Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks ?
Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 1:15PM
You can't teach an old dog new tricks is a very old saying that many people except as fact. It really has nothing to do with learning new things. "The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" tells us what it really means. " People who have long been used to doing things in a particular way will not abandon their habits".
Another old idiom "It's never too late to mend" means this, "Your never too old to change your ways. Learning is always possible." Whether you are young, old, or oldest, your are never to old to learn something new.
Yesterday I met a man, eighty two years old who recently started a thriving internet marketing business. I was in my seventies when I started my internet marketing business. Neither one of us has had a problem with the learning process.
Almost everyone at one time or another has dreamed of being an entrepreneur. No more alarm clock, no more long commute to and from work. No boss to bow down too during working hours, no restriction on how much you can earn. Take a vacation whenever you want, not when it's convenient for the company you work for.
Thousands of people are now turning to the internet to find new jobs. A large percentage of those are wanting to start their own work at home business.
If I never looked at the unemployment figures I could tell something was going on because all of my published articles about working from home have increased tremendously in readership.
People over fifty have worked at a nine to five job all of there lives. Now they have fewer commitments, little or no mortgage to tie them down, Children have grown up and left home, and now the entrepreneurial spirit is starting to grow again.
Mature people have acquired a lot of knowledge over the years and that knowledge would be wasted unless they do something constructive with it. Don't let your age hold you back, after all the best part of your life is ahead of of you. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, keep away from that kind of mindset.
For me, retirement was a bore. I have owned three successful businesses over the years. One is still alive and well under the leadership of my son's and grandson. The second one I sold about four years ago. This article is part of the of the third up and coming business in my lifetime.
This business has been a challenge because I have never done anything like it before. The learning process has really been more fun than challenging. It was challenging in the sense that I never knew anything about the computer or anything having to do with internet marketing until I started this business.
What a sense of accomplishment, and just think, You can do it too.
Today I am a health and wellness coach with an online business. I am also an internet marketing coach, I am able to help you get your own profitable business started online. Why not work at home it's the most comfortable place to be.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks is an old saying that is outdated. The only obstacle lying between you and your own work at home business is YOU. Right now is the best time possible to get started the internet is exploding with new possibilities.
Want more information, call me at 941-624-6533
If I can do it, you can do it too.

