Conclusion:What You Need to KnowAfter You Read This Book

Here Come the New Gen Mixers

THE VICE-PRESIDENT of a large outplacement corporation confided in us: “After many changes in my career, I have learned to be more Gen X at 50 than anyone. You see, being raised by parents of the 1950s, I was told to find a good job, learn to type, and the rest will come. Leaving with the plaques and recognition after 30 years was supposed to be my goal. Well, it doesn't work that way. The way it works is to be up on the latest, be willing to change, be enthusiastic, articulate, and knowledgeable about technology. If you can't talk it, you won't be able to walk it!”

We couldn’t have said it better! That’s “the way it works” for people of every generation. The ...

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