It’s never too late to go after something meaningful.
It’s easy in this day and age to think that if we haven’t accomplished something BIG by the age of 30 it’s too late.
Reading about all these dot.com baby success stories doesn’t help.
What does help is paying attention to all the late bloomers and older adults doing inspiring things.
Ninety-four year old John Goodenough, whose work led to the development of the lithium-ion battery, with team at his University of Texas has created a safer battery that may store up to five times more power and charge and recharge charge in minutes.
Medium,com featured a story today with nine examples of people who waited until their third, fourth, or fifth decades to pursue their dreams.
My favourite mystery writer of all time, PD James, was a working mother. She wrote her first novel, Cover Her Face, in the evenings after the children went to bed and during her commute to work. It was published in 1962 when she was 42 years old.
I didn’t discover my passion for coaching until my later thirties, and launched my coaching business when I was 41 years old.
Legal careers can provide excellent launch pads for other exploits such as writing. Here is a list of attorneys writing romance novels, and another list of mystery writers.
Down the street from my home on Salt Spring Island a former big firm lawyer runs one of the island’s most popular cafes featuring her home baked cakes and cookies.
Is there something you aren’t doing because you think you are too old?
