It's usually about learning longest, rather than fastest. Plateauing is the enemy.
Once you realize that every stage in life comes with its own daunting storms and wonderful sunshine, you'll enjoy and live it to the fullest. To better weather the storms and enjoy the sunny days, strengthen your Human Power Skills, such as resilience, creativity, improvisation, self-awareness, and more. If you'd like to learn more, you might be interested in my new book HUMA. See the comment section below for more info.
Amen, Daniel. I am all for honoring people at different stages of their lives and careers, but all of these awards also exclude the people who are doing exactly what you mentioned, and that is not plateauing, and those who are persevering and continuing to be lifelong learners full of passion for what they are doing. There are also those people at every age and stage who simply can't do any of that for whatever reason, and who must feel excluded when they see these discussions. There isn't a perfect solution that doesn't sound like we are denying someone there due, which is not the intention, but to realize the impact of not recognizing those who don't fit into those perfect categories.
The problem here is the “show me” - any meaningful work I share (unlike @Linkedin from 2010-2023) is simply buried. It’s not really possible for an unemployed 45 year old like me to build cool work and share it with my network anymore. The algorithm no longer will “show you” anything about me on this platform anymore and therefore we can’t really be seen or shared work in hopes of landing paid work anymore.
Silicon Valley loves the 24-year-old on a 30 Under 30 list pitching a two-year exit to Bali. Then you look at Dan Shapero and Andreas von der Heydt. Shapero didn't sprint for a quick exit; he spent 17+ years at LinkedIn—surviving four economic cycles, multiple reorgs, and Microsoft's buyout—quietly compounding craft from sales manager to CEO. Andreas climbed the ranks at L'Oréal and Amazon, only to earn a doctorate in his 50s and champion mid-career reinvention. The most dangerous operators in business aren't the wunderkinds burning out on hype at 27. It’s the 45-year-old studying code at 10 PM after the kids fall asleep, or the veteran who stayed in the arena for two decades mastering fundamentals. Velocity is cheap. Compounding curiosity over twenty years is an unassailable moat.
For sure! I remember the 9pm work sprint after the bedtime routine… ahhh the good times ;)
Yes! Honour every stage. I’m 69 and still seek out new challenges
Amen👍🏽😎🙏🏼☘️
Amen - can’t see the link?
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Life it’s not a race. Each soul has its own timing. Like I’m building my personal brand at 42 waking up earlier and while my toddler takes naps. And I honor it :)