Jeffrey Zaslow's The Most-Praised Generation Goes To Work

People change as time moves on. The new generation is overtaking the old generation in the working world. Bringing with them the culture of praise as it worked its way into the adult world. In his essay, The Most-Praised Generation Goes to Work, Jeffrey Zaslow states, “A lot of today’s young adults feel insecure if they’re not regularly complimented.” Although some of his arguments are questionable, I agreed with Zaslow. Many of the young adults consider compliments as beneficial and need it badly in resulting of building their self-esteem, being accept, and ease their ego. Parents these days seem to over praise their children, seeing that it is their job to building self-esteem. Thus, either influencing a positive or negative impact onto the child. And whatever effect it causes, it defines a child’s self-esteem when he/she is growing up and later

We all yearn to feel important. Demanding respect, wants of approval, and seeking accomplishment. When our ego is starved, we seek for nourishment for it in any way we can get it. We have to have an affirmation every day that our worth as a human being is still intact and that we are appreciated and notice. So to satisfy our ego, we throw away our voice and instead put effort into completing our work in order to hear those praises or compliment. In result, we turn exactly into what is depicted in Andy Singer’s the cartoon picture, “Quitting Fantasies” (pg. 259). In fantasy, no matter how we wish to voice our opinion to our boss and tell how we feel about them, when it comes to reality we want to feel wanted by our boss. Wanting to be recognize therefore satisfy our need for personal worth. It is, however, essential to enhance our prospect’s ego in some way. Make sure that the praises that we give to people is sincere and genuine, so that everyone will feel welcome. That when presenting oneself, we are not in a manner that would instills the feeling of threats, competition, jealousy, and