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As always a great read mate. I wanted to comment particularly on the "My Generation" section. I get that the older one gets the less you give a f**k what anyone else thinks (I wish we all got over this way faster). But then, you know me... f**ks are not something I've ever given much of despite being a Gen X'er...but I digress...

What I wanted to discuss was Oliver James point re "...bluntness..." and ."..refreshing authenticity..." To mimic your question...where's this evidence? Don't get me wrong. I'm glad you've rediscovered your forthrightness (I have seen the changes and helped you with them myself), but from someone who is hired for their bluntness, and refreshing authenticity as an employee and consultant for the last thirty years, from where I've been standing I call bull s**t on this evaluation on this whole generation by Oliver James and others. If this exists, I'd like to see it in real life beyond 'Karen' videos on YouTube. (Although don't disagree with your overall argument of value in bringing back older people disillusioned by crap organisations that have bullied the 'creativity' out of them etc. You know I am a hater of all of that which is why FTSQ was set up to support the non-conformists in the first place.

What I did find funny was that this 'forthrightness' is '...often labelled as being troublesome, rebellious and even disloyal." because a) bring on troublesome and rebellious people (the non-conformists change the f**king working baby and b) since when did speaking your truth make you disloyal? No person that I ever knew that spoke their truth was ever the disloyal member of ever group I ever knew. It was always the sneaky one that hid their truth that I've always had to watch out for.

Anyway, thanks for the great read, continue to be more pirate mate x

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Always solid plain-spoken perspective mate. That too is a rarity these days. My North American view is that much of the current work environment feels akin to running in molasses. A sense of momentum and an expenditure of calories but the movement (and certainly the forward progress) is rather limited. Is that fatigue, apathy or a spoonful of both?

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