I hear it all the time
“If only I were younger.”
Although, there is some truth to the ageism that takes place as you pass middle-age, plenty of folks are pursuing their dreams in the fifties and beyond and becoming
Wildly Successful in their Golden Years
With people living longer these days, 60 is the new 40 when it comes to entrepreneurship.
Sure, you could live out the remainder of your years rocking away as Mother Nature prepares to move you out of the way to free-up resources for the new, young baby-makers as you think back and ruminate on all the missed opportunities or things that might have been, if only you’d taken action when you had the chance.
Or,
You Can Start to Make Your Mark Now
You may not give yourself enough credit, but now that you are more seasoned, your chances of becoming an amazing success are 100 percent better than someone less-seasoned (under the age of 38). That’s right, you’re twice as likely to be massively successful if you launch yourself full-force into your wildest dreams if you’re over fifty.
Here are some examples of folks, just like us, who struck gold after age fifty:
Charles Darwin |
50 |
author On the Origin of the Species |
Julia Child |
50 |
wrote her first cook book |
Jack Cover |
50 |
invented the Taser gun |
Harold Stanley |
50 |
founded Mogan Stanley |
Leo Goodwin |
50 |
founded GEICO |
Gordon Bowker |
51 |
founded Starbucks |
Tim & Nina Zagat |
51 |
published Zagat restaurant reviews |
Taikichiro Mori |
51 |
founded Mori Building Company |
Ray Croc |
52 |
bought and grew McDonald’s |
Carol Gardner |
52 |
founded Zelda Wisdom greetings |
Yoshisuke Aikawa |
53 |
founded Nissan |
Arianna Huffington |
55 |
started Huffington Post |
Ferdinand Porsche |
56 |
founded Porsche |
Wally Blume |
57 |
Denali Flavors ice cream company |
Adele Douglass |
57 |
founded Certified Humane |
Jill Boehler |
57 |
founder Chilly Jilly |
Kawasaki Shozo |
59 |
founded Kawasaki |
Amadeo Giannini |
60 |
founded Bank of America |
Daniel Defoe |
60 |
author Robinson Crusoe |
Charles Flint |
61 |
founded IBM |
Sam Teitelbaum |
61 |
founded AllerAir |
Bob Miller |
62 |
founded Incredibly Edible Cookie Co |
C. Kumar N. Patel |
62 |
Pranalytica, electronic equipment and instruments |
Harland Sanders |
62 |
franchised Kentucky Fried Chicken |
Gail Dunn |
63 |
founded Women’s Automotive Connection |
Countess Rosa Branicka |
63 |
helped develop breast cancer surgical techniques |
Patrick O’Brian |
65 |
author Master And Commander sea stories |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
65 |
published “Little House” books |
Harold McMaster |
68 |
founded First Solar |
Lisa Gable |
70 |
invented the Strap-Mate bra strap |
Mary Wesley |
70 |
author The Camomile Lawn |
Art Koff |
72 |
founded Retired Brains |
Anna Mary Robertson Moses |
78 |
first Grandma Moses painting |
Jeanne Dowell |
80 |
founded Green Buddha clothing |
Sylvia Lieberman |
90 |
creator of Archibald Mouse Books |
Harry Bernstein |
96 |
author The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers |
So what’s your excuse now?
Let’s face it; the time for feeling sorry for yourself has passed. There’s no better time for you to live your best life and enthusiastically seize your passion with all you’ve got right now.
It’s never too late to write your story, to use your life experience to help others, to invent, create or make marked improvements on something that could be better or easier to use, or allow others to pay you for doing what you love.
It has never been easier for you to create a massive, influential venture with the ability to make the world a better place than right now.
And you – with all your knowledge, experience, flaws and suppressed dreams – are locked and ready to fire as you launch your ambition into the stratosphere!