Sharing Experiences…Listening And Learning From One Another
It's back to school time, and my youngest nephew is among the thousands of young people heading off to college. My nephew was born in 1999, a year that conjures up great memories for me, including our family vacation to Disney World, and Prince's popular song lyrics. It had never occurred to me until recently that …
Are you a member of Generation X? If not, I'm sure they are among your co-workers, friends, and family. Look around you. Gen X'ers are turning 50 in large numbers, and they are celebrating big time with extravagant birthday parties and lots of friends. While this small generation ( born between 1965 and 1981) has …
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I hope you're celebrating this special day in U.S. history with friends and family from other generations, sharing stories and experiences that will make your lives richer! I'm sharing an article I read recently in AARP magazine, Friends for the Ages, The power of cross-generational, age-defying bonds . The article helped me reflect on some of the …
Millennials aren't necessarily focused on financial planning. Many, like other generations at their age, are struggling to live in the present. They are straddled with high rent and student loan debt (Millennial student loan debt totaled $1.2 trillion in 2015, more than any other generation). Millennials also want work/life balance with more focus on lifestyle. …
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https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWZIOAPKUdaKS Not long after I first started at HubSpot, I was welcomed with a fresh pair of orange, noise-canceling headphones. At the time, I had no clue that these headphones would carry me through many long work days and some of the deepest, darkest levels of writer's block. Over two years later, they are truly the… …
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While doing some research for my blog this week, I came across several interesting articles describing a generation I wasn’t familiar with, Generation C. This "community of digital natives" is of interest to consumer marketers because they are highly influential due to their need to share their lives via social media platforms. However, the concept …
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I’m a Baby Boomer (born between 1946 and 1964), who makes an intentional effort to hang out with people from other generations. Boomers have been called the "Me Generation" because they were the first generation to take a breather between childhood and adulthood and explore being young. They got married later, had kids later, and spent …
With the 2017 graduation season in full swing, it’s a great time to share thoughts regarding acceptable ways of expressing thanks to those who generously give, either in person or by sending gifts, to graduating family and friends. I was taught that it was not only appropriate, but necessary to send a handwritten thank …
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