In 2019, @justinsuntron won the charity auction for a lunch with Warren Buffett, with the meeting taking place in January 2020.
The event drew attention because of the amount involved and the contrast between the two men's professional backgrounds. Yet the broader idea of learning across generations is relevant to almost any career.
People with decades of experience may have developed a different understanding of uncertainty, patience, and risk than those entering a fast-changing industry. Listening to those perspectives can help younger professionals question assumptions they have not yet had reason to examine.
The goal of learning from someone with a different outlook is not necessarily to reach agreement. It is to understand the reasoning behind that outlook and decide what lessons are relevant to your own circumstances.
#TRONEcoStar
The event drew attention because of the amount involved and the contrast between the two men's professional backgrounds. Yet the broader idea of learning across generations is relevant to almost any career.
People with decades of experience may have developed a different understanding of uncertainty, patience, and risk than those entering a fast-changing industry. Listening to those perspectives can help younger professionals question assumptions they have not yet had reason to examine.
The goal of learning from someone with a different outlook is not necessarily to reach agreement. It is to understand the reasoning behind that outlook and decide what lessons are relevant to your own circumstances.
#TRONEcoStar