Snap out of it, Gen Z: Life Hacks with Charles Assisi

Influencers do not make for role models. Effort is not a bad thing. And it shouldn’t be only the odd outlier teen who knows how to get things done.

After reading this, my 18-year-old daughter told me I “sound like an old man”, and that everything that follows is what my dad and his generation likely thought of me and my friends. I’ll let you be the judge of that.

My story begins when an 18-year-old knocked on my door last Sunday. His demeanour challenged every notion I hold about his generation. More on him later. But the encounter with him got me thinking about how my generation —