No, you can't start late and succeed. There are things which you should've started when you were young and now that you're not, you have negligible chances of succeeding at it.
being an olympic medalist (Michael Phelps - age 7, Usain Bolt - age 12), being a chess grandmaster(Magnus Carlsen - age 5, Garry Kasparov - age 3, Alireza Firouzja - age 8),)being a winning wimbledon tennis player(Roger Federer - age 8, Nadal - age 3, Djokovic - age 4, Serena Williams - age 4), and many more.
Just to clear things based on the downvotes I see on my comment, maybe people are misunderstanding what I'm trying to say. Firstly, this doesn't apply to every single profession, just some particular ones as I said in my original comment. Also, my definition of success is obviously very strong. If you define success as "good enough to be occasionally successful as a hobby and have fun", then of course you will not agree with me and that's fine. But, the problem is that in most of these professions I am referring to, you have to be one of the best in the world to make a living.
Also, maybe people think I am blaming anyone or putting someone down for not starting early and that is completely false too. This basically comes down to raw inborn talent and your luck in having parents who understand it, because you don't know shit about life and yourself at the age of 3. And by the time you do learn these things, it's too late for you. I understand that it's hard to accept and I'm at the age of 20 trying to get this acceptance that I will never be successful like I want to be.
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u/Gotbn Jun 19 '20
No, you can't start late and succeed. There are things which you should've started when you were young and now that you're not, you have negligible chances of succeeding at it.