Wojcicki: Modern graduates enter the workforce paralyzed by fear of mistakes
Esther Wojcicki · #79 Esther Wojcicki: The “TRICK” to Raising Successful People · Mar 17, 2020 · at 1:17:28
Educator Esther Wojcicki contrasts modern youth and entry-level employees with earlier generations who were raised with greater independence.
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“More dependent, More afraid to make a mistake. More afraid, more, they always have to check with somebody and I see it in the college graduates, and I see it in the, when these people are actually in the real world as employees, they always are afraid to make a mistake. They're always looking for reassurance.”
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