I think you will like this; my friend TomButler-Bowdon’s latest book is a sensible and encouraging treatise on how frequently people find success late in life. Patience!

In fact forty and above seems to be best age. This brand new book contains many surprising revelations about the rocky road to greatness. Click Never To Late To be Great to read more.

This is called a virtuous circle I blog my running progress here “Run for Your Life”

Many quit the race with the winning posts in sight. I know because it happenned to me, although I didn’t realize it for a long time.

Be therefore aware of the pyxchological difficulty of getting over the finishing line, be prepared for the final effort and be aware of all the distractions internal and external that will try to impede.

So to summarize grab your best opportunity and never it go!

So do you already know enough to start your dream project? Doctor Johnson the English dictionary writer and wit said “Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome”. The same could be said if you wait until you have every single skill.

I recently realized that I too already have sufficient knowledge but was hovering on the edge of the pool unwilling to enter. Worse than that I was waiting for success to come and meet me half-way! No I have to bolder than that, so this is my mantra “I know what I have to do; namely post more articles more frequently to the web so that is what I must do, never looking back or up to see how well it is working, and I do this persistently success will come, that I know”

So what is the difference well you will know in your heart whether you giving up because you are fatigued or discouraged or whether you have recognized that there is a fundamental flaw in your plan.

If you do recognize that your scheme is doomed then it is important to quickly take action and not like the stubborn driver keep driving down the same road hoping for the best or that there’ll be another turning.

So next time you are about to decide that you’ll never master some task or skill, remember how you learned to drive and battle on. It really is true that we are all capable of so much more that we have undiscovered abilities, but what was the key to your driving success — YOU COULDN’T GIVE UP — you needed it for your job and social life.

So next time you want to scream and shout and give up remember but I learned to drive I’m a Genius!!

Could Self Improvement one day be taught in Colleges and Universities with respected Professors and proven research, measures of effectiveness, peer reviewed papers Tom certainly hopes so and if so could it help more of us fulfill our potential? You can see a selection of Tom’s books here Tom Butler-Bowdon’s 50 Classic Series .

What impressed me was once that Mark Zuckerberg got his idea he went into hibernation, programming day and night until he launched the prototype Facebook, he didn’t go out partying, he wasn’t training for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race like the Winklevoss’s he probably didn’t attend lectures or help out cleaning the communal areas. No he just caught the wave at its peak and rode it and history was made. When you get your big chance will you be as single-minded, as ruthless, as indifferent to what people think about you; big question eh?