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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Top Ten Answers to Prove You Are Never Too Old to Try Something New
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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 ar...
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Alvah Parker
(Visit Alvah's Website)
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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