Generational Myths

[00:00:10] Hey everybody, this is Larry Little And I'm Melissa Hamburg-Jackson And you're listening to Relationships And Robin is singing the song I hope you heard that And man, it is awesome And we are glad that you're with us Because we've got some exciting things to talk about today Oh my goodness, we have some exciting things today I'm ready to get into it I am too And it is not the dad joke I just want to put it out there real quick We will have the dad joke at the end It will take place Because people clamor for it They need it, they want it, they must have it

[00:00:40] That's coming You know, just stay tuned You've got to stay to the end That's right But we do have some things going on Here we are in the summer months And you know, if I really want to be cheesy I'd say it's hot And we've got something hot to talk about Yeah Hey Yes And we're looking forward to it So Larry, you have been working now Four years, you know, on some content Right And you had a release The last book that you released

[00:01:10] Really has springboarded you into this one And this one is super exciting I'm beside myself with this getting released Because it is just a topic that is hot It is very, very hot Well, I'll tell you As we were preparing And talking about it And Robin, our producer Has us a copy to look at And to see And actually, you know Put our hands on And it brought back a lot of memories And I forget I forget, Melissa

[00:01:39] Like, it's a lot of work You know, but it's meaningful It's meaningful work Let me show you this Let me turn it around Because it's big stuff Crossing generational lines And the picture on the book The art It says it all In fact, you've got to get this So you can really see it Because you need to know What pictures stand out to you And if you're not careful You won't see a picture at all You won't see any pictures But they are on here And you need to be able to know

[00:02:07] Which ones do you identify Because it will tell a story A story in this book That you need to read this book To find out more about what it's about Well said Which we're talking about it today Ben, before we move off of the cover Yeah That you look at And the different ways of communication Across generational lines And the ones that you relate to Our very own Robin Brzezinski Designed that cover Yes I have to give a shout out Because I'm so impressed with it Yes And before we kind of hired some things out

[00:02:37] For some of our books And they were fine This is awesome I mean, I don't want to talk about it too much Because somebody might, you know Try to make her an offer Or something as a designer They better not A graphic designer Personality will come out And you Definitely me But this book She just captures it She With her mind She does She can think across The generational lines And it's a powerful book And I'm really looking forward To talking about it Thank you But before we even do that

[00:03:06] I want us to have some stats Because, you know Our stats tell us You know Prep us to understand Part of the why behind this And then we're going to talk about the why Because we always need to clue the why Because you're so purpose driven We need to know your why You know What's the dilemma That you bring some solutions to And some real nuggets to But let's talk about some of The stats Here's the first one Start off with this And this is from the APA

[00:03:35] Which is the American Psychiatric Association So they tell us the mental health stats They give us that data One in three adults In the United States Feel lonely At least once a week Isn't that amazing? It is amazing I mean think about one in three Are you kidding me? And feel lonely So they recognize that Enough to be able to give that data And part of that is We don't know how to cross the line To communicate To those who are different Than we are generationally A lot of that

[00:04:04] Just think about The older generations And the younger generations Have no idea How to bridge that gap And that was one of the Premises for this book Is that I really wanted to To think through Wow a lot of people are lonely What if they could Talk to each other? What if they could communicate To each other? What if they could connect To each other? So I think the need Is just really Really I mean it's obvious It's huge So we've lost that ability To connect And we need to learn We need to learn

[00:04:34] And then you have to Follow that up and go Why do you think We've lost it In this next step? Which is from Pew Surveys And it says Four in five Americans Believe access to the internet And social media Has made people More divided In their political opinions It is amazing Go back to the cover Of the book You see all these Communication styles For generations And they You know They do it different In every generation But with all of this Communication that we

[00:05:04] Have developed Innovated Created As a human race And we are More polarized More polarized Politically More polarized Relationally Separated We'll talk about it In a minute We struggle To connect Yet we have All of these Communications Yet the generations Are continuing To suffer And not be able To They're no longer Able to have that Connection and engagement With one another And I thought Wow

