Link to “From Resiliency Rap to Resiliency Rant – Part l”
From Resiliency Rap to Resiliency Rant and Manifesto – Part ll
Hey, it’s just a multi-media/multi-tasking age
Where ADHD is all of the rage.When instant gratification seems a delay…
BOREDOM! ASAP: Start texting away.
And when you can’t get online or even a signal
Oh, oh…real trouble!
They’ve cut your e-umbilical cord
Definite PANIC time for the bored!
Today it’s “Privacy vs. Piracy”: we’re under viral attack.
Identity theft from the neighborhood hack.
Even big Uncle Sam cannot safely “hold em”
Playing NSA Poker with one Mr. Snowden!
Of course, many leaders don’t have a clue
For an e-conference, just what do you do?
Without live eyes and bodies keeping them in line
“Little Napoleons” e-rupt in almost no time…
And with no sense of time
When presenting – on the Web or Skype phone
Give us a break; don’t just drone on and on.
Or for a Skype video; four words of warning:
Stuff that hired EGO! I’m tired of yawning.
Dinos and Digits can be mental midgets
Digits and Dinos, like spoiled bambinos.
Younger folks say “inclusion,” a trophy for all
Forming an identity that’s off the Facebook Wall.
Grizzled Boomers want winners not mere
pretenders
Start dividing the Alphas from those bleeding heart losers.
[Yet, these same so-called “losers,” head- and i-Phone abusers
Despite seeking “cloud” cover, connect with and touch others.
Often slower to prejudge diverse ideas and colors
Unlike their generational elders…
“Inclusion” may not bleed “black or white,” my sister and
brother!]
Still… for those folks who both drive and talk
As if life is but one stroll in the park.
Or sleepwalk and text…and what do they expect?
Either I clear a path or I’m the pain in the
neck.
Believe me; it wouldn’t take much of a dare
To shove that damn phone right up their…hot air!
Alas, I’m sounding more and more like a grouch
Maybe what’s needed is another approach.
Dinos and Digits, both becoming misfits
Digits and Dinos, my final warning before coming to
blows:
Do know your limits, don’t limit your “No”s!
A crusade: “Save the Analog Whales”…Is that asking too much?
But first, lure digital hare-brains from their wired world hutch.
Pull heads out of smart phones; break FOMO ** media habits?
(Though “Get a Life” Coaching is for “Dinos,” not only “Digits.”)
Of course, don’t go cold turkey with a cyber-addiction…
Play “Past Life Regression” ® in a “calmer shooter” or “Kama Sutra” *** position.
Find a virtual guru, one who’s no techno slouch…now
Plug-and-play (if not hug-and-pay) on that 3-D “smart couch.”
Well, let me reach closure, before I “break bad”
On those always bragging about their iPad.
Consider my words, they are pretty rad:
I truly don’t mean to sound unkind…
Keep your iPad; I prefer
an I-Mind!
~~~~~~~** FOMO: Fear of Missing Out
*** (an ancient Indian text on sexual positions; personal preference)
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It’s a Rap: A
“Mentor-Gentor” Manifesto
for Bridging the Generational-Digital Divide
But wait, what if, Lord willin
With the New Gospel accordin
To one ironic Bob Dylan, “The times are
a changin”
So that neither oldest nor youngest were
“first” or “last.”
The future and past arise in the present;
shed light on a moment
When each generation shares their best
education:
Could “High Tech” shake hands with
“Human Touch”?
If those more senior would be savvy mentors
Praising the knowledge of able young gentors
While these gentors sought out wise
mentors
Stead of oft being new wheel inventors
Raising the art of dialogue and such…
For the greater good and gain
Despite learning curve pain
With tears falling like rain
Easing the digital drain
Calming the analogue brain…for a time
As the young become leaders
The old must be followers
Both sides learning together –
The quest for tech skills and
warm touch:
To survive stormy weather
To harness “Fear of Exposure”
As we level the playing field plane
To discover who comes through in the
clutch.
My intuitive hunch, sans crystal ball
Please heed ye the call:
“Tear
down that Generational Wall”
For one and all…It would mean so much!
© Mark Gorkin 2014
Shrink Rap ™ Productions
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Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, "The
Stress Doc" ™, a
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, is a national keynote and webinar speaker and
"Motivational Humorist & Team Communication Catalyst" known for
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