Renaissance

So for those who have been following up with me, I was suppose to have left for Taiwan 2 days ago for a duration of six months. That didn't happen. Instead I'm leaving this weekend for India for what will be the first of a few markets that I will be focused on.

I vagely recall one of my professors during my last semester of MBA adamantly train us on transoceanic flights. Strange I know, but it made a lot of sense because that class was focused on producing international business managers. Having to jet around the world in a relatively short amount of time, put on the A game face, come home and do it all over again does require some degree of finesse. Again this relates to the holistic approach of the new globally mobile yuppy, Gluppies.

Each gluppy as they travel more and learn more will devise their own set of rules. Gone are the days of the 9-5, the boring businessman. We as generation Y or the millenials are redefining what it means to be savvy. The generations before us laid a great foundation for us to build on, but we have our own flavor and our own drumbeat. Everything use to be so compartmentalized which inhibited the expressiveness of an individual; black and white with little shades of gray. Today we are not merely defined as "this" or "that", we are defined not solely by our occupations, but to the depth that one goes to reinvent the classical term, "Renaissance."

One can be incredibly career driven and still love the arts. We demand work/life balance because our generation has seen the scars left behind by our predecessors. Technology has allowed us to create a much better balance such as remote work agreements and the shift away from time oriented goals vs. task oriented goals. And let me ask you this, who's idea was it in the first place that your only source of income should come from one employer? Why should you not have multiple streams of revenue in order to offset an amazing but sometimes less paying job?

I challenge you to reconsider what you thought was the norm and then ask yourself, "Have I really tried to consider my options?" Think about it this way, we've been so use to putting all our hopes and dreams into one thing, i.e. our job, that we forget that nothing in this world can bare the weight of all our expectations. Its just not possible, not a spouse, a friend, not money. So in the plight towards Gluppy nirvana I wish you well and urge you to reconsider your current state of mind. Stay tuned as I report to you next from New Delhi, India.