{"id":296880,"date":"2022-10-31T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T21:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/2-successful-ted-speakers-who-showed-your-age-was-never-a-barrier"},"modified":"2022-10-31T00:05:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T21:05:07","slug":"2-successful-ted-speakers-who-showed-your-age-was-never-a-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/2-successful-ted-speakers-who-showed-your-age-was-never-a-barrier","title":{"rendered":"2 Successful Ted Speakers Who Showed Your Age Was Never a Barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nImage coverImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-799\/cpzavp.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">It is often said that it is never too late to pursue your passions. While this is true, it is incomplete. Because it&#8217;s never too early. If you feel ready to do something, you don&#8217;t have to wait. I thought the easiest way to see this was to &#8220;listen to live samples&#8221;. While one of our examples followed his dreams at the age of 66, the other found his field of interest at the age of 12 and started to specialize.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/2-successful-ted-speakers-who-showed-your-age-was-never-a-barrier\/#Paul-Tasner-%E2%80%93-How-I-Became-an-Entrepreneur-at-66\" >Paul Tasner \u2013 How I Became an Entrepreneur at 66<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/2-successful-ted-speakers-who-showed-your-age-was-never-a-barrier\/#Thomas-Suarez-%E2%80%93-12-Year-Old-App-Developer\" >Thomas Suarez \u2013 12 Year Old App Developer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Paul-Tasner-%E2%80%93-How-I-Became-an-Entrepreneur-at-66\"><\/span>Paul Tasner \u2013 How I Became an Entrepreneur at 66<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">It&#8217;s never too late to rediscover yourself. Let&#8217;s look at Paul Tasner. He has worked alongside other people for 40 years. He discovered that he wanted to be an entrepreneur at the age of 66. His company, Pulpworks, produces recyclable packages for consumer products. You can watch how he decided to enter this business in his short and entertaining speech below.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nVideo\" style=\"text-align: center;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe id=\"player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ogce5D2XMZ0?showinfo=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;color=white&amp;origin=https:\/\/ceotudent.com\" width=\"650px\" height=\"380px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thomas-Suarez-%E2%80%93-12-Year-Old-App-Developer\"><\/span>Thomas Suarez \u2013 12 Year Old App Developer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Most 12-year-olds love to play video games. Thomas Suarez learned to create these games. Suarez, who saw the attitude of his peers towards Justin Bieber and turned it into &#8220;Bustin Jeiber&#8221;, is only 12 years old. Saying that his peers also want to develop games, but he does not know how to learn it, Suarez is now teaching these skills to his peers. If you want to be inspired by a young 12-year-old, you can watch it below.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nVideo\" style=\"text-align: center;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><iframe id=\"player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fkd9TWUtFm0?showinfo=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;color=white&amp;origin=https:\/\/ceotudent.com\" width=\"650px\" height=\"380px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"empty-line\" class=\"nText \"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is often said that it is never too late to pursue your passions. While this is true, it is incomplete. Because it&#8217;s never too early. If you feel ready to do something, you don&#8217;t have to wait. I thought the easiest way to see this was to &#8220;listen to live samples&#8221;. 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