Every day, in every way, I get wiser and wiser!
Seems like I posted my thoughts on turning 38 just a few days ago - could be because it really HAS just been a few days since I did, despite writing it a year ago! Anyway, the 'year hand' has moved another notch and 39 is here.
I'm surrounded by young guns who are so chock full of new technologies and new gadgets & new ... well basically everything about them is new! Which leads one to reflect on what exactly it is that we of the more 'mature' cadres have over them?
What do all these years of having 'been there & done that' actually add up to in a world which is increasingly becoming 'heard of that, wanna do that', to us? On the face of it, not much. Roles appear to be reversed a tad, when they are the ones introducing you to stuff, explaining and convincing.
But hang on just a bit longer, and you find, that no matter what the shiny new veneer of the moment is, underneath lurk all the same age-old concerns and issues. Yes, they of the 'been there done that' era.
That's when we come into our own. Yeah baby! Watch the smart young thing who has been put in a position of power, way before one his/her age would normally get there. Faced with the mine field that is human beings, they are more often than not reduced to order-snapping, screechy dicators. Not because this is how they are, but because it makes for a good protective shield. Attack is the best form of defense after all.
And as the list of ways you would have handled the situation run on & on in your head, you realise what it is that you've been accumulating. Good old fashioned common sense! Put it as you will, I say that is all wisdom actually amounts to.
Have you heard the story of the ship with a leak? Experts are brought in from around the world. After many days of messing around the ship with all their doodads, they admit defeat and present the captain with a massive bill for all their fancy equipment. Finally a little old man comes forward to offer his service. Armed with just a hammer and a spanner, he sets about his work. After a couple of hours he has done the job and presents his bill. "$10,000?!!!"shrieks the captain. "For a couple of hours of messing around with a hammer and a spanner?? Why would i give you that much for pathetic tools like that?" "You're quite right", the old man smiles. "Use of the hammer & spanner cost you just $1. Knowing where to use them costs $9999!"
Here's to finally figuring out where the leak is and knowing how to fix it :-)
I'm surrounded by young guns who are so chock full of new technologies and new gadgets & new ... well basically everything about them is new! Which leads one to reflect on what exactly it is that we of the more 'mature' cadres have over them?
What do all these years of having 'been there & done that' actually add up to in a world which is increasingly becoming 'heard of that, wanna do that', to us? On the face of it, not much. Roles appear to be reversed a tad, when they are the ones introducing you to stuff, explaining and convincing.
But hang on just a bit longer, and you find, that no matter what the shiny new veneer of the moment is, underneath lurk all the same age-old concerns and issues. Yes, they of the 'been there done that' era.
That's when we come into our own. Yeah baby! Watch the smart young thing who has been put in a position of power, way before one his/her age would normally get there. Faced with the mine field that is human beings, they are more often than not reduced to order-snapping, screechy dicators. Not because this is how they are, but because it makes for a good protective shield. Attack is the best form of defense after all.
And as the list of ways you would have handled the situation run on & on in your head, you realise what it is that you've been accumulating. Good old fashioned common sense! Put it as you will, I say that is all wisdom actually amounts to.
Have you heard the story of the ship with a leak? Experts are brought in from around the world. After many days of messing around the ship with all their doodads, they admit defeat and present the captain with a massive bill for all their fancy equipment. Finally a little old man comes forward to offer his service. Armed with just a hammer and a spanner, he sets about his work. After a couple of hours he has done the job and presents his bill. "$10,000?!!!"shrieks the captain. "For a couple of hours of messing around with a hammer and a spanner?? Why would i give you that much for pathetic tools like that?" "You're quite right", the old man smiles. "Use of the hammer & spanner cost you just $1. Knowing where to use them costs $9999!"
Here's to finally figuring out where the leak is and knowing how to fix it :-)
Been!!!
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