Success for my generation will be a shift from business as usual to something that economist Umair Haque calls "Betterness" and environmental leader Billy Parish calls "Making Good." Parish recently teamed up with non-profit leader Dev Aujla to release a book called Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community in a Changing World that outlines how people can make money AND make an impact. The book goes a long way towards creating a new roadmap for young people to follow.
The transition from climbing the ladder of unfulfilling societal expectations and consumerism to blazing a trail with a life guided by a holistic focus on well-being, community and sustainability won't be easy. But, as we lie dreaming under the glow-in-the-dark stars of our childhood room, we know that it's at least one dream worth fighting for.
Read it at The Huffington Post
Happiness Is the New Success: Why Millennials Are Reprioritizing
by Lisa Curtis
How widespread this view is we are going to find out as expectations become reality. This could have profound implications for the US economy if it more than a limited perspective.
Related factoid: ~ 10 K people a day turning 65. The boomers are entering the final stage of passage. That, too, has enormous implications.
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