It was socially accepted rule of life – age brings you knowledge and that is why as a younger generation we are taught to trust the advice given to us by ‘elders’. They know better because they have lived longer and are therefore more knowledgable. However, now we have the internet do older people actually know more?
The internet allows anyone to become a mini-expert. In very little time you can go from nothing on a topic to knowing enough. We are going to become the generation of blaggers.
Now I am not claiming that experience brings nothing. There is a great difference between knowing something and have experienced it. Also, age brings wisdom. However, when it comes down to the laws of the younger generation working hard with the knowledge that in years to come they will climb up the ladder. Does this system work today?
Does management have to be the oldest people in an organisation? The world we are living in is changing so fast and businesses need to respond to these changes. Is the older generation equipped to keep up with technology which could never have even been imagined in their early career years? Now it is not about what you know but how you use it.
In the future I see conglomerates that are run by people in their 20’s. The young creative generation is the future.
Retiring at 40? Sounds perfect to me.
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