This is just another post about millennials. Yep, I'm writing about millennials, and like hundreds of other posts, and I have a lot to say. First, let me tell you that I am surrounded by the millennial demographic. They're everywhere. Not only are they everywhere, but they're taking over, and I've had more surprises than expected.
My office administrator is a millennial. I pondered for a couple years about 
inviting her to join me as my direct assistant and now my office administrator. Did I really want to take a chance on the much maligned millennial generation? Well, yes, I did. She is incredible, dependable and a hard worker who is intelligent, faithful and always ready to tackle any task. She would definitely turn many millennial assumptions upside down.
Then again, my son, a millennial, is the best electrician I have ever had on my contracting company staff. He is a gifted trouble-shooting technician and he is one of the neatest, fastest and customer savvy people who has ever 
worked for me, and he loves to learn. I should have known that millennials are more than the dribble you read online.
Beyond those two, there are my millennial real estate clients (and I have a bunch). I chatted with one today and I told her that my millennial clients always have their paperwork to the lender on time or early, they always ask lots of questions (they don't leave anything to chance) and they show up on time every time for appointments and they are tech savvy. Texting is their baby, which makes communication easy, and things like electronic signatures don't scare them. They're used to it. Beyond that, some of my sharpest, most entertaining and fun clients have been millennials. I wouldn't pass this bunch up for any reason. I've never had one that was snarky, condescending or arrogant. I can't say that about their predecessors.
When you think of millennials, don't write them off because of something you've read on a blog or online, talk to them, get to know them and for heaven's sake don't clump them all together, because there is a whole group out there that is shaping the country and the world.
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