J.K. Rowling Talks About the Fringe Benefits of Failure
The first Harry Potter book only had a 1000-copy run. J.K. Rowling spent a year hawking it while getting a teaching certificate. And then magic happened…
The first Harry Potter book only had a 1000-copy run. J.K. Rowling spent a year hawking it while getting a teaching certificate. And then magic happened…
The next time you see a Mercedes on the highway, think of Bertha Benz, the daring woman who, at age 39, saved her husband’s radical invention by making the world’s first road trip when no roads existed!
For fifty years, Seidler wanted to tell the story of fellow stutterer King George VI. A cancer diagnosis finally motivated him to do it. He beat cancer and won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at age 74.
At age 36, I received my M.A. in Archaeology. Then I reread James Michener’s archaeological saga, The Source, and realized my true calling – storytelling.
Peter Mark Roget graduated from medical school at 19. But the thesaurus that bears his name was his true late-blooming passion.
Three more regular people who got in the best shape of their life after age 50!
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