Can Millennials Change The World?

This post is to share my view points on Mr A.J Meenai's talk on 

'Can Millennials Change The World?'

I would like to answer this question first, which is a big YES. Why yes? Because they are changing the world, I am changing the world, and the world is going to be changed. Mr A.J Meenai shared his 10 golden skills in the talk where it motivates me to practice those skills in order to be a more successful person. I'm sharing my points of view in elaborating those skills. Are you ready to change the world with me? 

1) Speaking

One have to be brave to speak. Nothing can stop a louder voice which talking about right things. If you are shy to stand in front of everyone, the world will not know what are you trying to say. You do not have to be a president in order to do the speaking. People will hear you if the things that you are going to say can change how people thinks.

2) Being honest with yourself

Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses help you to achieve more. One has to know that in order to succeed, we have to go through a lot of difficulties and circumstances. There is no shortcut. Therefore, if there is any bad ideas coming to your mind, please forget about it and be honest to yourself and everyone.

3) Having Confidence

Confidence is an indispensable element in our life. We have to trust ourselves that we can succeed in order to be succeeded. No bluffing, having confidence in doing anything motivates you and makes you energetic to complete the thing or even face the failure. When failure comes in, you can still handle it without being indecisive.

4) Listening

Learn to listen. There is no harm to be the last to speak. Listening to people's opinion increases your knowledge so you can make a better analysis on your opinion before you speak it out. In order to be a smart speaker, listening can prevent you from speaking something awful. Besides, it is a respectful action that people might did the same to you.

5) Managing Your Time

Time management is the hardest thing for me. We have so much things to do in a day, so much things that brings no benefit to our pathway to success. 24 hours in a day, after deducted 8 hours of sleep, we left 16 hours to complete our things and yet we can still heard students said 'I have no time to do homework.', but the truth is, we spent too much time on entertainment which we thought that is a compulsory thing to release our stress.

6) Stop Whining  

Focus on your work without complaining can finish the task faster because you do not need to focus on 2 things at the same time. Whining does not help. It slows things down and annoys people. After a lot of complaining you still have to complete the task. Why not we save our energy from our mouth and put it in our brain?

7) Staying present in the moment

The past had past. We shall let go of everything that was already happened. Living in the present makes you enjoy every seconds and leads you to a brighter future. The moment when you still thinking about the past, people has already moved on and kept one step ahead of you. Therefore, we shall forget the past, live today, and plan the future.

8) Being consistent

In my point of view, i think this skill can be applied on our goals. Our goals have to be consistent so we can focus to achieve what we want. If the pathway we are walking on or the goals we are having right now keep on changing, I think we will become indecisive and the distance to succeed will be far more further.

9) Getting enough sleep

Sleeping considered a hobby to majority of people. I like to sleep. But the skill is to get enough sleep, not too much sleep, which is 8 hours a day, more or less. Keep your brain well rested is one of the healthy way to always keep your mind clear. Sleep too less may cause anxiety and tired while sleep too much will increase the inertia or laziness. Therefore, we have to sleep 'wisely'. 

10) Having empathy

Besides having those motivated skills, good personalities play an important part in building our image as well. In my understanding, having empathy means we need to lend our hand to people who needs help or to help them to become successful. Not everyone will have empathy towards others as the power of selfishness is larger when it comes to something related to profit.

In conclusion, everyone will has the chance to change the world if we able to practice the skills listed above. We, the millennials plays more important role to create a better world because this is the age where we still have energy and creativity towards innovation and development. It is time for every one of us start to improve ourselves and change our mindset to create a better world.