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Stop Worrying About Early Success 😥

2023-08-10 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: List of tips or lessons · tags: His own numbers

In a Short, Ali says that although we hear a lot about success in people's 20s, the average person has success in their 40s; he gives Alan Rickman, Vera Wang, Ronald Reagan, Stan Lee and Charles Darwin as examples and advises not to worry, since success can take time, and to ask what success means to you.

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00:00:00 — Late success: five people who made it in their 40s or later, and what success means to you

  • ★★ Ali says that although we hear a lot about people who reach success in their 20s, the average person has success in their 40s. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says Alan Rickman, best known as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, became a well-known actor in his 40s with his role as Hans Gruber in Die Hard. — 00:00:00 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★ Ali says Vera Wang moved from figure skating and journalism to fashion design and launched a very successful bridal line at the age of 40. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says Ronald Reagan switched from acting to politics and, despite political challenges and doubts, became the 40th president of the United States at age 69. — 00:00:00 · United States
  • ★★ Ali says Stan Lee, co-creator of the Marvel Universe with heroes such as Spider-Man and the X-Men, began his career as a teenager and persevered through setbacks before succeeding in his 40s. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Ali says Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species at age 50, after years of scrutiny, criticism and personal doubt while developing his theory of evolution. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ Ali advises people worried that they are not yet successful not to worry, because success can take time, and to ask themselves what success means to them personally. — 00:00:29

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Mentioned

People: Alan Rickman · Charles Darwin · Ronald Reagan · Stan Lee · Vera Wang

Works: Die Hard · Harry Potter (book series) · On the Origin of Species

Organizations: Marvel

Places: United States

Characters: Snape

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