Is being old or starting late reason to fail?

A funny title but lots of people seem to use these two reasons, as explanations, or excuses, why they give up.

Whenever you start, the process is the same. There will always be the grey area between starting and arriving.

It is very easy to not even start, because if you are copying someone or trying to do something that is already established you never appreciate, the time and effort required to get to where that person is and we feel that the destination is impossible.

What we tend to do, because we feel we have to make up ground, is try and rush the process and of course it will never work, we are not letting the idea grow naturally.

There is an old saying, “the ladder of success is never crowded at the top”

That is because it only accommodates people that have allowed their ideas to grow naturally.

When we get older the problem seems to get worse, not only have we started late, but we also feel that we are running out of time.

So my advice to anyone thinking of starting a new venture or business, is to make sure that you allow your idea to grow naturally. Give yourself time and do not put any undue pressure on yourself to make things happen quickly by ignoring the grey area.

If you do try and force something, it tends not to have the stability of something that has grown naturally. A plant that is over fertilised will either grow too big to support itself, or the fertilizer will kill it.

Most people always get into competition mode and they start judging their results against other companies or people that are already established.
This is not a clever thing to do because it makes you feel that you are lagging behind and you go into the unnatural growth mode.

If you have an idea or intend to start a business, make sure that you are prepared to accept the grey area, where it appears nothing is happening, that is always going to be there.

As long as you keep heading towards your target, you will eventually arrive and providing you do not compete or get put off by others success, you will eventually arrive.