It was a moment I’ll never forget. I was on a book tour, giving a yet another speech, when an older woman, leaning on a cane, came up to me afterward.
She was 84 years old and had been married to a very wealthy physician who handled all the finances. But 10 years ago, he died, leaving her no money but a lot of debt. Turns out all his investments were all on margin, using borrowed money.
Before the shock even wore off, she found a financial advisor, started taking classes, and learned about investing.
“I’m a very wealthy woman today,” she told me proudly, announcing she’d just returned from a round-the-world cruise.
In one of those crazy coincidences, I bumped into her 7 years later. She had just turned 91. When I asked how she was doing, she responded with a devilish grin: “I’ve done better in the market than any man would’ve done for me.”
The moral to this story. It is never, ever, ever too late to start!
It’s never too late, author Glennon Doyle, once observed. “to begin again and build something truer. Rock bottom is the end of what wasn’t true enough.”
What have you been putting off because you’re “too”…you know, old, young, dumb, scared? Tell me about it in the comments below.
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