Well, I deal with people of all of the ages mentioned on a regular basis in real life. This is what I've learned:
1. There are many different kinds of intelligence. I've known people with multiple doctoral degrees that couldn't tie their own shoes. The trick in life is knowing what KIND of intelligence you are dealing with and responding accordingly.
Agree with mac-convert!
Personally, I love to see the different perspectives of everyone...
One of the things that I key in on in my daily work is the other person's perspective, and to go along with hana, how can I use that to convey the message that I have. As I work through technical problems with people, I frequently get comments like "how do you know all that technical crap". I simply tell them, look I couldn't do your job, and I don't expect you to know my job, and that's why I am here and you are there.
I was once asked to give a talk to a graduating class of students in network administration and after accepting I struggled to come up with something to talk about. These were students who were training into a new career, and where not high-school or college students. After much struggling and brain-bashing, I walked into the class and introduced myself and gave about five or ten minutes about who I was and where I had been in my career. I then addressed the instructor and asked him to do the same - caught him off guard! When he finished, I started at one end of the class and worked through every student there and had them do the same. Each person in the class had a different background, different jobs prior to taking this class, and very common goals in a future in network admin. They were expecting a talk on how the industry was moving, what they should study next, what the future held for the profession, etc.
Here is where I dropped the big one on them. I simply said that it wasn't about the work they had elected to learn, but that it was about the people that they were about to meet in life. I reminded them that each of them had a different background and different experiences in life, and that the people that they were going to be working with would be exactly the same - different in experience and in perspective and in capabilities. Recognize that and deal with each person as a unique individual and you will become successful.
Well, I have rambled enough, and probably have gotten off topic, but just thought that I would pass on some thoughts and see where they land. My glass has nothing but air in it at this point, and it's time for a refill.
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