Over the years, when I was looking for a job, I remember seeing jobs that I knew I could do yet I dared not apply because I didn’t have what I thought was the ‘required experience’. You might be going through the same thing now.

As time goes by, when you turn eighteen, you can apply for an ID card and be in a position to cast a vote and even drive.

I would rather listen to that eighteen year old who has studied policies of every politician on the ballot to make my decision on who to vote for than a fifty year old who just votes for the sake of it.

When you think about it, we all would trust that young person than the 50 year old but are blinded by the idea that experience in terms of age is more important.

Then if it’s not about the years of experience, what determines one’s ability?

Imagine that you are an employer. You are conducting an interview and in front of you are two prospective employees.

One of them is young (a millennial even), but seems to have overcome quite a number of challenges. They are also driven, determined and demonstrate skills and a good knowledge of the industry, yet they haven’t worked for that long.

The other one is more than ten years older and they have spent decades working on


What I think is that most of us will go with the younger candidate. But that is not what happens, is it?

We live in a society where it seems age above everything else determines what position you occupy in a company. It is the old who seem to be holding all the high end positions even when there is someone younger out there who can do that job better than they can.

Regardless, here is why succeeding in life has nothing to do with age.

1. Age is just a measurement of time lived and not things achieved

Let us consider Eugene Mbugua, small framed, soft spoken and a tattooed self-made millionaire who is the creator and director of Young Rich Television Limited. His passion for production saw him start his business while still in campus.

Had he waited to join a production house and gain the necessary experience, he would not have achieved half of what he has achieved now.

He wanted to be an accountant when he was growing up but admits that he would have made a miserable one. It was not until he played an extra on Inspeka Mwala that he fell in love with production and content creation.

He would later on write a script which he sent to all media stations with no response. However, his persistence landed him a spot on K24 and that was how his journey started.

He has had to face rejection but he wouldn’t be where he is now if he had given up.

Likewise, age is not a determinant of how much you have achieved and the challenges you have overcome. There are fifty year olds who are yet to achieve the kind of success that Eugene has and may never even achieve it in their lifetime.

2. We are all prodigies of the challenges we have faced not how long we have lived

A majority of us live our lives fearing that we can never be good enough like so and so. We measure our success sadly based on what those before us have done.

Some will measure their success for instance with the likes of Chris Kirubi or Bob Collymore. While there is nothing wrong with this, you need to change how you define your own success.

Don’t hold yourself back because you don’t think you have the experience of those successful business people.

If you want to start a business, best believe you can do it. Block that little voice in your head telling you that you can only achieve success in business if you attain a certain age.

3. Success is about being open to making mistakes

Being a top performer has more to do with being open to making mistakes rather than the years you have lived.

Doing something and failing at it is a hundred times better than not doing something at all.

Every success story has an element of failure but don’t allow yourself to reach that point of “what if.”

4. Deep down, you don’t grow in years but in accepting yourself for who you are

We are so caught up in pleasing others and being seen as something else that we forget ourselves.

Run your own race and don’t let someone drag you down with their timeline.

The media has a way of painting pictures of all these people who seem successful and we end up questioning what we are doing with our own lives.

If for instance, if you are still looking for a job yet there are all these people you know who have good careers at a young age or have successful businesses, there is something out there for you too. Just don’t stop looking for it!

And now…

You cannot live your whole life scared to make a move because society makes you believe you don’t have the experience it takes to do something. As you have seen, age has nothing to do with your success but the challenges you have overcome are what shapes you to the person you want to be.


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Nice one

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Whether age matters or not, in Nigeria the most important thing when you need a job is just for you to know somebody up there (connection). my people go ask you "WHO IS YOUR GUARANTOR?, WHO DO YOU KNOW" HERE?"

So true.. reminds me of the broke 65+ year old Colonel Sanders founder of KFC.. who later died a millionaire at the age of 90.

Its never late to hustle..

down here in nairaland , people just jump too quickly in asking you how old are you based on the comments you make..

Still, what an elder sees sitting on a side stool........ U cannot see even wen u climb an MTN mast

"A fool at forty is a fool for ever " Is not true!

Some sayings can be discouraging only if you allow it!

OP, 9ce one.

I still hope to make it young

Lol!




Nice one though!

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age has given me enough experience to know that impressing everyone, girlfriends, friends , relatives and failure to executive your plans, postponement and hard working without proper plans and investment are causes of failure

Abjay97:
So true.. reminds me of the broke 65+ year old Colonel Sanders founder of KFC.. who later died a millionaire at the age of 90.

Its never late to hustle..

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His success story is amazing and very motivating.


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Nice one,just like career marriage again does not have to be by age also

Okay

tstx:
Who said it did

Like u ain't happy dis morning

mr meYAGI, GodblessmyHUSTLE

Ok

no one ever did bro, there are a lot of people that have been successful even to disprove this

Lol

Its true but why must we be old in naija before money starts coming

factual

Naija factor

I was in a training recently and we were told that any man/woman that has not built his personal house after
the age of 40 years is a failure.
In that leadership training, two guys sitting in my front just became angry over the comment
Very serious o! I had to calmed them down telling them that the statement is meant to make them become angry in
the spirit concerning their situation in life

One thing I know is that there are ugly situation or position you;ll find yourself in life and all you need is to be to be angry with yourself as long as you're working hard.
Go back to God and tell him to do something just like Biblical Jacob did. ~I will never let you go unless you bless me

E.g Late Fatai Rolling Dollar got his breakthrough at the age of 70yo and died years after.

God please bless me now.

I will make impact on many lives.

If being successful is about age, then wizkid should be poor. Who age help when it comes to money