Random thoughts. If you're a leader, you need to understand that there is a *high likelihood* that your troops' primary social network and/or support system lives in the digital device in their pocket/ XBOX/ PC Game Guild. Yes, we all know when you were a private... 1/

You hung out in the dayroom with your platoon mates 24/7. That ain't the case with them- they have options. And no, it isn't a bad thing. Understand though, you have to *earn* their desire for face-to-face human interactions. Disparaging them, ranting about social media, 2/

and telling stories about the days before cell phones just makes you sound like a silly, irrelevant old dinosaur who fails to even attempt to empathize with newer generations. Build trust with them the good old fashioned way, but don't dismiss how they live and communicate. 3/

Yes it is important that they bond with their team- but just know you have to work for it more than a couple of decades ago when there were no other options. /end

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