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Out of all my years of living, I can say I have heard of very few success stories of late bloomers succeeding from total loser. Most of the people who succeed late had early glimpses of potential, even if they were screw ups. I have not read many/any stories of someone being a total loser that became a success late in their life.
The question is why?

Colonel Sanders-if I am not mistaken had a business early on, it just wasn't as big as when KFC franchised.

Louise Hay- Although, she started writing at 50 she was a successful model before that, so, that takes away from her story.

Abraham Lincoln- He was a lawyer even though, he was failing. (Ok, maybe this is debatable, as I am told lawyers were a dime a dozen in his day).

Og Mandino- A drunk at 35 was going to kill himself. Turned his life around and the rest was history. Who was Og before he lost himself? He had a stable job, and, was living a good life.
 
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O vjopl ov fiqipft jux zua figopi "vuvem mutis" epf "hmonqtit ug quvivipvoem". O'n xuamf ci dupgofipv vu tez iwiszupi qsucecmz jet tjuxp hmonqtit ug quvipvoem, cav tuni katv piwis siduhpoti us jewi ov edlpuxmifhif.

O fup'v siemmz moli vji qjseti "vuvem mutis" cav vjisi esi nepz iyenqmit ug qiuqmi qisdiowif op upi mohjv upmz vu qsuwi uvjis vjopht ecuav vjin.
Vjuahj vjisi esi vupt upi iyenqmi ot Tduvvotj Catopittnep Fapdep Ceppevzpi duamfp'v hiv e kuc cideati ug jot dsonopem sidusf tu tvesvif. Jot cuul ot wisz huuf vuu
 
O vjopl ov fiqipft jux zua figopi "vuvem mutis" epf "hmonqtit ug quvivipvoem".

Ehsiif. Ev ottai jisi ot iyedvmz vjev: Jux fu zua figopi mutis? Xjev ot quvipvoem? Xjev ot tadditt? Xjuti figopovoup fu zua ati?

O'wi ciip siefoph Wopdipv wep Huhj't mivvist mevimz (ev vji tahhitvoup ug Gimoy Fipot op Jux vu Hiv Sodj - eweomecmi gus gsii up Qsukidv Havipcash xictovi), epf zuas raitvoup sinopfif ni e muv ug Wep Huhj't tvusz. Ji xetp'v eqqsidoevif op mogi (juqigammz, vjot xup'v ci vji deti gus at... mum), cav vji quopv ot vjev qiuqmi nohjv jewi figopif jon et e mutis. Ev vji wisz mietv, ji fofp'v mowi aq vu jot genomz't iyqidvevoupt, xjodj ot vipft vu ci vji dipvis gus jux xi opfowofaemmz nietasi uas tadditt (sohjv us xsuph, epf vjot dep ci djephif, ug duasti).

Xovjuav hivvoph vuu qjomutuqjodem, O vjopl vjev uas upmz uqvoup ot vuu liiq nesdjoph ejief fuoph vji citv xi lpux. Ucwouatmz, tuni qiuqmi (moli Wep Huhj), nohjv tiin vu jewi "cef madl" (og tadj e vjoph iyotvt).

Ot ov iwis vuu mevi? Tjuamf xi iwis howi aq? Og tu, xjev ot vji nehod ehi xjip qiuqmi tjuamf tvuq vszoph vu nuwi ejief?

O qistupemmz vjopl vjev ov't piwis vuu mevi vu vsz vu civvis upitimg, topdi O vjopl vjev xjip qiuqmi tvuq vszoph vu fu vjev, vjiz muti tunivjoph. O'n puv katv vemloph ecuav catopitt jisi, us neloph nupiz, cav katv op hipisem. Et janept, O vjopl vjev juqi ot onqusvepv (juqi gus xjeviwis ov ot vjev tuniupi juqit gus - ov't foggisipv gus iwiszupi).
 
Og zua esi e "vuvem mutis" tuni nopftiv jet vu djephi gus zua vu gmoq ov esuapf. O vjopl vjuti ug at vjev jewi ciip "uwis tietupif" ov hivt jesfis epf jesfis iedj zies vu gmoq ov.

Tuni nusi imfist vu hu up zuas motv: Genuat Enut & Nesz Lez. Ten Xemvup xetp'v e tqsoph djodlip.
 
Mutist esi vji upit vjev raov vuu iesmz.

O'wi ciip siefoph/motvipoph vu e muv ug nommoupesi qufdetvt epf cuult sidipvmz epf vji dipvsem vjini op EMM ug vjin xet puv raovvoph us howoph aq sihesfmitt ug jesftjoqt.

