According to T-Harv, if you think you are too old to start anything, you are probably right. But if you think you can still make it even at the age of 70 or 80, you are also right. It is all in the THOUGHT. Money does not have age an bias.
I like to talk about this topic. Like what I said in my previous post, anyone can be rich, even if you start late, say, at your 70s. Money does not know how old you are. It is whether you want it or not that matters.
There was an article in The Straits Time Singapore about the 70-year-old man named Mr. Lim. He was the one who started The Emporium Group, which was once Singapore’s best-known supermarket chain. He went bankrupt at 65 during an economic meltdown, re-started at 72, and “made it” at 82, and retired rich – with millions to his name. At age 72, many would have died or would’ve been half-dead, but Mr. Lim still pursued his dream despite his bankruptcy 10 years prior. The media referred him as “The Comeback Kid”.
Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart Superstore at the age of 44. He turned the simple store, selling branded goods at low prices, to a huge billion-dollar giant with hundreds of stores across North America. Born in 1918, Walton died in 1992 at the age of 75, going down in history as the world’s second richest man, next only to Bill Gates.
KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders started his search for wealth at the ripe old age of 65. In fact, his success did not come easy. Sanders did not have business skills – he only had the secret recipe. He thought of selling his recipe to a restaurant chain and asking for a share of the profits. His quest was a failure at the beginning. It was his determination that helped him finally get a restaurant to buy his recipe and have a joint venture with him. In fact, his formula for success was going door-to-door, selling his plans and his recipe to the owners. He got rejection after rejection. It is said that the old man got 1000+ rejections before he successfully landed a buyer.
However, if you think it is too late for you to start any business, you are probably right. That’s why THOUGHT is the first thing that the movie, The Secret and the book, The Science of Getting Rich stressed as an important step. If you think you are lost, old and have no more chance, you are probably right. If you think you can still do it, you are right, too. It is your THOUGHT that you begin your journey with.
Just shift your focus and your thoughts – it’s never too late. Just remember my previous post about the word “thought” in Chinese, which is “xiang’.