And The Who Says…The Kids Are Alright
Don Blohowiak at Leadership. Now. has a kick-butt post called Boomers on Holiday, and while the focus was on my dad’s generation it still resonates with me as a Gen-Xer. Here’s a taste:
Most boomers are weary…They’re weary to the bone of a career that has been predicated on one word: More. As in ever-more work to meet ever-rising expectations — their employer’s for productivity, and their own for consumption.
I can’t think of anything more depressing than the thought that we’re all going to be expected to continue to keep up this pace for more. It will come at the price of our very souls.
Yet, that takes the power out of our hands. It’s as if our businesses and organizations are winged monsters unable to be corralled and brought back to earth. Boomers may indeed be weary, but Don also offers a bright spark in that this generation still has the music and a move or two left:
We’re about to rediscover our music. And ourselves. We know we aren’t handing to our children the world we envisioned. That’s true. But we’re not done yet. Chances are that once freed from the shackles of being wage slaves, legions of former idealists will roll up their sleeves and get to work on work that matters, working part-time or as volunteers on causes they believe in.
Hell, yeah. Something tells me that we just may be on the cusp of a quite revolution where we reinvigorate ourselves and our work. Where work is not something to be feared or assumed grudgingly, but a full effort of our unique selves. If boomers are weary, its time for us youngsters to step up and lend a hand. It’s our time.
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