Your Brand Goes Poof: Aging Prematurely

 The knock now put on Ukraine freedom fighter Volodymyr Zelensky is that "He's aged." 

No matter how tough your job/mission or what year you were born in, you can't look older. Warren Buffett, although in his 90s, never seems to look older than the old his being settled into decades ago. 

Despite their high-profile wins in the legal sector and the massive compensation equity partners at large law firms are mocked for "premature aging." Those at the top of the heap, go the observations on Reddit and Fishbowl, look 10 to 15 years older than their actual years. The warning is that if you stick around Kirkland & Ellis, Cravath, Skadden or Paul Weiss long enough you too will appear 70 at age 55. Already, young lawyers fret about the consequences of having no time to hit the gym. 

The many critical of progressive Barack Obama when he was US president were quick to point out how quickly he was aging. Currently the bashing has shifted to mockery of his seeming need for extreme attention. That included his chatting-up right of center Donald Trump. 

With growing employment insecurity across sectors, including high-ranking government jobs, there could be a mass of rapid aging. Neighborhoods in the DC metro areas could experience an almost paranormal phenomenon of adults abruptly becoming old. 

In coaching, I guide professionals in how to not come across as old. Here is the article I published in O'Dwyer Public Relations on preventing being branded old.

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