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[b]The training I sat through had an interesting bit about the rewards each generation finds most motivating. The generation before Boomers valued security over all, the Boomers value status, older Gen X value knowledge, younger Gen X and older Gen Y value inclusion, and younger Gen Y value freedom[/b].[/quote]

That is interesting. I think I mostly buy it; seems pretty accurate. [/quote]

+1  (older Gen X)
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Medium-range Gen X here and jesus, I'm just happy I finally paid off my stupid student loans! I don't need much anything else. Inclusion, knowledge, whatever. Well, a bit of money for retirement would be good. [/quote]

Xennial here, and pretty much the same. My born-on-third-base, pulled-the-ladder-up-after-them Boomer parents really embody the stereotype (#notallboomers, yes, I know, but definitely my parents) and spent most of their adult lives acquiring things. Now that they are at retirement age, they are dealing with a lot of feelings of emptiness. They don't have the same social capital, and this confuses them. They didn't cultivate much of a purpose when they were younger; they are growing more invisible to the world at large, and their normal status symbols aren't cutting it for them anymore. Getting older has been very rough for them, whereas my Greatest Generation grandparents were like, "Great, we made it to 75! Let's have vodka tonics on the porch and watch the sunset!"[/quote]

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