Glenn LlopisThere's a version of this conversation happening in a lot of houses tonight. A teenager comes home flat. Somebody else got the part, the invite, the roster spot, the summer job.
Glenn LlopisThere's a familiar diagnosis in the adult world with a dozen competing names. Burnout. Disengagement. Quiet quitting. The meaning gap. What's in dispute is the diagnosis.
Glenn LlopisThere's a version of you that everybody around you has agreed on. Your friends know it. Your family knows it. And it's probably about two years out of date.
Glenn LlopisYou know the feeling. Somebody else got the part, the invite, the spot, the shot. You got skipped. And the worst part is the little sentence that shows up right after.
Glenn LlopisSomewhere in the last twenty years, opportunity became something we deliver to young people rather than something we teach them to make. The change was well intentioned and almost invisible.
Glenn LlopisA twenty one year old told me about an NIL workshop he sat in on at a sports camp. The athletes crushed the questions about brands. Then the questions turned personal, and the room went quiet.
