{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Paul Truesdell Podcast","title":"Boom Boom Respect & Relevance","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2270,"description":"Ahead of the Curve: Lessons in Respect, Reality, and RelevanceRecently, I had a conversation with someone I once respected. That respect is long gone. Not because of a single incident, but because of an attitude—an attitude I now see in people of all ages. This piece is for those my age and older, and for those younger who might want to stop and think before they roll their eyes. Some will be upset by what I have to say. Others will nod in complete agreement and say, “I know exactly where you are coming from.”I am sick and tired of people in their twenties through forties who think they know it all. I am equally tired of people my age and older who have the same attitude. Life is complex, it moves fast, and the world is evolving rapidly, with new challenges and opportunities reshaping the way we live and work. Yet the basics have not changed. The fundamentals of problem-solving, respect, and follow-through remain exactly the same.About ten years ago, I worked with a prospective client who ran their entire life from their iPhone. No printer, no fax, no scanner—paper was “old school” and not needed. They laughed at the idea of doing anything that was not fully digital. This was the same person who, during COVID, began trading online and only wanted to discuss successes, never failures. They were not building real wealth, only chasing novelty. Professionally, they were replaceable—always a duck out of water, full of potential but in the wrong pond. Eventually, we parted ways, but the experience stayed with me. The sneering dismissal of anything “old school” is a short road to mediocrity.That same smugness shows up today in clients and peers—young and old—who act like they have every answer. The eye rolls, the condescending comments, the “big man on campus” attitude…it gets old quickly. Here is my advice: do not do that.I have sat in medical appointments where I engaged doctors about complex problems. I research, I read, I ask intelligent questions. But I always make...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/115-XsjkdwCpJ99xv-8oZ76t6jr8ScWEC5MYSKzL0ig/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MTUx/OWRiNTc0NTk0Y2Nk/M2VjYTliMGVhN2Zm/YTZkZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}