Your business Could be Dropping Dollars By Retiring Employees If they Clock sixty Decades And Over

People today http://turnerlawoffices.com Often Nevertheless Have a very Large amount To offer Organisations(& Society) After They Stop Being Young

From the time we were kids, up till now, each of us will - at one time or the other - have had contact with an aged person(or maybe you are one!). In certain societies, it is assumed that old/aging people today will be limited in the extent to which they can be useful to us - or themselves - for that matter. It is true that there will come a time, when a person is so far gone in age, that s/he might become considerably dependent on others for the most basic needs.

However, so long as good health and living/welfare conditions are not lacking, most people today are likely to enjoy relatively active lifestyles, even in their old age. As a result, they will be potentially capable of making useful contributions to development of individuals and society by drawing on their yrs of acquired experience and wisdom. The degree to which this is achieved of course will vary from culture to culture.

For instance, take a look at most of the extremely insightful, and thought-provoking proverbs unique to African(and Asian) societies. You will find that old/aging individuals in these societies are the ones who distilled their (good and bad) experiences in life, into proverbs, as a means of "teaching" or "guiding" other younger/not-so-old others towards taking the "right" steps in the "journey of life".

That in itself, is evidence that old/aging persons in any social setting, have got a powerfully significant role they can play - if encouraged to do so. These men and women spend their "less busy" days, reflecting on past experiences - and using them to coach willing younger persons they come into contact with. In the process, they come up with proverbs, anecdotes, parables, folk tales etc to pass "educative" messages about "life" to their "students" or protégés.

Think about the "Tortoise" stories for instance. Many African born persons today, know or have heard one or more stories about the Tortoise, and his tricky ways! The stories are always engaging, yet the messages skillfully wrapped into them never lose their impact. A child, who has heard what Tortoise's greed caused him to suffer, normally recalls it at the exact moment when s/he is contemplating "picking" a piece of meat from the pot while no one is looking!

So, what is my point? It is that persons we call "old or aged persons", usually have "locked" within them a rich reservoir of potentially useful knowledge. This knowledge derives from various experiences they've had over the decades. If they were to consciously draw upon that knowledge reservoir, they could make themselves practically indispensable to whatever group or organisation they choose to belong.

Organisations And The "Retire At 60 Years & Above" Rule

Organisations normally have staff of various ages, and at different stages of career advancement working in them. Generally, in many organisations, there is a rule that at a specified age (typically between sixty and 65), staff members are expected to retire. Typically, the conditions of service documents in a business would state this requirement. In my experience, few persons really bother to find out WHY they have to retire at that period of their lives, but it appears to be generally assumed(or accepted?) that at that age, most folks will no longer be able to meet the requirements for doing their jobs satisfactorily.(There is also the other matter, of creating room for "young/fresh blood" to join the organisation.)

What appears not to have been considered in many cases, is whether or not this rule should apply both to jobs requiring mainly physical exertion, and those which only demand mental exertion by the employee. In the former case, the fact that the ageing process leads to weakening of the body muscles, dulled reflexes etc cannot be denied. However, in the latter, what one seems to happen is that individuals have come to assume(or accept?)that since the body is ageing, then so will the mind (or brain)!.

That is probably why you and I would find it incredible that a 96-year-old man signed a five-year deal with a hotel in Las Vegas, USA instead of ten several years because he wasn't sure the resort would last ten years"! Let's face it, most "sensible" individuals would simply laugh at the old man for even thinking he had anything to supply - talk less of having him give the hoteliers a condition because he doubted they could last ten years!!(This true story is recorded in reference item no. 3 listed at the bottom of this page).

But then, THAT "old" man knew something others did not - and was certainly convinced about his ideas. What he knew is the reason why I have written this report. By the time you finish reading it, you will (hopefully) be armed with knowledge and good understanding of what ageing and experience ADD to a person that makes him/her MORE potentially useful to others.

You will in effect know what that "old" American man knew, and will (hopefully) use it to negotiate favourably for yourself in your later several years. Most importantly, this knowledge will help you - as a decision maker - AVOID retiring your employees every time they could still have more "USE VALUE" to provide, in exchange for the CASH value you give to them. This could be a key factor that determines the long term success or otherwise of your company/business.

Revealing Research Findings About Age, Ageing & The Brain

The story about the origin of this retirement age palavar is quite an amusing one. Historical accounts have it that the "tradition" (if we can call it that) came into acceptance for a reason TOTALLY unconnected with age. This tradition was a fallout of POLITICAL developments that occurred as far back as the 1870s! A brief narrative of the story is provided later on in this report (from reference item no. 3 listed at the bottom of this page)..