“The error of youth is to believe that
intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to
believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.” - Ernest Hemingway
In one of my recent soft skills
training programs a participant asked why the youth in India are not encouraged
to lead the country. I thought for a
moment and replied as follows:
Leadership is not the privilege of the
few. Anybody can lead the country as long as there is fire among them to lead
and a heart to make a difference in the lives of people. Indian culture and mindset is different from
rest of the world where we respect the aged and experienced people. These people have seen the life and faced
several challenges and can take more precautions to minimize mistakes and
maximize leadership effectiveness. These
are some of the reasons why the aged and experienced people lead the country in
India. At the same time the old people
have regimented thoughts and are hardwired with conventional thinking with
traditional approach which proves to be costly sometimes.
When we look at young people they have
tons of fire and passion to lead this country but don’t have any experience.
Most of the times they do good as they don’t have any inhibitions but sometimes
make mistakes that prove to be costly for the country. When we look
holistically the youth are very powerful. We cannot underestimate their
intelligence, competencies and capabilities. When you look at Mark Zuckerberg
he set the trend for young that students can achieve anything and everything in
this world. He has been listed as the youngest billionaire CEO in the Fortune
500 companies. Similarly, Michael Dell
the founder of Dell, and the founders of Google to name a few have started in
the young age and excelled as successful entrepreneurs. They were students whose dreams began on the
educational institutions. This shows the
power of students. The present day students are much more powerful and are
highly ambitious than their predecessors.
They are quick thinkers and learners backed by technological bent of
mind.
While old people follow the trend the
young people set the trend. Both have merits and demerits. But when we want our
country to progress quickly we need young people to lead this country. Even if they make mistakes they can correct
themselves and bounce back and take the country forward by learning lessons
from their failures as age is in their favor. Hence, more youth will
participate to lead our country in the near future and take our nation to
glory.
"The young do not know enough to
be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it,
generation after generation." - Pearl S. Buck
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