Guilty
I made a mistake that Napoleon Hill warns about. He said…“Another weakness found in altogether too many people is the habit of measuring everything, and everyone, by their own impressions and beliefs.”
Because I’m one, I’ve overvalued the importance of Boomers regarding their entrepreneurial zeal and pretty much overlooked the timing and desire coming from Gen Xers . Then I had a couple of experiences last week that made me wake up to a different reality.
First Steve called, then I had a long conversation with Jay. Both these guys have interesting similarities. They’re both in their early 40’s. Both professional athletes, married with children from 6 to 16 and they both own brick and mortar athletic coaching facilities as their primary businesses.
Both are Gen Xers
They also happen to be two of the most hard charging, straight shooting, team spirited, entrepreneurial minded men I know.
Steve informed me he’s been reading my blog, following my posts and made the decision to join my team and create total financial freedom for himself and his family. Jay, already a top leader on my team informed me he’s taking it to a new level and is committed to doing what it takes to go to the highest level of achievement.
The message;
Gen Xers are more interested in owning their lives than almost any other generation. Look up Generation X in Wikipedia and you learn some interesting things.
As the 1990s and 2000s progressed, Gen X gained a reputation for entrepreneurship. In 1999, The New York Times dubbed them “Generation 1099”, describing them as the “once pitied but now envied group of self-employed workers whose income is reported to the Internal Revenue Service not on a W-2 form, but on Form 1099”.
According to authors Michael Hais and Morley Winograd: “Small businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit that Gen Xers embody have become one of the most popular institutions in America.
There’s been a recent shift in consumer behavior and Gen Xers will join the “idealist generation” in encouraging the celebration of individual effort and business risk-taking. As a result, Xers will spark a renaissance of entrepreneurship in economic life, even as overall confidence in economic institutions declines.”
In a 2007 article published in the Harvard Business Review, demographers Strauss & Howe wrote of Generation X; “They are already the greatest entrepreneurial generation in U.S. history; their high-tech savvy and marketplace resilience have helped America prosper in the era of globalization.
This chart makes it very clear that the future belongs not to the Boomers, but their younger brothers, sisters and children.
Here’s my number one recommendation for all you Gen Xers who want the best opportunity to create that 1099 lifestyle.
Onward!