Livelihood —> Lifestyle —> Life
India Inc has three generations in its workforce, each with vastly different attitudes towards work.
1. Livelihood generation: grew up in scarcity and witnessed the daily struggles for life’s basics in pre-liberalisation India.
Work = only means to a comfortable and predictable life. It takes precedence over almost everything.
2. Lifestyle generation: grew up in a rapidly evolving India, witnessing the rise of consumerism and the pursuit of experiences.
Work = enabler of a fulfilling lifestyle. Work-life balance is a thing.
3. Life generation: born into a digital-first world, characterized by rapid technological advancements and global interconnectedness.
Work = one pie in the pizza of an aspirational life charactezed by meaning, purpose, and self-expression. Life > work.
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Good leadership - regardless of the generation you belong to - is first and foremost about empathy.
Only if all of us professionals had more of it…
Some won’t be generalizing their own attitude to work by advocating a 70-90 hours work week for everyone. And thousands of others won’t be wasting their weekdays and weekends trolling them on social media.
#work #life #90hours #NRN #SNS