impressed by the millennial generation. They come in, they’re committed, they like to work through tough problems. You see them volunteering for these tough challenges of joining the military. I think this is more so a millennial quality than mine, the baby-boomer generation. Particularly, the kind of post 9/11 kids who came in were all-volunteer military. They made their parents and grandparents proud with their sense of patriotism and duty. I tell you, given some order and discipline, which the military does well, they were focused. They had tattoos, earrings, listened to music I don’t understand. I think that surprises folks, but here’s what I saw in the military and I see the same thing now running the University of Texas system. MCRAVEN: I’ll tell you, I love millennials. What was your experience managing them? What did you learn about their strengths?ĪDM. These lessons are important for every walk of life, but especially for younger folks just getting started on their journey.ĭANIELA: As a commander in the Navy, you worked with millennials. It’s about starting off your day correctly. It’s about doing the little things right. So having the opportunity to have a simple playbook, again for millennials or any young generation, is always helpful. Or older folks who are later in life that will write me and say, “I always made my bed” and kind of reinforce the point.įor the millennials in particular, it’s helpful because they’re the kind of lessons everyone else who has gone through life have already learned. Young kids who are just starting out in their teens and their dad had them watch the commencement speech.
It’s very interesting because I receive emails every week, lots of them, from folks of every walk of life. MCRAVEN: I think it applies to all generations. Miller Hawkins / Miller HawkinsĭANIELA: Based on this message of making your bed and making the small things count, do you think this message is specifically important for millennials as you compare them to other generations? And why?ĪDM. The following transcript has been edited for brevity and concision Know Your Value millennial contributor Daniela Pierre-Bravo. I recently spoke to Admiral McRaven about why his message is so important - particularly for millennials, and what we can do to best leverage our strengths and ultimately overcome our fear of failure.
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