06-16-2009, 09:26 PM
How will baby boomers handle the recession? Zoomers, Doomers, Gloomers, Opportuneurs
It will be interesting to see how the baby boomer generation, like me will handle the current recession / depression. We've lived most our lives without any terrible hardships, unlike many of our parents' generation, who endured through the world wars, famines, genocides, migrations and depressions.
So here's my segmentation of baby boomers in a recession/ depression
ZOOMERS...That's short for boomers with zip. It's a term coined by Moses Znaimer, the Toronto media mogul who, in his 60s, is taking aim at the roughly one-third of the population that is 50 and over. These seniors are not ready to give up and have the financial resources to take their ideas forward ....grandpaneurs. Znaimer's definition: the body of a healthy 65-year-old, the mind of a 45-year-old, the libido of a 25-year-old, the heart of a teenager.
I've coined the following terms...
GLOOMERS...baby boomers who only see the down side.discouraged, downcast, dispirited, rudderless, hopeless, looking for salvation (economic other?), vulnerable
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DOOMERS...GLOOMERS who only see the end of the world, or life as we know it, dreary, distressed, no use doing anything because our fate is sealed.
TOMBERS...baby boomers who are ready to retire, throw up their hands and wait for the end..no zip, energy, motivation
FUMERS..baby boomers who are ready to blame anything and anyone for their misery..bankers, minorities, business, unions, overpaid execs and workers, immigrants, politicians etc
OPPORTUNEURS..babyboomers who are realists, see the big picture, explore both sides of the story, always seeing opportunity in each crisis,
It will be interesting to see how the baby boomer generation, like me will handle the current recession / depression. We've lived most our lives without any terrible hardships, unlike many of our parents' generation, who endured through the world wars, famines, genocides, migrations and depressions.
So here's my segmentation of baby boomers in a recession/ depression
ZOOMERS...That's short for boomers with zip. It's a term coined by Moses Znaimer, the Toronto media mogul who, in his 60s, is taking aim at the roughly one-third of the population that is 50 and over. These seniors are not ready to give up and have the financial resources to take their ideas forward ....grandpaneurs. Znaimer's definition: the body of a healthy 65-year-old, the mind of a 45-year-old, the libido of a 25-year-old, the heart of a teenager.
I've coined the following terms...
GLOOMERS...baby boomers who only see the down side.discouraged, downcast, dispirited, rudderless, hopeless, looking for salvation (economic other?), vulnerable
End-is-near-lk1010ad
DOOMERS...GLOOMERS who only see the end of the world, or life as we know it, dreary, distressed, no use doing anything because our fate is sealed.
TOMBERS...baby boomers who are ready to retire, throw up their hands and wait for the end..no zip, energy, motivation
FUMERS..baby boomers who are ready to blame anything and anyone for their misery..bankers, minorities, business, unions, overpaid execs and workers, immigrants, politicians etc
OPPORTUNEURS..babyboomers who are realists, see the big picture, explore both sides of the story, always seeing opportunity in each crisis,