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2. Late Bloomers
While some people get ‘caught up’ in their fantasies and urgings
pretty early in life, (Edison, Heinz, Rockefeller, Estée Lauder,
Dell, Gates,) others get that chance later. Perhaps they weren’t
ready earlier, or they just ‘found’ their Plan B later. Or they’ve
finally become too desperate to stay with Plan A any longer. Here
are three late bloomers.
Over 40.
Mary Kay Ash. “After a lengthy and successful career in direct sales,
Mary Kay Ash retired in 1963 for a month. During those four weeks,
she decided to write a book to help women thrive in the male-dominated
business world. Sitting at her kitchen table, she made two lists:
one contained the good things she had seen in companies for which
she had worked, the other featured things she thought could be improved.
When she reviewed the lists, she realized that she had inadvertently
created a marketing plan for a successful ‘dream company.’ With
her life savings of $5,000 and the help of her 20-year-old son Richard
Rogers, she launched Mary Kay Cosmetics on Friday, September 13,
1963. She was 45 years old. In 2000 Mary Kay Cosmetics‚ revenues
listed at $1.2 billion.
Over 50....
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