balloons.jpg Maybe you’re familiar with oh…say…pretty much every self help book out there designed to help you do what you love for a living and be both financially and creatively successful, or maybe not. But either way, it is often believed that Napoleon Hill started it all with his book Think And Grow Rich.I have to admit that back in my twenties, I owned this book and I read some of it, obviously not all of it or I’d probably have a shelf full of published books with my name on the spines!

While I consider myself extremely rich in many of life’s joys – the ones important to me anyway – love, happiness, health, creativity, solvency, and spiritual fulfillment, I can honestly say that I am a bit excited about what Mr. Hill has to say in regards to aging. Apparently, and I’m quoting my mother, not the actual book, but he believes, based on his years of study, that a person’s most productive, creative, and successful years are from the ages of 40-60. So today, I say: Bring it on! I’m not sure my life can get any richer, but I’m willing to give it a go.

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