[00:05:33] Even So it's not about Having the Tools It's not about Technology It's not about Any of that We have to realize And we become aware Of what it is What the lie is We'll talk about it In a minute And then what Can we do about it So there's a lie Very interesting concept That you're going to Share with us Here's the last one In ResumeBuilder.com Here's our survey That three in ten Hiring managers So this is really

[00:06:03] Interesting They avoid hiring Gen Z candidates Yep Heard it this week They avoid that Yep They do I heard it from A manager this week They don't want to Fool with Gen Zers And I said why And he said because They can't They don't Come to work They can't communicate They don't know How to engage They're not And he said So we don't have We don't have the energy Or the desire To have them to be A part of our company We don't want them Once again Buying into the myth

[00:06:32] That all Gen Zers Are that way But still There's a huge issue Here with the Gen Zers And an alpha Following right behind Coming into the workforce And it's a real problem So you said There's a lie There's a lie Yeah Tell us about that So we have been Taught That You know We can't Cross The line To speak Into the lives So that they can hear us Of other generations We've been taught The younger generation They don't listen They're hard headed They only think of themselves

[00:07:03] They're impatient They don't You know Even this Gen Z myth You know They don't They're not good workers They don't They're not reliable And then Conversely On the other side It's the older generations Are stuck in their own ways They're not innovative They don't want to change They don't want to grow They don't want They're not interested In anything But the way They've always done it And there's nothing We can do about it We just have this Disagreement That It is what it is It is what it is And that's just a lie It's just not true Here's the thing

[00:07:33] For centuries Centuries There's been a disconnect Between generations I mean This is nothing new So we're not out here Creating something new I'm just taking The wisdom And insight That we've learned From past generations From From worlds That existed long ago Where this issue Still was the same Even in today's technology Where we're sending people To the moon And in outer space And we have self-driving cars And all these things

[00:08:01] And AI is amazing We still have the same issue That they had Back in You know Years Centuries ago And that is that Generations that are different Can't communicate Engage And speak to one another And they bought into the lie Well Once you reach a certain age You just can't Yeah I don't understand them So I don't understand them So therefore I can't Communicate with them It's a lie So there is a lie Yep And this lie Drove you To write this book What is

[00:08:30] So bring us to your why What sets your why for us So you know This book Crossing Generational Lines Is The title Really came from The previous book Which was You know Crossing the line We talked about Crossing the line From your personality Standpoint From task driven People to people Driven people And all that And I got to Thinking about that And I thought My goodness If we can cross that line And learn things To understand those Who are different from us

[00:08:59] From a personality standpoint What about I got to thinking What about Those from different generations Because I saw Families Not be able to talk To one another I saw Grandparents Not be able to really Connect And understand Their grandchildren Or even their own children So from a relational standpoint I saw these generational gaps And the misconceptions It's horrific If you really Kind of listen To what one generation

[00:09:28] Is saying about another And you know What the Zers Are saying about the boomers You know What the millennials Are saying about the Xers You don't have to look For it to see it You know You just get on social media And I thought That is sad It does not Have to be that way The problem is As technology has grown And our inability To have face-to-face conversations To have relationships To listen Engage To whatever Has decreased Because we've got Technology in our hand Therefore

[00:09:57] Our social skills Our people skills Are continuing to decline So the gap's getting bigger But it doesn't have to be that way It doesn't have to be that way Let me read to you What I wrote And why it's important This is kind of why My why Behind the book If you will And it's just a quick Quick little couple sentences But I said this in the book And why Why it's important That's the name of this chapter The longer I live The more I realize How much I don't know I am however

[00:10:27] Committed to the journey Of crossing Generational lines In an effort To connect with those Who are different Than me That commitment Is the heart of this book With the title Crossing generational lines Capturing what we must do To close these gaps And then I asked the reader I hope that you decide To join me On the quest Of breaking down barriers And increasing connection With those who are younger

