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Grace Boyle*
I grew up listening to stories from my father, who against his will was sent to fight in Vietnam, grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, saw the fight for civil rights and often disagreed against conventionalism from his parents. During that time there was a large uproar for change and the generation [...]

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By Ines Schinazi
Like was said in the post bellow, here goes the second part of the interview with Bruce Tulgan, the founder of Rainmaker Thinking Inc., best-selling author and the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Toastmaster’s International Golden Gavel, in an exclusive interview with Talking About Generations:
Ines: How do the aspects of [...]

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By Ines Schinazi
Parents have never been so influential in their children’s decisions as they are today. Many parents actually accompany their children to job interviews. Some even make a point of dropping them off on the first day of work. Parents regularly complain about heir children’s grades and shamelessly ask bosses [...]

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By Cíntia Reinaux
A brilliant text written by Rubem Alves* uses a metaphor to explain why parents should be a bit more strict with their kids. Alves jokes that parents today wouldn’t be able to stand Michelangelo. They would say, what does Michelangelo have against marble?
Alves states, “…he had something against marble, because inside [...]

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By Tatiana Kielberman
Sometimes we assume that everybody knows the basic terminology which classifies generations, and we forget that there are many people who have trouble understanding the classifications and characteristics of each one.
In a chat with my older brother, I realized that I know more about this theme than he does. He’s a bit [...]

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By Mauro Segura
It was a big business, with thousands of employees.  As the grew they hired many young people, especially belonging to Generation Y.  One of the existing programs, was a welcome meeting, which occurred at least once a month.  New hires were called to the auditorium to watch presentations about the business, its organization, [...]

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By Renato Andrade
Another edition of the “Results ON Day” took place in São Paulo, this time on the theme of social media.
Besides for the latest tendencies, research, and case studies about social networks (Twitter, Orkut, Facebook, blogs, etc), Gen Y’s behavior and life online was a topic of frequent discussion.
Here, I’ve made a summary of [...]

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By Flávia Vianna
Once upon a time there was a little girl named @littleredridinghood. Little red riding hood’s mother walked by her daughter’s bedroom and warned:
Honey, your grandmother is sick. Let’s go visit her?
So @littleredridinghood sadly glanced at the chaos of her flickering AIM, MSN, and twitter messages. She didn’t respond to her [...]

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By Mauro Segura
This is a question that has always haunted me. It still does. The roots of the question go even deeper: what do I want to get out of life? This philosophical question should be a question everyone asks. I don’t believe in simply letting life take [...]

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By Rudney Pereira Junior
Sometimes I feel like the “lost link” caught in the middle of generations. Like a fossil, stuck between the monkey and the human being. Archeologists searching for me in the heat of African deserts. If you’re into definitions, I belong to generation X. But I feel as though [...]

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