There are great stories about later in life success stories too. Just yesterday I was reading about Tom Clancey. In his mid 30s he was an insurance salesman. Hi

There are great stories about later in life success stories too. Just yesterday I was reading about Tom Clancey. In his mid 30s he was an insurance salesman. His first book published when he was 37. Not that I want to be an author, but that's a great story. Another one I think of is that John Boehner was a plastics salesman at age 41. Not that he's a role model at all, but clearly he had talents and abilities that were not being fully exploited as late as his early forties. Life is long, and while people like us may have missed the whole "teenage Internet entrepreneur/genius" train, there are lots of exit ramps to fortune and glory throughout your 30s and 40s.