Jessica Watson – Age Is Not A Matter Of Years

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May 162010


Image by Paul Sigarteu. Flickr Creative Commons Licence.

The top news story in Australia today is the successful return of young Jessica Watson who sailed around the world by herself at the tender age of 16.

She has demonstrated outstanding courage, vision and determination, not for someone young, but for someone of ANY age.  She has earned her place as a role model, and will no doubt, be set on a successful career and a financially abundant life based most likely on endorsements and consulting.

For anyone tempted to be envious of the riches that will inevitably be coming her way, just ask yourself if YOU would have been prepared to undertake the 210 day grueling journey by yourself.  Even if you take away the sailing bit, would you have been able to survive those 210 days just in your own company?

In the finest historical and mythical tradition, she has undertaken a huge quest and survived.  She has earned her prizes. And she undertook it voluntarily – most of us have to be pushed to undergo such heroic feats.

I’m finding it amusing that almost all commentators are saying how she will not be an amazing inspiration for the youth of today.  But I think she has a lesson for ALL of us.

Before They Were Successful …

Karma and Destiny No Responses »
Apr 042010

In honor of all folks working at a mundane day job while they build their dream, I will explore and share with you what various successful people did before they made it.

I’m always impressed with how many of our online gurus worked in corporate or executive jobs.  But what does that actually mean?

Of course, it’s probable that the folks below had many more jobs than the ones listed below.

  • Sandra Bullock used to be a dog groomer
  • Jennifer Aniston used to be a telemarketer and a waitress
  • Madeleine Albright sold underwear in a department store
  • Dan Akroyd was a mail sorter
  • Warren Beatty worked as a rat catcher
  • Alec Baldwin worked as a bouncer
  • Marlon Brando dug ditches
  • Charles Bronson was a coal miner
  • Garth Brooks was a shoe store clerk
  • Jim Carrey worked as a janitor
  • So did Kurt Cobain
  • Sean Connery worked as a truck driver and a brick layer
  • Elvis Costello was a computer programmer when they were still using cards
  • Joan Crawford worked in a laundromat and as an elevator operator
  • Whoopi Goldberg was a bank teller
  • Stephen King was a school teacher
  • Boris Karloff was a farm hand and asphalt spreader
  • Ralph Lauren worked in a department store selling clothes
  • Simon Le Bon was a tree surgeon and a hospital porter
  • Bette Midler worked in a factory
  • Demi Moore worked for a collection agency
  • Jack Nicholson used to be a lifeguard
  • Brad Pitt was a limousine driver
  • Elvis Presley was a truck driver
  • Jerry Seinfeld was a light bulb salesman
  • Frank Sinatra worked in a shipyard
  • Rod Stewart was a gravedigger
  • Quentin Tarantino worked in a video store
  • Tina Turner was a nurse

To read more celebs, this is the site where I got the above information:  http://www.hardlyfamous.com/stars/