06-12-2017, 08:34 PM
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Re: Greatness over 50
Originally Posted by BGB
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I am working on my new book showing how we over 50's have an unfair advantage over the younger set when it comes to success. I am looking for some folks like us I can interview to help illustrate some of my points. Ideally these folks would be over 50's who have made a change (In business, health, relationships, etc) and succeeded in a big way. Let's start a conversation about this.
06-12-2017, 09:11 PM
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Meg that is exactly the point of my book. Some older folks haven't realized the advantages inherent with age. I want to help older folks like myself "go for it" with the full confidence that age should bring instead of the uncertainty of competing with the young.06-12-2017, 09:13 PM
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Mmmmhttps://www.vivafifty.com/being-over...ng-perks-2286/
06-12-2017, 09:15 PM
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Sweetie Pie, heck yeah you have many advantages! Have you ever had a conversation with a "younger" guy or gal and just rolled your eyes and thought that they had no idea what they were talking about or getting into? Our experience and resources as older folks puts us on the fast track to whatever we want to achieve without the detours caused by lack of experience and naivety.06-12-2017, 09:17 PM
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Re: Greatness over 50
Originally Posted by BGB
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I see your points. Maybe "unfair advantage" is the wrong way to couch it. As you rightly stated life experience is that factor that age brings. The reason I want to narrow my focus on older folks is that I don't hear people who are talking about success (greatness, achievement, whatever you want to call it) to older people. I hear and see a lot about younger people and I am convinced that if older folks heard this message more often, that we would start venturing into new paths and succeeding in a fantastic way more often.
06-12-2017, 09:19 PM
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Re: Greatness over 50
Originally Posted by BGB
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I am working on my new book showing how we over 50's have an unfair advantage over the younger set when it comes to success.
I see you're from over the pond. Don't know how OAPs are thought of over there, but over here we're considered a drain on society, even by the young. Is that an unfair advantage then?
06-12-2017, 09:21 PM
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Rehab 44 that is all true, and that is a huge measure of success in my book. I have found in my own life though, a hunger to find my own path and succeed on my own terms and maybe not the success that comes through our commitment and duty. Maybe a success that feels more like a passion for something. And I have come to realize that all of that commitment and duty has positioned me perfectly for successes driven by my passions.06-12-2017, 09:24 PM
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Re: Greatness over 50
Originally Posted by BGB
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Sweetie Pie, heck yeah you have many advantages! Have you ever had a conversation with a "younger" guy or gal and just rolled your eyes and thought that they had no idea what they were talking about or getting into? Our experience and resources as older folks puts us on the fast track to whatever we want to achieve without the detours caused by lack of experience and naivety.
I always say they need to get their eyes tested
Naivety is in the eyes of the beholder
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