A 43-year-old visionary thinker with rare intellect answered the millennial question on the talk show “Inside Quest” with Tom Bilyeu last month.

Simon Sinek was featured on this talk show for his idea of a brighter future and the ability to build that future together. During his Inside Quest Interview with Bilyeu, he explained why working with Millennials can be a challenge in the workplace.

Sinek defined millennials as the age group born after the year 1984 that are considered selfish, narcissistic, and entitled. While those are not his own words, Sinek explains the answer to the millennial paradox in four pieces.

The first piece is parenting. Millennials are subject to failed parenting strategies, simple as that. Sinek says that kids are given participation medals for coming in last, which in turn devalues the first place medal. He explained that this can make the recipient of the participation medal feel embarrassed. Not only are millennials writing off the value of first place awards, but they are writing off the importance of hard work and long term goals.

Sinek explained that a student can become part of an honors course and not even have the capability to be a part of it. But, because the teacher doesn’t want to deal with a complaining parent, the student will get what he or she wants because mom did it for them. Once these students graduate college, they find out they aren’t special and you get nothing for coming in last and mom can’t get you that promotion at work.

“Millennials are living in a world where they can have anything in life just because they want it,” Sinek said.

The second piece of this puzzle is technology. Dopamine, the feeling of happiness, is found through technology. Sinek explained that much like drinking, smoking and gambling, millennials will receive a dosage of dopamine when they engage with social media through their phones. Whether this is Instagram likes or simply receiving a text, technology is highly addictive.

This addiction to social media stems from the need of approval said Sinek. First, as all kids do, millennials look for approval from their parents. As the years’ progress, the need for approval shifts from parents to peers during the adolescent stage. Likes, filters and shares become a method of approval from peers. Therefore, when stressful situations arise, millennials are not turning to a friend, they are turning to social media because it offers temporary relief.

“They are good at putting a filter on things, I am good at showing people that life is amazing even though I am depressed,” said Sinek.

The third piece, Sinek said, is impatience. Millennials crave instantaneous gratification because they are given apps for everything and their desires are met instantly. Sinek explained that if you want to watch a movie, all you have to do is log on to your computer. Need to order something? Order it online and it will appear the next day. Want to watch TV? Binge. Dating? Just swipe right.

With all of this instant gratification, Sinek said there is no way for millennials to learn coping mechanisms when the things like deep meaningful relationships and job satisfaction come in to play. The best case scenario for this problem is that this generation will never really find deep, meaningful fulfillment in work or life. He said everything will always just be, “fine.”

The fourth and final piece to the millennial paradox is environment. When millennials enter the corporate world, there is no value in the long difficult journey because there are only short term goals instead of long term goals. Suicide rates, depressions and dropout rates have spiked because millennials don’t understand the corporate concept of working towards a long term goal.

Sinek claims that due to the failed parenting strategies and technological advancements and addiction, it is the corporates responsibility to teach leadership skills and the gratification of working for something that takes years to complete is incredible.

“This is an amazing group of fantastic kids that were dealt a bad hand and placed in a corporate scenario that doesn’t care about kids,” said Sinek.

In my personal opinion, Sinek hit the millennial question right on the head. After I watched this interview, I began to piece together portions of my own life that he had spoken to and it was unbelievable how accurate each major point. I highly encourage this video to continue going viral so that not only the millennials can become more aware of this, but the corporate work place as well.