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The last company I founded, , was full of Gen Yers. In fact, for a while, I was the only person in the company older than 25. . . And the whole time I thought to myself: I can’t wait until these kids need to adapt to the next generation. I want them to know what it feels like.
At this point, the oldest in Generation Z are just turning 13, and we have enough information about the two demographics to predict what will happen. Aside from my case of schadenfreude, I’m particularly interested in Generation Z because my sons are smack in the middle of it. But also I’m interested because if we understand the impact the next generation will have on the workforce, we’re better able to adapt our own careers for it. So get ready:
1. In generational conflict Generation Y will hide.
All generations have conflict between each other. But . They are the generation that moves home with their parents because they get along so well, and they apologize for quitting because they can’t cope with disappointing their boss.
Which means that Generation Z, raised by pragmatic, confrontational Gen X parents, will think Gen Y are lame. Weak. Delusional. (Which are the negative traits of kind and non-confrontational.)
2. Gen Z will lead Gen Y almost immediately.
Gen Y hates to stand out. . . This has not been a problem for them because Gen X doesn’t want to lead. . So the only people providing top-down leadership at work right now are Baby Boomers who refuse to retire and exist miles and miles from the cutting edge of everything except .
So there will be a power vacuum when Gen Z enters the workforce, and they will take it over very quickly. All they’ll need to do is say, “I want to lead.” No one will challenge them. And, conveniently,
point out that generational tendencies are cyclical, and
is poised to lead. They grew up in a time of turmoil: economic demise, war, rampant, random shootings. Generation Z will take charge, create stability, keep everything in line.
3. The passion problem will be passe.
. Their Boomer parents instilled in them the fairy tale idea that passion should guide what they do. But Baby Boomers have never had this, except when they were unemployed at Woodstock, and their impractical, dreamer career advice has left their kids unable to make decisions. . But this will end when Gen Z comes on board.
First of all, . They will have been homeschooled , so they will be great at identifying what they like. Generation Y, on the other hand, was schooled by teachers who told them what to study to ace the test, and parents hired tutors to help, which means Gen Y is particularly good at taking tests and bad at figuring out what they like. Generation Z will fill the gap and simply tell Generation Y what to do.
Generation Z will give meaning to work in a way that Gen Y has talked about but has been incapable of achieving. Work will be about creating a national sense of stability. Work will be about helping families to adjust to the new economic realities. Work will be about helping people build new paths through adulthood that do not focus on the corporation. Gen Z has been priming for this their whole lifes, with their counter-culture, Gen X parents.
4. Gen Z will out-communicate Gen Y.
Right now, . They are the first generation to be taught social skills at work, and they are genuinely kind and concerned about people. Additionally Gen Y are the first generation who grew up writing for a massive audience, even as kids, and .
This will all seem old-fashioned, though, when Gen Z is on the scene. Gen Z communicates largely through video. They use YouTube like it’s Google. For example, when they want to know how to beat a video game, they search online for a video to tell them: no reading.
Teenaged boys are giving video game lectures to thousands of other kids. Teenaged girls are political activists who have their own video platform before they’re thirteen years old. The poise Gen Z has in front of the camera will translate to workplace confidence and charisma. This will be the age of verbal communication rather than written, and Gen Z will shine.
5. Gen Z will force Gen Y to live more in reality.
Gen Y’s obsession with travel is rooted in their acute need to feel special and different and document it in a way their friends approve of. Also, , so they are forced to say they value experience above possessions since they can’t afford possessions beyond their de rigeur Apple equipment and .
Jan Chipchase is a great example of the travel-is- he does
about his job that is nearly 100% travel. Another example: Gen Y brides who forgo the wedding and just splurge on a big trip and a photographer to document the dress in an exotic location. Gen Y lives on Facebook and Instagram, and their reality is whatever is in the photo.
Generation Z is over the photography thing already. . Their parents have documented their every move, and they are expecting to have no disposable income, so they won’t’ need to post photos justifying their existeence.