[00:10:56] And older than us That's the why Breaking down barriers And increasing connections So that's why I wrote it So we want you to join us today We're going to walk through And talk about Each of the different generations And have you describe those Have you help us understand From your perspective From your why You know What do they look like And then We're going to have a chance To dive deeper In some of the episodes To come So we can really dig in And pull away

[00:11:25] The nuggets that we need to So we can have the relationships That we want to have So here's the overview We're starting off With actually a generation That kind of gets Lost in the shuffle Or left out So talk to us about You started the content With the greatest generation I did And let me just say A quick disclaimer The information That we're about to talk about Is my information That I've researched And our team researched

[00:11:54] You may find Some things differently This is our generalization This is the way Our take on it So let me just say that So from our perspective This will hopefully Help us First we have to understand The generations We have to understand And when I say understand We have to be aware Of who they are Then we can talk about How to cross So that's the effort here So that greatest generation Was from 1901 to 1927 I had to put them in Melissa Although you know A lot of them are no longer with us

[00:12:24] Most of them are not with us But at the same time They were incredibly important Through the process Of generational growth And development And what we've learned They sacrificed They were called to duty You know They were in those wars The world wars That really saved our country And many others They were resilient They really had a heart For the collective good of others They weren't selfish

[00:12:54] They were the greatest generation They were brave They were heroes And here's how they They connected through That's all they had Back in think about it The early 1900s Face to face communication You know They were very direct There wasn't a lot of love In their personal They had letters But boy it was hard To write those letters And even harder To get the letters To where you wanted them to be To the recipient Because it took weeks To get there many times So they were very intentional About what they communicated

[00:13:24] And how they communicated Oh When I read some of the letters That they wrote It was just It was amazing I was so impressed With their intelligence You know In the English language And how they wrote And how they framed Their sentences And those kinds of things They were very disciplined Later they had landlines Some of them Many never had a landline But some did Yeah So that's our I wanted to honor them You know I realize many of them

[00:13:54] Are no longer here But I just could not Write a book About generations Without saying Thank you to the Greatest generation I'm glad you started there I think It's so good to remember And recall As you build on Generation after generation So then the next one Is the silent generation So this is 1928 To about 1945 Yeah This generation Followed the greatest generation So they were taught To respect They were taught To have discipline And to be disciplined They were taught To value stability

[00:14:24] Because their parents Fought for it Their parents Didn't have that They were taught To keep the peace And because their parents Had experienced So much war And hardship And it was still hard And as you look At the You know The Great Depression And all those things That were around that time It They You know The silent generation Were taught Don't cause trouble Keep your head down Do your work And that's basically What they did They created A wonderful Stability

[00:14:53] For us And You know They did have They had landlines Many in rural areas You know Did not But most did And then There was Actually There were some Mobile phones Later in their life If you could believe it Nothing like what We're talking about now So by and large It was Their communication Was still face to face They valued letter writing They knew How important that was And they were really good At it as well Because they learned that From their parents

[00:15:22] So it's a whole different Take on communication Communication to the Silent generation Was intentional They would be horrified To see The rhetoric That You know Is on the social media Of today It just would They would have You know It just It makes no sense to them They don't get that Why You know Would be the big question So An incredible generation That laid the groundwork For us You know I have family members That fall in

[00:15:51] Some of that time frame They have worked so hard To be able to use technology And it's always Such a Model When you see somebody That's In a Different generation And they're working To try to stay Relevant In the next generation In the Other generations It's so good And you know Like you My parents Are 86 And they're In this generation And You know When I The phone rings

[00:16:20] And it's like Hey Larry I know what's coming next Can you help me With this Can you My phone This phone This won't You know They're trying And I'm gonna Give them a lot Of credit But you know It's foreign to them They don't get it You know They They They want to use it Yeah But But But there's like A wall It's like Okay We can go This far And then we Don't know What to do What do we Do with this Yeah So from a Technology standpoint You know They're struggling But I bet In the relationships

