Generations Robert M. Hayes Summary of text by William Strauss & Neil Howe

The Dimensions §Cycle l Revolutionary Cycle l Colonial Cycle l Civil War Cycle l Great Power Cycle l Millennial Cycle §Demographics l Generation (Type) l Years Born l Collective Life Cycle l Total Number (Alive Today) §Stage in Life l Youth l Rising Adulthood l Midlife l Leadership l Elderhood §Eras l Spiritual Awakening l Inner-Driven l Secular Crisis l Outer-Driven §Generations l Dominant The Idealist Life Cycle The Civic Life Cycle l Recessive The Reactive Life Cycle The Adaptive Life Cycle

Functional Elements §Nurture of Children §Sex Role Divisions §Tolerance for Personal Risk §Individual vs. Community §World View §Behavior toward Ideals §Behavior toward Institutions §Sense of Greatest Need §Vision of Future

The Historical Cycles

The Generational Diagonal