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Top Ten Answers to Prove You Are Never Too Old to Try Something New Of all the beliefs that people have that limit them, the one I hear most often is “I am too old to do that now.” Here are 10 examples of people who had interesting achievements late in their lives. If you are truly motivated to do something, you can achieve it no matter what your age is. Happiness comes from doing what you love to do no matter what your age.

1. Actor George Burns won his first Oscar at age 80.

2. Golda Meir was 71 when she became prime minister of Israel.

3. At age 96, playwright George Bernard Shaw broke his leg when he fell out of a tree he was trimming in his backyard.

4. Painter Grandma Moses didn’t start painting until she was 80 years old. She completed more than 1,500 paintings after that; 25 percent were produced when she was past 100!

5. Michelangelo was 71 when he painted the Sistine Chapel.

6. Physician and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer was still performing operations in his African hospital at 89.

7. Doc Counsilman at 58 became the oldest person ever to swim the English Channel.

8. S. I. Hayakawa retired as president of San Francisco State University at 70, and then was elected to the U.S. Senate.

9. Casey Stengel didn’t retire from managing the New York Mets until he was 75.

10. Harland Sanders founded the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise at age 62. At 74 when he sold the franchise there were 600 outlets nationwide.

Information for this list found in The Manager’s Intelligence Report Sample Issue and on the web.

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Alvah Parker is a Practice Advisor (The Attorneys’ Coach) and a Career Changers’ Coach as well as publisher of "Parker’s Points", an email tip list and "Road to Success", an ezine. Subscribe now to these free monthly publications at her website www.asparker.com/samples.html Alvah Parker began her career as a high school chemistry teacher. She later transition to a sales career at AT&T. As a Sales Professional at AT&T for 15 years she was elected to the prestigious Counsel of Leaders for the top 3% of the sales force. After leaving AT&T she transitioned into a coaching career and also volunteers as a SCORE Business Counselor where she advises and counsels small business owners. Parker’s Value Program© enables her clients to find their own way to work that is more fulfilling and profitable. Her clients are attorneys and people in transition who want to find work that is in line with their own life purpose. Alvah is found on the web at www.aspar ker.com. She may also be reached at 781-598-0388.
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