"Ever noticed how quickly we dismiss advice these days? Someone shares their perspective online, and within seconds, we've already decided whether they're worth listening to based on their credentials, their age, or how well they match our existing worldview. But here's what I've observed after years of running my own business and watching how different generations approach decision-making: People over 60 have a completely different vetting process for advice."
"Are they just stuck in their ways? Or have we become too quick to trust, too eager to accept the first answer that sounds good? After spending time observing both my father's generation and my own, I've identified nine things that people over 60 consistently do before accepting advice that younger folks tend to skip entirely. And honestly? We might be the ones missing out."
"When was the last time you heard someone under 40 ask, "What didn't work for you?" People over 60 almost always want to know about the mistakes, the wrong turns, the ventures that crashed and burned. They understand something fundamental that took me years of running my own company to grasp: Failure teaches you far more than success ever will."
Modern audiences often dismiss advice quickly based on credentials, age, or worldview alignment. Older adults over 60 apply a different vetting process, favoring deliberation and deeper questioning. They ask about failures and past mistakes, value lessons from what went wrong, and prioritize processes that younger people call redundant or inefficient. Older adults probe histories, skeptical of first-glance answers, and use experiences—such as workplace and union involvement—as evidence. Nine consistent behaviors characterize their approach to accepting advice, emphasizing failure-derived learning, cautious trust, and thorough verification that can reveal insights overlooked by faster, surface-level evaluation.
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