[00:16:49] Tell me about that What do you experience They They They You know They love And I have to keep Honestly I have to remind Myself of this And you know Just recently I got my mom and dad Put them in the car And just drove Just drove Just drove them around They're both In an assisted living In our area So Got them Put them in the car And we rode And they Loved it They loved Why was that Because this generation Valued time With others They would go out For the The Sunday

[00:17:19] Afternoon You know Drives Their life was slower Than what Than what We were doing So they value That time That they spend With their Their children And grandchildren And driving around Looking and And reminiscing Meant so much to them How many times Do we stop To drive around With no intent You know So just a reminder Of what they value So good So the next Are the baby boomers These are Those that are born During that 1946

[00:17:48] To 1964 Time frame Yeah This is where It got cranked up They really value Work ethic They figured out Because of the Silent generation And the greatest Generation that Created the stability This generation Figured out If we work hard We can make some stuff We can make some money We can get some things We can have our stuff This generation Loved their stuff They They They They They They They They Still have Yes They Have pieces of furniture Yes And so they Accumulate things

[00:18:18] This generation And they do work hard They're incredibly hard workers But this is where life Really speeds up This generation Kind of used technology To speed up Speed up life And They They understand Mobile phones Mobile phones Came into existence They kind of get that They still use Face to face Interactions Though The baby boomers Understand that Because of their parents They were introduced To email And so they They use And are comfortable Most of them Understand

[00:18:47] How to How to use And you know Use emails Frequently Especially those On the latter End of the baby boomers And But Interestingly Baby boomers Still wrote letters They still Mail letters In the mail If you're a boomer Send cards Send cards Are important You know Sending cards Through the snail mail Yes Are Really important And you know They don't understand Why that's not a thing anymore You know Think about it You know

[00:19:17] How many cards We used to get For your birthday Like real cards And how many we get now But they love it So as long as they're around We're going to get cards I think And so from a relational standpoint How do you see the baby boomers How do they relate How do they connect So baby boomers Really want to know And this is Somewhat of a myth And somewhat There's truth in it What's in it for me They're the ones That kind of came up with I'm going to work I want

[00:19:47] What's the phrase He who has the most toys Wins That's kind of what They agree with But they love But from a personal relationship They're strong On accountability If you say something You better do it You better show accountability You know It's about proving your worth It's about Being able to be disciplined And they have And don't believe that myth That's not You know He who has the most toys That doesn't define them That's just A myth That some people There's some truth That though they did Or realize Because of the stability

[00:20:17] Of the generations Before them That they could They could achieve some things They could accumulate Some things And they did So then next We have the Gen X The Gen X 1965 To 1980 So You know The baby boomers Here they are With You know Stuff And connecting They want to hand down Furniture They want Their children To take that Furniture And use that furniture And they're supposed to

[00:20:46] And they're supposed To save everything That's right You know And then here The Gen X Comes along And how did you Paint the Gen X Well the Gen X You know They love their own Independence They all You know They're very self-reliant But they have Kind of a realistic View of their parents Because many of the boomers You know Both parents work That's where Both Dual work Really kind of Came to be a thing So the Gen Xers Were kind of Taking a step back And looking at that

[00:21:15] And with the rise Of the internet Remember they're Very familiar with it It became their Primary mode For communication Email was You know They're used to it They grew up with it Mobile phones They grew up with it Text messages Became a thing And so they So they kind of Leaned into the Technology Gen Xers They're okay with it They understand it They like it Instant messaging Came You know Remember AOL In the day And that kind of thing So they They began to be

[00:21:45] Very comfortable With it But what they What they don't want to do They look at the Boomers And they said We see what Having all the toys Costs Relationally Sometimes We see maybe There was a strain On your Marital relationship Or in the family So Gen Xers Took a little step Different that you'll See in the millennials It actually didn't Come out until the millennials Because they Parented differently So they said We're going to parent A bit differently And we're going to do Some things A bit differently And interestingly

