1128 - How Old Is Too Old?

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Hi there, this is Andrew Smith International Life Coach with a question for you: The question today is “When are you too old to succeed in your dream career?

How old is too old, to become successful within the career path of your choice? I personally don’t believe there are any age limits, to most careers that people consider themselves “too old” for.

I have a slight suspicion that these same people used to think of themselves in terms of being “too young,” to do other things at an earlier point in their lives. I think the reason why so few older people “make the grade” is because they’ve given up on the idea of being able to make a living in the way that they’ve always wanted to!

In every biography or auto-biography I’ve read over the years and they are a particular passion of mine. The people whose stories I’ve read, have one thing in common - they never, ever, EVER give up on their dreams, until their dreams become their reality!

I think of Colonel Sanders, whose KFC business was started by him after he retired. I think of Abraham Lincoln who had tried many times over thirty years and failed to be elected to public office, before finally being elected President of the United States at the age of 60! I think of Winston Churchill who had many failures in his army and political life, before he had his “finest hour” in his 70’s!

In music, Tina Turner was 45 before she became a massive star, although she did have a couple of earlier hits “River Deep Mountain High” in the 60’s and “Nutbush City Limits” in the 70’s; it wasn’t until she believed in herself, as being a great entertainer that she became the one who “strutted her stuff” to world acclaim. Gordon Haskell had always been involved in music but it wasn’t until at age 55 that he had a massive hit with “How Wonderful You Are” at Christmas 2001 in the UK selling 400,000 copies and becoming the most requested song on UK radio ever! His album “Harry’s Bar” also sold in large quantities too here in the UK, in early 2002.

Are you still unconvinced that it is worthwhile to take the plunge and make your passion your income? All I’d say to you is that’s exactly what I did at the beginning of 2006 and I must say I often wonder what it could have been like had I made that decision much earlier. I’m living my dream and I can thoroughly recommend doing that to anyone!

The course I went through myself with my life coach Sharon, at the beginning of my Life Coach training is the one I now present to others, mainly by telephone or on Skype over the internet, which gives my clients the tools to help them to achieve their dreams.

Too old? Only if you think you are!

I hope that I’ve given you food for thought and if you’d like to speak to me all you have to do is either email me at info@andrewsmithlifecoach.com or call me now on 0800 085 8056 that’s if you’re in the UK or Internationally on +44 114 251 4951 and we can arrange the best time and date for you to experience your own free Life Coaching session.

You’ll be interested to know that the Free Stuff page of my website www.andrewsmithlifecoach.com has this and other inspiring blogs available for you to download and don’t forget to claim the free report “The Four Keys to Your Personal Success.” It’s been great talking to you today. This is Andrew Smith signing off; I hope to be speaking to you again soon, bye for now!