"Companies are calling in consultants to teach them how best to lavish rewards on this overpraised generation. **We now have a workforce full of people who need constant reassurance and can’t take criticism**. Not a recipe for success in business, where taking on challenges, showing persistence, and admitting and correcting mistakes are essential." ([Location 2335](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01M036N60&location=2335)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[millennials]], [[growth-mindset]], [[feedback]], [[responding-to-feedback]], [[ego]], [[failure]], [[slowing-down-not-stopping]], [[resilience]], [[adversity]] **Source** -- [[20250429082504 - B - Mindset]]