Stay young at heart and never be afraid to start something new

"I am not young enough to know everything."

This proverb like to say older people, when younger and more "green" claim to know better. Mature people with years of experience living and working in the background it seems that they know almost if not all, then a lot. And, on the one hand, it's very good, because they are already on their own experience in what works and what - no. On the other hand, for mature people, it is one of the biggest brakes in the creation of a new one. Because they know that it is well, just does not work, while the young are confident that they can do everything efficiently and in the shortest possible time.

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Martin, co-founder TwocialIn his blog he writes that we must try not to lose this ability - to believe in something that's never too late to start something new, and that all the necessary work. And if it does not, then everything can start over.

If before we could think that you can safely handle the project for a couple of nights, it is now before undertake certain tasks, it is necessary to read 3-4 books. And we will clear all the steps to calculate and anticipate all the problems that may occur. A may or may not occur. But experience is always whispering in his ear that it is better to be prepared, and if it looks too hard, it can be better and did not pitch.

There is a joke about students that if asked, for how much he can learn Chinese, it will answer: «And how much do you want? "The Institute seems that nothing is impossible, and any challenge can be overcome. Accumulating experience of victories and failures before you dive into a new project with the head, we carefully check the bottom - and whether there pitfalls?

The ideal option - it is the combination of experience and knowledge with a complete lack of fear, and that "I know that this is a stupid idea and it did not work." And there are living examples. And not only among the rich and famous.

For example, 73-year-old grandmother from Poland, Warsaw, who decided to do so honorable age DJing. If you still have not heard of it, then get acquainted - DJ Wika!

Other than that I can give you a very personal example - my mother. At 35 years old she went to Italy as work in government agencies it was not satisfied (by this time it was 2 degrees - a chemical engineer and economic statistics). In addition to her work did not suit the more she ventured. As a result, learn Italian, 40 years old, she enrolled on an equal footing with the Italians in the respected University at the Department of Psychology, she graduated with honors and is now working on a new specialty in children garden. This is an example of a simple man, whom no one has asked for and did not pay. And I think that it will not stop there. The same applies to pensioners from the United States and Europe, which I've seen in quite a lot of Samui in Thailand. They decided to settle in this area, because there is quality of life requires much less money than in the same Europe. And on their pensions and savings they can afford there really a paradise life.

And it's not about the money or the simplified visa regime. The fact that they do not see in front of obstacles. If a person wants to find trouble, and something that is almost impossible to perform, he is sure to try and find it. Thus creating an excuse why he was still sitting on the hated work, when all life dreamed of, for example, to open their kindergarten or take rescue of dolphins in the Black seas.

And in the end I can not repeat the famous «Stay hungry. Stay Foolish »Steve Jobs. Always be hungry for new knowledge and capabilities. And always stay so reckless, so that was enough to start something new, even if you will be 73, and you decide to radically change their lives.