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It’s Never Too Late

June 23, 2009

Sir Ken Robinson Phd. wrote a great book called “The Element” on how successful people from all walks of life, found their calling, and how that impacted their lives. He focuses on the attitudes that these people have in common, and he attacks misconceptions about going after our passions. One of the ideas that he focuses on in this book, that really struck me was that it’s never too late. It is never too late to do something that works with your passion. It is never too late to find a new passion. It is never so late that their are no more opportunities.

We seem to have this idea that all of our opportunities are earlier in life, and that because of some tragic accident, or some wrong move all of our opportunities for moving forward are gone. They are never all gone, and even when old doors shut because that does happen, new doors open up. Its not just a cliche, there are people out their right now who live this as a reality daily.

Imagine how easy it would have been for Dr. Stephen Hawking to decide that he wasn’t going to be able to find success when he was told that he had a terminal illness. He had not yet written any of his books, and he wasn’t sure about what would happen with his career. His doctor and wife both encouraged him however to continue, and today if you follow science at all, than it is likely that you know who this man is.

Or what about people that didn’t make it big till well into their old age? There are successful photographers, writers, announcers, world record holders, and club starters that all fall under these categories.

The point is that if you let yourself believe that your opportunities are gone, than you are automatically blinding yourself to possible routes, that could really bring you forward in your career, in your passion, and in your life in general. You have to get rid of the notion that opportunity is a one time thing and that if you don’t get it while your young its gone forever. Its never gone, it reinvents itself constantly, but you have to look for it, and you have to make it a priority to find. Anything that is not a priority is not going to get done.

For Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk click here.
For Dr. Stephen Hawking’s personal account of life after his diagnosis click here.

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