{"id":1234,"date":"2014-10-16T06:14:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T13:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2014-10-16T06:18:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T13:18:45","slug":"how-millennial-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/how-millennial-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How Millennial Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like me, you hear a lot about millennials these days. You hear that they are different. That they have tattoos. That they have stopped going to church. And the list goes on. However, often times when we hear things like this, we judge rather than attempt to understand. I found some incredible research about millennials and how they view the world and culture around them. Also, you can actually take a test to see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/quiz\/how-millennial-are-you\/\">how millennial are you<\/a>.&#8221; I find this sort of thing fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewsocialtrends.org\/2010\/02\/24\/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change\/\">executive summary<\/a> of the research with a link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/pewsocialtrends.org\/files\/2010\/10\/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change.pdf\">full report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, here&#8217;s my score on how millennial I am.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-16-06.26.25.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/how-millennial-are-you\/screenshot-2014-10-16-06-26-25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-16-06.26.25.png?fit=952%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"952,374\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2014-10-16 06.26.25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-16-06.26.25.png?fit=950%2C373&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive aligncenter wp-image-1235 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-16-06.26.25-650x255.png?resize=650%2C255\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-10-16 06.26.25\" width=\"650\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-16-06.26.25.png?resize=650%2C255&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-16-06.26.25.png?resize=950%2C373&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Screenshot-2014-10-16-06.26.25.png?w=952&amp;ssl=1 952w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How millennial are you? Post your score and thoughts in the comments below.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like me, you hear a lot about millennials these days. You hear that they are different. That they have tattoos. That they have stopped going to church. And the list goes on. However, often times when we hear things like this, we judge rather than attempt to understand. I found some incredible research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"How Millennial Are You?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pzg9k-jU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":211605,"url":"https:\/\/jonplotner.com\/v1\/support-leadership-fostering-ownership-and-partnership-for-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":1234,"position":0},"title":"Support &amp; Leadership: Fostering Ownership and Partnership for Results","author":"Jon Plotner","date":"May 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I attended a customer meeting with one of our customer success managers, and it turned into a real eye-opener about what leadership should be. 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