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Ending the Youthful Hustle
Maybe A Generation of Conscious Leaders?
Youthful hustle is widely encouraged in our society. This mindset pressures us to achieve greatness before youth slips away. Under such pressure, young people are encouraged to focus on success, which often finds them resorting to shortcuts.
Encouragement to “fake it till you make it” contributes to this mentality as does busyness and success.
Charlie Javice, Martin Shkreli, Elizabeth Holmes, Trevor Milton, and Sam Bankman-Fried share a common fate. They made headlines and face the consequences of a youthful hustle.
Chris Bakke highlights that Forbes 30 Under 30 collectively raised $5.3 billion in funding but were arrested for frauds and scams worth over $18.5 billion.
Sam Bankman-Fried, once enjoying the good life, now faces charges like bribing a foreign government and money laundering. Caroline Ellison, his former partner, pleaded guilty to seven criminal charges. She may receive a more lenient sentence due to her cooperation.
Charlie Javice, founder of Frank, experienced success before being charged with inflating her company’s customer count. She hired a data scientist to invent millions of customers out of about 300,000.
And JPMorgan Chase acquired her company for $175 million. Not one of JPMorgan’s…
