Today, let's gain inspiration from a Chemist and inventor...

In Year 1980, at age 57, John Bannister Goodenough invented the lithium battery which powers all our smart phones, tablets and laptops - as well as electric cars.

37 years later at age 94, John unveiled a new, ultra-efficient and low cost battery which uses a sodium or lithium coated glass electrolyte. This will dwarf his original invention and make it redundant.

The new glass battery will allow electric cars go 3 times the distance and recharge in minutes instead of hours. It's also far safer, as it won't explode and can operate in sub-zero temperatures.

The new glass battery will power our future solar powered and electric vehicles, homes and industries.

But John isn't finished yet. In 2019, at age 97 he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, laying the record as the oldest person to ever win a Nobel Prize.

And... he still works every day as a Professor at the University of Texas!

Why is John Goodenough still hard at work at an age when many people younger than him are "just waiting to die"?

It because he believes humanity has just a 30 year window to come up with an even more powerful "super battery" to take us entirely off fossil fuels, before the environmental damage we are creating becomes irreversible.

He says, "I want to solve this problem before my chips are in ….. I still have time to go."

So if you ever think it's too late to be successful, just remember John Bannister Goodenough.

This week, tell yourself: "As long as there is life, there is hope... I will achieve my goals!"

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