India, Aug. 12 -- For years, success looked like a big house, a fat salary, and a fancy car. But somewhere along the way, Gen Z decided that wasn't the whole picture anymore. Today, simply feeling calm, in control, and settled seems to matter more than looking impressive on paper.

Experts share their take exclusively with HT.com on why this shift is happening.

There's a certain exhaustion that comes with constantly trying to keep up, with trends, careers, and everyone else's highlight reels. Maybe that's exactly why young people are craving something simpler instead: calm and clarity.

Ankit Aggarwal, Founder and CEO of Unstop, says this shift comes from sheer fatigue with constant chaos. "They're growing up in a world that's moving fas...