[00:22:15] This group Kind of gets lost In the shuffle They kind of get lost From the baby boomers Who made a distinct Turn from Because of the stability They could make a distinct Turn from where their Parents were And what they valued The boomers And the Xers When they came along They saw that turn And the pendulum Started kind of In their minds To swing back Just a little bit They said Wait a minute Let's put some realism Into this thing Let's We don't have to have All the toys We can use technology

[00:22:44] Somewhat And relationally You see the struggle Begin to occur With Gen Xers With communication With connection It's interesting Because this is where Technology begins to increase And this is where The relational piece Kind of begins to It's like the Xers And I want to be careful I do not want to Overgeneralize But where respect Was everything For the boomers

[00:23:13] You know You respect your elders You respect their parents Gen Xers begin to Have a little different Mindset about that You know I'm a Gen X And so You know I'm identifying With what you're saying And you know Kind of caught in the middle Because yes Even in parenting How you were parented From boomers You know You just naturally Begin to carry Some of that Into your parenting And then you're realizing Though you're not

[00:23:43] Doing that But then you're not Doing it Because there's this New wave of parenting Out there And you know All these things Are kind of in this This no man's land Where you're figuring it out And you're trying to Use what worked But also Figure out What do you want it To look like And how does it need to work We break all that down In the book To talk about those differences And how different Parenting styles You know In the 60s and 70s Came to be And how that's so different Than the 60s and 50s

[00:24:13] You know 50s and 60s And you know So Generation X Comes on board Kind of Taking that pendulum Of You know He who has the most toys When it's kind of Taking that Materialism And going back The other direction So then you have The millennials We'll keep moving forward And that's 1981 To 1996 So things really Start to change here You really see it It started with the extras But it just put The explanation point After the millennials They said Look we're going to Do things way different We're going to be

[00:24:42] About purpose We're going to be About working together We want feedback We do not want To climb the corporate Ladder professionally We're not interested This is over generalization But we We want experiences Right We want experiences We want to grow In our Who we are And the only reason That they could have That mindset If you think about it On the You know You just think about Our need hierarchy Of you know Those older generations They needed to survive They needed food Shelter You know

[00:25:12] They needed things That Basic needs Basic That's it Then they provide That stability Boomers come along Even more wealth And then generation X Kind of looks at that And takes it And says Okay I'm going to I'm not going to Focus on it But the only reason They could not focus on it And raise the millennials In this Is because of the stability That the older generations Provided So because of that Financial economic stability Generally speaking Millennials Could focus on purpose When I say purpose They could focus on You know

[00:25:41] I want to go to work For someone That is social minded That has You know They have They have interest In helping the world And kind of An altruistic view And I don't want to Work for a place That has a traditional I have to come in And dress a certain way In the office They're the ones That brought in The whole casual Office look And coming in I remember one time I went to a large Tech company Several years ago And it's full of millennials And I'm looking And I'm seeing this You know This mom come in She's got You know

[00:26:11] Her child in a stroller Coming to work I look over here Here's another Guy coming in In flip flops And shorts And a t-shirt They have a ping pong table In the rec room They have a massage room You remember me Telling you Yo You're not She's laying In the apple room She needs to go Take a nap I'm like Good night You have You know Incredible Food courts But you know So the millennials Brought that in They ushered in That casual feel Of you know We don't have to have The formality That the other

[00:26:41] Generations had And then they're Very comfortable With technology The whole thing Text message Social media Became a thing Email is now Mail That's all That they know Video calls You know Kind of began To take off And they understood Messaging apps They used to Instead of talking Now we're messaging You know WhatsApp Snapchat And others They used those Every day Just like You know Instead of Instead of saying Hey I saw Something cool They just take A picture of it And snapchat it

