New Rules Barna Research Group has identified the following New Rules for the next generation. Some will encourage you, others will cause alarm.
1. Personal relationships count. Institutions don’t.
2. The process is more important than the product.
3. Aggressively pursue diversity among people.
4. Enjoying people and life opportunities is more important than productivity, profitability, or achievement.
5. Change is good.
6. The development of character is more crucial than achievement.
7. You can’t always count on your family to be there for you, but it is your best hope for emotional support.
8. Each individual must assume responsibility for his or her own world.
9. Whenever necessary, gain control—and us it wisely.
10. Don’t waste time searching for absolutes. There are none.
11. One person can make a difference in the world, but not much.
12. Spiritual truth may take many forms.
13. Express rage.
14. Life is hard and then we die; but because it’s the only life we’ve got, we may as well endure it, enhance it, and enjoy it as best we can.
15. Technology is our natural ally. (Generation NEXT)
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