So Gen Z will shine a light on Gen Y and expose a lot that Gen Y hasn’t seen before. But the truth is that every generation keeps the generation before them more honest. In the end, I’m grateful for the Gen Yers who worked with me, and forced me to see myself differently. I am less cynical and more sunny becuase I was surrounded by Gen Yers.
And they will be better, too, once they get over the shock of someone younger than them in the mix.
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I don’t understand how you can recommend that people shop in thrift stores for clothes.
The stuff there is usually worn out and just looks bad and outdated.
I would never wear that stuff to work.
It sounds to me like you’ve made up your mind about thrift stores and secondhand stores before even stepping inside the door.
I’ll make the case anyway.
First of all, I won’t buy the vast majority of clothing on sale at such a store.
I’m with Monica on this one – most of the stuff there can be pretty worn out.
I’ve seen lots of threadbare sweaters, worn out dress pants, and other items that, if they were in my home, would be meeting the rag bag.
Those aren’t the items I’m shopping for.
The reason I go is to look through a long rack of clothes and find two or three items that are barely worn.
How do quality items of clothing get to the secondhand store?
A person gains or loses a lot of weight.
A person passes away.
A person decides they just don’t like how the item looks on them.
A person is a clotheshorse who only wears an item a couple of times before getting rid of it.
Each of these cases can result in some very nice clothes on the rack at the secondhand shop.
If you don’t like the item, don’t buy it.
However, there are a lot of gems buried on the racks if you’ll spend some time digging through them.
Second, my biggest focus for clothing buys – once they meet a minimum standard of quality – really is cost per use.
Yes, unquestionably, I could go to a store like Men’s Wearhouse, find a high quality article of clothing, and wear it, say, sixty times over the course of several years.
That article of clothing might cost me $60, so the cost per use would be $1 per use.
On the other hand, I might find a nice item at the secondhand store.
It might have been worn a few times already, so I might only get fifteen wears out of it instead of the sixty I might get from the new shirt.
However, that secondhand item only cost me $3.
That’s $0.20 per use.
I will take the second item of clothing any day of the week.
What about the time cost?
Time cost is one of the first things people mention when they hear a money-saving tactic that they’re unsure about.
Human beings are creatures of habit and if we can find a good reason to retain that habit (or even a not-so-good reason), we’ll use it.
Time cost is often that reason.
However, in this situation, time cost matters little.
I go clothes shopping twice a year, period.
In the spring, I’ll dig out all of my summer clothes (in fact, I’m intending to do this this weekend), determine what needs to go and what can stay, and then figure out if I need to add some clothes to the mix or if I have enough.
I do the same thing in the fall with my winter clothes.
Once that’s done, I actually make a shopping list for clothes.
I need some number of dress shirts, some number of jeans, some number of shorts, some number of khakis, some number of underwear – you get the idea.
Then, I go shopping.
If I use secondhand store clothes in this process, I still just rotate them out at season’s end if they’re too worn, the same thing I’ll do with clothes that are purchased new.
I’ll still go clothes shopping twice a year, regardless of whether I’ve bought new or used clothes in the past.
What this comes down to is simple: spending control.
I keep a pretty tight rein on my clothes shopping habits.
I simply don’t go clothes shopping more than twice a year.
Because of that, I don’t devote much time in a given calendar year to picking out new clothes – and I don’t spend nearly as much money, either.
At its heart, an awful lot of frugality and financial success comes down to control over your spending.
If you have firm control over how your money leaves your wallet, it’s often shocking how many ways there are to cut your spending without cutting your quality of life one iota.
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I just went through a closet and threw out a ton of clothes that still had tags, and shoes I had never worn. I took them to Goodwill, and I hope someone gets good use out of them.
Second, most of my best clothes come from Goodwill.
I also shop at Kohl’s sometimes, because I get a lot of coupons and have frequently gone in and not spent a dime, but walked out with a t-shirt or two.
I love Goodwill. Plus, if you’re handy with a sewing machine, you can get a lot of cheap stuff to alter into better fits or neat new items for very little!
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