[00:27:09] And it sends a message To whoever They care about Do you Do you think Their relationships Began to be Short connections Oh yeah What would you say Yeah They began to Look very differently Their attention span Began to We noticed Really begin to Drop as well Their relationships Really begin to Center This is where It began Their relationships Began to center Around technology And they tried to Have relationships Through technology

[00:27:39] It's where dating apps Kind of took off And now It is If you're single You're expected To get on Some type of Dating app To find How you find Your person So all of that To baby boomers You know Are like And generally What I mean Think about it Would I ever Think about Getting on A computer To try to Find somebody To date If I was single I mean It seems almost Immoral But no It's not It's just It's just Exactly how They function Millennials Usher all it in

[00:28:08] A large Generation And had They were Responsible For one of The major Shifts In our Generational You know Ecosystem I remember A friend I had a friend You know My age And they met Through A dating Website You know And she didn't Want to tell Anybody Back then That was just Something that You know You did not Want to do That was A little Embarrassing Yeah But instead You know It's the Common

[00:28:38] Common Thing now So let's Move to Gen Z So this Is 1997 To 2012 So this Generation Is causing All kind Of havoc We don't Know what To do With this Generation The first Generation I mean They are Totally Immersed Into The Technology Platforms And social Medias They are Living it They love It They were Born With it They cannot Imagine You know It was so Funny I've even Asked some Of the Gen Zers I'd have An old

[00:29:08] Tommy Landline Telephone Cord You know And I Remember The little Curly Things And I Would hold One up And I Would say As I was Doing some Of this Work I said Do you Guys Know what This No You don't Know What This Is And of course All the Boomers And the Generation X And even The Millennials Kind Of New What Is That What Is So They Don't Have Any Idea About The Old Way Of Communication But It's Causing Havoc They're So Immersed In That And They're So Used To It That They Use It

[00:29:57] They They They They They They They What We're Seeing Is That It's Having A Serious Effect On The Ability To Have Deep Meaningful Relationships With Someone You Can't Just Put The Phone Down And Walk Away When You Have A Disagreement With Someone That You're Married To Or You You Care About Or The Friend You've Got To Be Able To Work Through Those In The Workplace It's Scaring Employers

[00:30:26] To Death Because They Don't Give A Rip About You Know The Money So To Speak They Want To Come In Millennials Started This Trend And The Gen Z Are Carrying It Through It's We're Going To Come In And Tell You How To Run Your Money Versus They Want The Power And Control And They Think It's Worth A Lot Of Money

[00:30:57] You Know There In Other Words We Used To Be Willing Or The Other Generation Baby Boomers Would Would Be Willing To Work Hard For Less Because They Wanted To Make You Know We Work Hard With It So We Save Gen Zers Want It Right Now And They Want Power And Control And So The Millennials Started This It's Interesting And It's We Have The Answer This Is The Perception This Is The Myth We Have The Answers We're Going To Come In Tell You How To Run Your Company We Expect To

[00:31:38] And I Don't See Any Reason Why I Need To Be In The Office So I Don't Want To Be On A Team And I Don't Want All Those Things Scare Employers To Death About This Gen Zers As

[00:32:08] They They They Swing That Pendulum Back Just A Little Bit From Gen Z But They Are Going To Be Creative But What They Want They Want Now They Want It Very Quickly Because They Have Absolutely Known Nothing But Instant Gratification Through Technology So We Won't Hang On A Lot There Except That This Is The First Generation That Truly Has Saturated And Lived In The Homes

[00:32:38] How Do We Help Them How Do We And They Are Going To Want More Personalization They Are Going To Kind Of You Going To See It Tick Back A Little Bit So How Do We Support That And Help Them What Do We Do With These Generations How Do We Cross These Generations To Have Meaningful Conversations We That Path

