The older we get the more we believe that something is going to defeat us.

That defeat could be a new relationships, a computer game, a new business venture, or a plain and easy thing such as making new friends. We never had those doubts when we were younger. Now as we get older we find that everything becomes a 'I can't do it' thing. So what do I mean by the older folk. Well if you think you can't do something, then you are old. If you think you can, you are young. No matter what your birth certificate says.

So drop that I can't stuff. It makes you old. It makes you not enjoy life,

Quite frankly this is the killer. This is the one thing that stops us in our tracks and is the barrier to achieving what we can naturally do. That is why the young people often achieve more than the 'older' folk. It's because the older folk are so busy assessing whether they can or can't do something. The youngsters just get on and do it. And if they fail the first few times, they will just carry on trying.

Just look at computer games as an example. The younger generation, the teens and early twenties folk will start on a computer game. It's a new game, and they spend some time finding their feet, or with other words getting the feel of how this particular new game 'thinks and reasons'. They all have a pattern of some sort. The older generation will take a shot at the game and within ten minutes decide that it's not working for them, and give up. They give up even before they get the knack of it and get to the next level. Why is that?

I think it's because the older one gets, the more the idea of failure gets to be a real no.no. We are not prepared to try the computer game because we know we are going to fail. There is absolutely no question. The whole point of computer games is that you are going to fail. Your character might die, you get stuck in the quest and can't carry on, your progress is terminated or stymied. Whatever. It is a given that you will have a major set back in a computer game. In fact at the beginning while you are learning the ropes, you will have zillions of set backs.

So why are younger people able to cope with these set backs. Yet you as the older person are incapable of continuing with the game because it is too 'disheartening'. The difference is that for the younger person, it's a challenge to overcome those setbacks. For the older person it is a criticism of his/her ability that they cant' do it.

The bottom line is that it is an attitude thing. It's a way of perceiving the world. There is no inherent difference in the skills levels of a person at the age of 20 or one at the age of 40, playing a brand new computer game for the first time. The reflexes are more or less the same, the intelligence levels or being able to work out the game, are fairly similar. The only difference is the attitude. The younger person knows he can do it, the older person already kind of believes that the game is going to defeat him/her. Isn't that terrible. The older we get the more we believe that something is going to defeat us.

That defeat could be a new relationships, a computer game, a new business venture, or a plain and easy thing such as making new friends. We never had those doubts when we were younger. Now as we get older we find that everything becomes a 'I can't do it' thing. So what do I mean by the older folk. Well if you think you can't do something, then you are old. If you think you can, you are young. No matter what your birth certificate says.

So drop that I can't stuff. It makes you old. It makes you not enjoy life, i

feet, or with other words getting the feel of how this particular new game 'thinks and reasons'. They all have a pattern of some sort. The older generation will take a shot at the game and within ten minutes decide that it's not working for them, and give up. They give up even before they get the knack of it and get to the next level. Why is that?

I think it's because the older one gets, the more the idea of failure gets to be a real no.no. We are not prepared to try the computer game because we know we are going to fail. There is absolutely no question. The whole point of computer games is that you are going to fail. Your character might die, you get stuck in the quest and can't carry on, your progress is terminated or stymied. Whatever. It is a given that you will have a major set back in a computer game. In fact at the beginning while you are learning the ropes, you will have zillions of set backs.

So why are younger people able to cope with these set backs. Yet you as the older person are incapable of continuing with the game because it is too 'disheartening'. The difference is that for the younger person, it's a challenge to overcome those setbacks. For the older person it is a criticism of his/her ability that they cant' do it.

The bottom line is that it is an attitude thing. It's a way of perceiving the world. There is no inherent difference in the skills levels of a person at the age of 20 or one at the age of 40, playing a brand new computer game for the first time. The reflexes are more or less the same, the intelligence levels or being able to work out the game, are fairly similar. The only difference is the attitude. The younger person knows he can do it, the older person already kind of believes that the game is going to defeat him/her. Isn't that terrible. The older we get the more we believe that something is going to defeat us.

That defeat could be a new relationships, a computer game, a new business venture, or a plain and easy thing such as making new friends. We never had those doubts when we were younger. Now as we get older we find that everything becomes a 'I can't do it' thing. So what do I mean by the older folk. Well if you think you can't do something, then you are old. If you think you can, you are young. No matter what your birth certificate says.

So drop that I can't stuff. It makes you old. It makes you not enjoy life,

at you are going to fail. Your character might die, you get stuck in the quest and can't carry on, your progress is terminated or stymied. Whatever. It is a given that you will have a major set back in a computer game. In fact at the beginning while you are learning the ropes, you will have zillions of set backs.

So why are younger people able to cope with these set backs. Yet you as the older person are incapable of continuing with the game because it is too 'disheartening'. The difference is that for the younger person, it's a challenge to overcome those setbacks. For the older person it is a criticism of his/her ability that they cant' do it.

The bottom line is that it is an attitude thing. It's a way of perceiving the world. There is no inherent difference in the skills levels of a person at the age of 20 or one at the age of 40, playing a brand new computer game for the first time. The reflexes are more or less the same, the intelligence levels or being able to work out the game, are fairly similar. The only difference is the attitude. The younger person knows he can do it, the older person already kind of believes that the game is going to defeat him/her. Isn't that terrible. The older we get the more we believe that something is going to defeat us.

That defeat could be a new relationships, a computer game, a new business venture, or a plain and easy thing such as making new friends. We never had those doubts when we were younger. Now as we get older we find that everything becomes a 'I can't do it' thing. So what do I mean by the older folk. Well if you think you can't do something, then you are old. If you think you can, you are young. No matter what your birth certificate says.

So drop that I can't stuff. It makes you old. It makes you not enjoy life,

a criticism of his/her ability that they cant' do it.

The bottom line is that it is an attitude thing. It's a way of perceiving the world. There is no inherent difference in the skills levels of a person at the age of 20 or one at the age of 40, playing a brand new computer game for the first time. The reflexes are more or less the same, the intelligence levels or being able to work out the game, are fairly similar. The only difference is the attitude. The younger person knows he can do it, the older person already kind of believes that the game is going to defeat him/her. Isn't that terrible. The older we get the more we believe that something is going to defeat us.

That defeat could be a new relationships, a computer game, a new business venture, or a plain and easy thing such as making new friends. We never had those doubts when we were younger. Now as we get older we find that everything becomes a 'I can't do it' thing. So what do I mean by the older folk. Well if you think you can't do something, then you are old. If you think you can, you are young. No matter what your birth certificate says.

So drop that I can't stuff. It makes you old. It makes you not enjoy life,

The older we get the more we believe that something is going to defeat us.

That defeat could be a new relationships, a computer game, a new business venture, or a plain and easy thing such as making new friends. We never had those doubts when we were younger. Now as we get older we find that everything becomes a 'I can't do it' thing. So what do I mean by the older folk. Well if you think you can't do something, then you are old. If you think you can, you are young. No matter what your birth certificate says.

So drop that I can't stuff. It makes you old. It makes you not enjoy life, it stops you from creating wealth. It stops you from winning the race, running a marathon for the first time, walking to the top of the hill, starting a new business, falling in love again. No matter what it is, put a big black line through the word I can't. Make it I can. See how that will change your life. If it doesn't, it means you haven't actually put a line through those words. You just pretended you had. Go on, do it. You can.