A few signs you might be aging...
...you are reading US Weekly on the airplane and there are at least 3 people on every page you do not know. Not just "oh yeah, I don't really watch that show..." No, like never heard of them, never heard of their show, never seen 'em, and really dismayed that they let such young girls wear such short skirts in magazines.
...when you call to schedule a hair appointment, your hair dresser no longer asks if you also need to have it colored. He just knows you do AND when you arrive the color is already mixed and waiting. The day I say, no no, I'm going to sport the skunk stripe look for a while, well that is the day that is going to BLOW HIS MIND.
....You pick up a copy of Harvard Business Review and get really jazzed about an article on Hyperspecialization. You try to engage those around you in a discussion of why they author failed to ask the most important question of all - if you can always find an expert and contract specifically with them, then how do individuals develop expertise?? You become very frustrated when no one around you seems to get equally exicted about both the concept and the major oversight. You don't care that the people around you are 6, they should be concerned about what the corporate landscape will be in 2040 and if hyperspecialization is indeed a trend, they are pretty much hosed.
...After the hyperspecilization episode you will wonder why, why you don't subscribe to HBR (that's what the cool kids call it).
yeah...so I'm not saying I'm old. I'm not. But I am maturing, everyday - one gray hair and innovative business model at a time.
...when you call to schedule a hair appointment, your hair dresser no longer asks if you also need to have it colored. He just knows you do AND when you arrive the color is already mixed and waiting. The day I say, no no, I'm going to sport the skunk stripe look for a while, well that is the day that is going to BLOW HIS MIND.
....You pick up a copy of Harvard Business Review and get really jazzed about an article on Hyperspecialization. You try to engage those around you in a discussion of why they author failed to ask the most important question of all - if you can always find an expert and contract specifically with them, then how do individuals develop expertise?? You become very frustrated when no one around you seems to get equally exicted about both the concept and the major oversight. You don't care that the people around you are 6, they should be concerned about what the corporate landscape will be in 2040 and if hyperspecialization is indeed a trend, they are pretty much hosed.
...After the hyperspecilization episode you will wonder why, why you don't subscribe to HBR (that's what the cool kids call it).
yeah...so I'm not saying I'm old. I'm not. But I am maturing, everyday - one gray hair and innovative business model at a time.
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