Comments on: Enough About Me. What Do You Think of Me? Study Suggests Social Media Is for Narcissists http://veritascanada.com/testblog/2009/08/enough-about-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-study-suggests-social-media-is-for-narcissists/ social media strategy and execution Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:42:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ginger http://veritascanada.com/testblog/2009/08/enough-about-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-study-suggests-social-media-is-for-narcissists/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Ginger Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:42:41 +0000 http://veritascanada.com/testblog/2009/08/enough-about-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-study-suggests-social-media-is-for-narcissists/#comment-85 To Lynn,<br /><br />I worked with a surgeon who was utterly bemused when his daughter, a recent veterinary school grad who had begun her internship and was living in another state called him with an emotional appeal.<br /><br />What was her request? That he call her boss (the veterinarian overseeing her internship) and tell him to stop being mean to her.<br /><br />He declined, and it was all I could do to keep from howling with laughter when he told me the story. To Lynn,

I worked with a surgeon who was utterly bemused when his daughter, a recent veterinary school grad who had begun her internship and was living in another state called him with an emotional appeal.

What was her request? That he call her boss (the veterinarian overseeing her internship) and tell him to stop being mean to her.

He declined, and it was all I could do to keep from howling with laughter when he told me the story.

]]> By: Lynn Eastep http://veritascanada.com/testblog/2009/08/enough-about-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-study-suggests-social-media-is-for-narcissists/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Lynn Eastep Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:33:07 +0000 http://veritascanada.com/testblog/2009/08/enough-about-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-study-suggests-social-media-is-for-narcissists/#comment-83 Thank you so much for your insightful comments!<br /><br />Regarding working with Gen Y, there's the whole "Heliocopter Parents" phenomena to describe those moms and dads who hover over children in college and swoop into their academic affairs. <br /><br />As the children of "Helicopter parents" graduate and move into the job market, these Gen Yers have to adjust their behavior to be appropriate for the workplace. (I actually had a former intern stomp, cry and call her mom because I asked her to make photocopies, which she felt was "beneath" her.)<br /><br />I love the phrase "cage of narcissism". I'll have to read Dr. Forni's work. Thank you so much for your insightful comments!

Regarding working with Gen Y, there's the whole "Heliocopter Parents" phenomena to describe those moms and dads who hover over children in college and swoop into their academic affairs.

As the children of "Helicopter parents" graduate and move into the job market, these Gen Yers have to adjust their behavior to be appropriate for the workplace. (I actually had a former intern stomp, cry and call her mom because I asked her to make photocopies, which she felt was "beneath" her.)

I love the phrase "cage of narcissism". I'll have to read Dr. Forni's work.

]]> By: Toronto Louise http://veritascanada.com/testblog/2009/08/enough-about-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-study-suggests-social-media-is-for-narcissists/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Toronto Louise Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:20:52 +0000 http://veritascanada.com/testblog/2009/08/enough-about-me-what-do-you-think-of-me-study-suggests-social-media-is-for-narcissists/#comment-79 I have read Dr. Twenge's book, Generation Me and discuss this topic when I do etiquette training. I don't think an entire generation can be tarred with the same brush and I work with many millenials who are polite and empathetic. But, I agree that the self-esteem movement, so popular with boomer parents, has some potentially negative side effects. Learning to work your way up through an office environment can be tough for someone who, up until now, was under the impression they were the centre of the universe. Another academic who writes on this topic, Dr. P.M. Forni at Johns Hopkins, claims some people have been raised in a "cage of narcissism" that employers need to liberate them from. I have read Dr. Twenge's book, Generation Me and discuss this topic when I do etiquette training. I don't think an entire generation can be tarred with the same brush and I work with many millenials who are polite and empathetic. But, I agree that the self-esteem movement, so popular with boomer parents, has some potentially negative side effects. Learning to work your way up through an office environment can be tough for someone who, up until now, was under the impression they were the centre of the universe. Another academic who writes on this topic, Dr. P.M. Forni at Johns Hopkins, claims some people have been raised in a "cage of narcissism" that employers need to liberate them from.

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