Generations-Which one are you
At the Arizona Real Estate convention last week I attended a seminar on the generations and how they differ. This was very interesting and really explained a lot. Here’s a breakdown-
World War II - born 1910-1920’s - This group tends to be very respectful, they are formal, proper speech is important, usually hide their feelings and won’t discuss taboo topics
Window generation - born 1930’s-1945 - They tend to be like the world war II generation, they were the first to have TV, being born during the great depression they didn’t have the secure life (what’s in it for me) like the previous generation.
The boomers - this group is divided into 2 groups, the leading baby boomers and the trailing baby boomers.
Leading baby boomers - born 1945-1955 - Big generation gap with world war II generation, they tend to be less formal, they are goal focused, beginning to discuss thier feelings more, still cause oriented and slang is starting to become more normal.
Trailing baby boomers - born 1956-1964 - The TV & big movie generation, TV/Movies took on a bigger role in their life, more informal then the leading boomers, first to have more working mothers and no fault divorce, they are less cause oriented, open to discuss their feelings and slang is totally exceptable.
Generation X - born 1965-1979 - Very informal, cynical and ironic, manners were not important to them, very direct and blunt, the first group to embrace technology, first to do more in groups, more self-centered then previous generations (think about the 80’s). This group is somtimes considered the lost generation because of their severe divide with the previous and future generations.
Generation Y - born 1980-1989 - The Supercommunicators! This generation once again established that manners and family are important, self-expession became important, tend to be impatient, direct & blunt, considered to lack communication skills but in reality they communicate more then other generations and they embrace diversity. Gen Y’s are considered to have better manners, a moral center and more socially aware then the Gen X’s. Sometimes Gen Y’s are considered the best group because they have the best parts of the past generations!
Think about people you know of all ages groups. You most likely will find they tend to be just like the generation they were born in!
