The Golden Age of Age
Yo-Yo Ma was 5 when he began playing Unaccompanied Cello nightly.
Mozart was 8 when he inked his first symphony.
Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote The Diary of Anne Frank.
Greta Thunberg was 17 when she was first nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Paul McCartney was 18 when The Beatles had their first concert.
Evan Spiegel was 21 when he and a fraternity brother founded Snapchat.
Alexander Hamilton was 22 when he became Washington’s right-hand man.
Albert Einstein was 26 when he scribed the theory of relativity.
Bob Marley was 28 when he recorded I Shot the Sheriff.
Oprah was 32 when her acclaimed talk show aired for the first time.
Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote his, I Have A Dream Speech.
Tom Brady was 43 when he took the field for his last NFL playoff game.
Steve Jobs was 46 when he introduced the world to the iPod.
Da Vinci was 51 when he painted the Mona Lisa.
Dr. Seuss was 54 When he dreamed up The Cat in the Hat.
Martin Scorsese was 64 when he took home his first Oscar.
John Glenn was 77 when he rocketed up in space.
According to the Guinness Book of World Record’s, Kimani Ng’ang’a Maruge was 84 when he began Primary School in Kenya.
Harry Bernstein was 96 when he published his first book The Invisible Wall.
Fauja Singh was 104 when he ran in the Mumbai Marathon.
Don’t make age out to be something it isn’t. Need not make it an expectation bar, a “life obstacle”, an enemy, or a stop sign.
Whether you think you can or think you can’t…you’re thinking too much.
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
– Stephen King (sold his first book at 26 and latest at 74).
