Ni Xia Lian represented Luxembourg in table tennis at 61 years old. She won her first round and lost her second round to the current world number 1.
Lebron James is 39 – an age when most basketball players are well into their retirement. He still dominated the semi-finals against Serbia and led the US basketball team to Gold medals.
Kristen Faulkner started competitive cycling at age 25 while working as a venture capitalist in New York City. She won two gold medals in Paris as a 31 year old.
These examples call into question so many assumptions we normally hold about age and mastery. And, what’s more, these are just a few examples among so many from these Olympics.
It’s time to put away all those assumptions that hold us back.
There’s no one path or right path. What matters is a desire to be excellent, a commitment to progress, and a willingness to learn from every turn along the way.
