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Here's an article I came across on Gen Y and their work habits. I saw this on Yahoo! finance page. It's from an article written by Sara Pierce for Entrepreneur.com entitled Gen Y Myths Debunked. Her article talks about perceived Gen Y work habits of being disloyal, not wanting to pay their dues, and needing constant praise are merely myths. She writes that these are false observations that are perceived by an older generation work force. To back up her claim she quotes from Bruce Tulgan, a respected writer on business management and author of Managing Generation Y. As Bruce Tulgan explains, "They're very loyal. It's just not the kind of loyalty you get in a kingdom...a blind loyalty..." and on Gen Y not wanting to work hard, Tulgan argues that, "It's nonsense to think that they don't want to do lots of work...they just want to know, 'Ok, I did all this grunt work; what do I get?' "

It's a very good article and does hit on some key thougths about whether or not this generation is truly the most narcissistic generation in American history. Pierce believes that much of the negative views about Gen Y is a wrong perception from an older generation. This could be true and if it is, than what can we do to correct some of these wrong perceptions? And how are some of these perceptions hindering us to reaching this generation for God? Don't forget that this summer at Equip 07 we will be tackling some of these issues in our discussion groups. Hope to see you there.

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