Here’s a question I get asked time and time again: Am I too old to start my 
own business?
Apart from the fact that I believe you are never too old to achieve your dreams, research carried out by NatWest found that six out of 10 women in business who want to go solo are aged 40+. It is a great time to turn your experience into the work you love!
And there are plenty of highly successful women in business over 40, here are a few examples;
Raquel Skidmore-Johnson of Coupage product design company, USA based – Co-founder & Creative Director
Karen Scofield-Seal Fashion entrepreneur at Lucza, UK-based – Founder, CEO & Creative Director
Sarah Weck, of Hidden Springs Maple – a maple syrup farm, USA based
Truly, there is no perfect age to start a business but one of the bonuses you have from your late 30’s onwards is the experience; both in life and in work. Once you realise how to convert that experience into transferable skills you’ll see how irrelevant age is – in fact, it’s a bonus!
Take it from a late bloomer; I was 38 when I started working for myself and discovering just how much I had to bring to the table was surprisingly delightful!
What do see as the bonuses of going into business in your 40’s? I’d love to hear your thoughts…
Live Blissfully
YvonneB
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As an Interpersonal Skills Facilitator, Author & Health Advocate, YvonneB:
1. Designs and delivers effective workshops in everyday interpersonal skills, helping staff maximise their potential, enabling them to fulfil their job roles effectively
2. Engages with global training organisations as a skilled associate offering interpersonal skills facilitation, collaborating to achieve more together, reaching a wider audience
3. Coaches and trains women over 50 on how to live healthier authentic lives, unravelling the many masks they wear, to reveal their true beautiful being
Author of the best-selling book “Suck It Up Or Change – If you want a better life you create it” YvonneB lives life applying the 7F Principles she uncovers in her book and shares elements of them in her work delivery:
1. Being Fit & healthy – putting your health first, becoming mentally, physically & emotionally strong to maximise daily living
2. Being Fearless – building confidence to break-through fears, enabling you to do the things you truly desire
3. Creating Freedom – taking control of what you can, so that you can experience freedom as defined by you
4. Paying it Forward – serving, supporting and sharing; locally, globally, to make a difference
5. Enjoying Friends, Family & Network – building a network of positive supportive people to collaborate with and to give & receive help
6. Having Fun – setting aside time to enjoy life doing the things that bring you joy
7. Having Faith – developing belief, be it in self or in a higher being, that inspires you to go for your dreams
Favourite Quote: Go to the edge and get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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YvonneB
E-Mentor at Women's WorldWide Web: https://www.w4.org/en/e-mentoring/
Teacher on Transformation TV: http://www.transformation.tv/
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