MY dad recently sat me down to watch a YouTube clip of Simon Sinek’s speech on “Millennials in the workplace”. As a Millennial myself, I thought it was only right to comment on what was being said.

Simon Sinek made four main points in his interview. Number one was parenting. He made a point about how the first approval that we look for in life is that of our parents, and as we get older this gradually changes to our peers.

He brought up the topic of over-praising, which personally, I never felt was an issue for myself as a child. But interestingly, he comments on our inability to cope with being thrown into the real world. Something that I have seen time and time again.

A lot of my friends are coming up to the last year of university and the majority deem this as a scary prospect. What if I can’t get a job? Make money? Move out?

This brings me on to his other comment of low self-esteem. We have been blanketed by education in a safety net, since the age of four and are now being faced with independence. It is something that many of us find overwhelming.

In my personal experience, I have spent the last three years away from school, admittedly I stayed in education for a foundation year, but then ventured into the world of work shortly afterwards, always focusing on how I was going to get into drama school.

The second point he made was technology, how this massive impact on our lives has allowed us to filter and put an idealistic sheet on reality.

I agree with this addictive part of our culture. There are always positives but it is about finding a balance with technology so it does not become a hindrance to our ability of taking in things around us.

The negative thing that we gain from this modern world is instant gratification, which links to Sinek’s next point of impatience.

We are only able to look for short-term goals, rather than life-long achievements, which means many of my peers do quit when the going gets tough.

There are always exceptions, but the general feeling is that the younger generation does not feel as fulfilled.

I have witnessed this amongst my friends, with many not knowing what to do in life as a whole or what the next step is.

I have been lucky enough to have a clear short-term goal of getting into drama school, which four years. But this amount of time taught me to persevere and gave me an alternative outlook on life, which I may not have otherwise had, if I had got in straight away.

Simon Sinek used a mountain as a metaphor for life; in which we climb to reach the summit and suggested that things that really matter in life take time and patience. This is absolutely true, we as young people need to look at the bigger picture and enjoy each step of the way and what it brings to the table.

Sinek leaves us to the last point, environment. There is a need to find a balance of things in our workplace or surroundings that encourage us to build confidence and remove devices, allowing us to communicate with one another.

Talk to your family, friends and loved ones, as they are what you really need to survive this next step before anything else. As I was always told, “success comes to those who wait”.

(Nia Powell is a former Devizes School, St John's and drama school pupil, who has formed Thee O'Company theatre, and took their play Live in a Box on tour at Christmas.)