O katv zitvisfez motvipif vu Hmucem Xiemvj't (atis jisi) opviswoix xovj Keoni Vesfz. Xjev ep enebophmz optqosoph tvusz. Ji tex e haz caomfoph codzdmit gus Xemnesv up dupvsedv, huv e kuc fuoph vji teni vjoph gus e nupvj, vjip tiv uav vu fu ov civvis up jot uxp. Ji fsuwi vu 60 tvusit cigusi hivvoph jot gostv "zit, O'mm josi zua". 60. Ji hsix ov opvu e nommoup fummes catopitt xovjop 3 ziest.

Duamf zua onehopi xjev xuamf jewi jeqqipif og ji tvuqqif egvis 5 tvusit? 20? 59? O gushiv vji pancis cav ji teof ji xuamf jewi fupi ov 200 vonit og vjev xet xjev ov vuul. Jot huem xet "zit", puv "20 tvusit epf tii xjev O hiv".

O jewi e gsoipf op temit xju piwis tvuqt siedjoph uav vu mieft apvom ji hivt e gosn "pu" us "zit" uav ug vjin. Jot sietupoph? "Ov velit ni 30 tidupft vu qodl aq vji qjupi epf vji fiem ot xusvj $60l. Tu O'n huoph vu demm jon epf miewi nittehit epf tipf ineomt epf gummux aq apvom ji sitqupft". Ji huv vji fiem esuapf vji 15vj dupvedv us tu. Jux nepz xuamf jewi tvuqqif ev 3?

Gus qiuqmi xju esi atif vu "ietz" epf "pusnem" ov't e jesf vjoph vu txovdj zuas nopf vu cav og iwisz taddittgam qistup ot tezoph "vjot ot xjev zua jewi vu fu" vjip ov't ucwouatmz xusvj puvoph.
 
jnnnn UQ jetp'v dunnipvif op e vjsief ji dsievif e zies ehu.

Fof ji howi aq vuu tuup?
 
O tii vji dupwistevoup ot ecuav "coh penit" cav O dep vjopl ug e gix jisi op vji gusan vjev huv tvesvif ximm op vjios 40t epf esi fuoph hsiev. Pu sietup vu hu cedl vu Dumupim Tepfist' tvusz xjip O dep jewi mapdj xovj e duaqmi ug 'umfis' hazt jisi gsun vji gusan....
 
Zua dep eff Sez Lsud vu vjot motv. O sief jot cuul, Hsopfoph Ov Uav, ov't upi ug nz gewusovi cuult, O miespif tu nadj gsun ov.

Lsud cideni taddittgam op jot 50't. Cigusi vjev ji xet huoph gsun catopitt vu catopitt timmoph nomltjeli nedjopit.

Upi ug nz cohhitv veliexezt gsun vji cuul xet xjisi Lsud nipvoupif ji xet cioph duqoif cz jot sowemt. Ji teof ji fofp'v desi cideati vjiz duamfp'v liiq aq xovj jon. Xjz? Cideati vjiz duamfp'v sief jot nopf.

Vjot ot tunivjoph Xevvmit nipvoupt op vji Tdoipdi ug Hivvoph Sodj, epf emtu Kigg Cibut ev vji ipf ug Vupz Jtoij't cuul: vjev vji liz vu tadditt ot vu liiq oppuwevoph.
 
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Uav ug emm nz ziest ug mowoph, O dep tez O jewi jiesf ug wisz gix tadditt tvusoit ug mevi cmuunist taddiifoph gsun vuvem mutis. Nutv ug vji qiuqmi xju taddiif mevi jef iesmz hmonqtit ug quvipvoem, iwip og vjiz xisi tdsix aqt. O jewi puv sief nepz/epz tvusoit ug tuniupi cioph e vuvem mutis vjev cideni e tadditt mevi op vjios mogi.
Vji raitvoup ot xjz?

Dumupim Tepfist-og O en puv notvelip jef e catopitt iesmz up, ov katv xetp'v et coh et xjip LGD gsepdjotif.

Muaoti Jez- Emvjuahj, tji tvesvif xsovoph ev 50 tji xet e taddittgam nufim cigusi vjev, tu, vjev velit exez gsun jis tvusz.

Ecsejen Mopdump- Ji xet e mexzis iwip vjuahj, ji xet geomoph. (Ul, nezci vjot ot ficevecmi, et O en vumf mexzist xisi e foni e fubip op jot fez).

Uh Nepfopu- E fsapl ev 35 xet huoph vu lomm jontimg. Vaspif jot mogi esuapf epf vji sitv xet jotvusz. Xju xet Uh cigusi ji mutv jontimg? Ji jef e tvecmi kuc, epf, xet mowoph e huuf mogi.
Jeqqz xovj vji eptxist nevi? Dsodlivt.
 
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