If you haven’t found the success you’re looking for and sometimes wonder; “Why do I feel so lost?”, you’re not alone.
Look at Mark Cuban – the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks. It’s hard to believe that at 25 years old, he was working as a bartender, housing in a 3 bedroom apartment with 5 friends, living off beer and happy hour food with all his clothes in one big pile on the floor.
Success is not achieved in a straight line. It never is.
Harrison Ford, famous face of Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy (and now in part 7 of the series at age 73!) and Indiana Jones, was working as a carpenter until 30 years old.
Then there’s J.K. Rowling, until 31 she was a single mum on welfare. Now, after creating the Harry Potter series, she’s the first ever billionaire author.
Even at 50 years old, you could still be wandering through life and not have arrived at your destination yet, as Ray Kroc perfectly proves.
The man who grew McDonalds to serving 68 million people around the globe every single day sold paper cups and milkshake mixers until he franchised the McDonald’s concept at 52 years old.
So don’t give up.
One day, you will look back on everything you’ve done and see how it all added up to your success.
For now, just keep wandering, because as J. R. R. Tolkien said: “Not all those who wander are lost“.
Tolkien is of course the author of The Lord of the Rings, the second-best selling novel of all time.
He published it when he was 63 years old.
“Life is hard at times. But when I overcome more challenges, I become much stronger then. So I’m going to embrace them.”