I never thought about it but Boomers (like me) don’t bounce as well as Gen Yers (like my children). Maybe it comes from being part of the video generation. Gen Y Labs puts it this way:
Gen Yers are better at “bouncing” from failure than any other generation doing business. They don’t perceive risk as a “do-or-die” phenomenon. Risk is more like a scenario to Gen Yers. They dive in and try something. If they fail, they shake it off and try again, just like they learned to do in their scenario-based video games. Boomers see failure as a very personal experience and often need to re-invent themselves before stepping back into the playing arena. Gen Yers see a re-start button and go for the game another time, knowing that the course of play needs to be altered.
What Gen Y Labs says it true. For many Boomers failure is too personal. We can learn from the Gen Yers who have a much easy time pressing the restart button….of bouncing. Maybe I need to go home and play more video games.