[00:33:08] That Path Forward And As You Were Talking Of Course My Mind Is Spinning And Thinking About The Relationships That They Have And How It's So Different Each Generation What's Important To Them And What They Value Even From A Relational Standpoint It's So Different And If We Just Don't Think About It If We Just Act You Know In Our Normal Behavior We're Going To Not Be Able To Connect We're Going To Not Be Able To

[00:33:38] To Really Identify Have Anything In Common And If We're Not Careful You Know There's No Reason For Us To Connect With Somebody That's In A Different Generation Right Yeah I We Can Value I Can Value Something Very Different Than You And Your Generation But Yet You And I Can Still Connect And Have A Conversation That's Very Hard It's Very Profound Statement

[00:34:08] But That Is Headed We're Headed To Relational Conversation And How Do You Have Relationships And You Know Melissa Maybe We Have To Come Back And Dig On This A Little Bit More That

[00:34:49] You They Were Their Environment Was Different They Grew Up Different To Value Different Things And That's Okay So Instead Of Writing Them Off Instead Of You Not Connecting Instead Of Feeling So Uncomfortable Because We Have Nothing In Common We Can Understand That They Develop Differently So Therefore I

[00:35:18] Need Something I Need Some Tool I Need Something To Help Me Connect That's Right Because These Relationships are Important They Are Important And Every Generation Has Their Own Set Of Challenges Their Own Pressures Their Own Things They Have To Overcome They're Just Different And It Shaped And Who They Are So We're Going To Dig Into That We'll Talk About Some Specific People From Different Generations And

[00:35:55] The It What The The The The The That The The Older I Get In Life The More I Know How Much I Need To Learn So It's Not About Age It's The Belief If

[00:36:25] It's all about age. We are sunk, if you will, because there's nothing we can do about our age. I can't turn that time clock back. But if we think, wait a minute, it's not about generational age. It's about relationship. It's about relating to others and learning the tools to help us connect across those generational lines. So we're not stuck. We're not stuck. We're just unpracticed. We need some practice. So you need to get this book. You need this book so much. It's going to help you in your relationships.

[00:36:55] We all have relationships that are across generations, and this is going to help put some tools in your toolbox. We want you to get this. You can find it on Amazon. You can find it on Eagle Center for Leadership dot com. We want you to have it. Please get this. I love it. And now, Melissa, I'm going to leave you with this. I know we've we've gone a little long, Robin. I know we've caused our producers some heartache, but thank you for for hanging in there with us, Robin. And I'm going to reward you guys because I know we've gone a little long.

[00:37:23] So I've got the dad joke to end with. Are you ready for the dad joke? This sounds like a really good one, too. It's going to be good. It's going to be good. All right. Here we go, guys. Listen, last night, last night, my obese parrot died. Last night, my obese parrot died. Yeah. It was a huge weight off my shoulders. Huge weight. And what generation are you from? Which one of those surprised to you?

[00:37:52] I think it's hilarious. And I bet I bet those Gen Zers are laughing right now. Oh, my goodness. Hey, thank you guys so much for listening in. We hope this has been helpful to you. We're excited about helping you to cross those generational lines, helping you to shift, if you will, and continue to make a difference in the lives of those you love, live with and lead. We'll see you next time. Little shifts that make a big difference. Real shifts.

[00:38:21] Little shifts that make a big difference. Thank you for tuning in to the RelationShifts with Dr. Larry Little and Melissa Hamburg-Jackson. We hope today's conversation inspired you to make meaningful shifts in your personal and professional relationships. We want to hear from you. If you have a question for the author, Dr. Larry Little, about personalities or relationships, send in your questions to the link in the show notes.

[00:38:49] Stay connected with us online at EagleCenterForLeadership.com and follow us at Eagle Center for Leadership on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn for more insights, resources, and updates. Don't forget to subscribe to the Relationships Podcast so you never miss an episode. And if you found value in today's discussion, we'd love for you to leave us a review. You can also watch episodes on YouTube through the Eagle Center for Leadership channel. Until next time, keep choosing to make the little shifts that make a big difference.