The Fear of Old Age has nothing to do with the level of success that you can achieve in business. The Fear of Old Age is a fear that encompasses most of the six major fears. The fear of criticism, fear of ill health and fear of dying are all symptoms of the Fear of Old Age. Napoleon Hill writes about the six major fears in "Think and Grow Rich". The other minor fears are all a subset of the six major ones. It is never too late to be successful in business no matter the age. When people become older society dictates that they should be a certain way. When you get older in our society you are expected to retire and travel the world.
They are some people that no matter the age there are always in the right mindset and are still parachuting out of a plane and don't miss a beat. I am not discussing those people in this article I am talking about people who allow "old age" to interfere with them being the person that were always meant to be. These people as they are entering the era of "old age" might feel a combination of the six major fears. Your confidence might falter a little due to the fact that you might not be as active as you were a few years ago.
The fear of criticism might start to rear it ugly head because not you might hear people say "you look good for your age". You might tend to feel more self conscious about your physical appearance, sexual prowess and mental faculty. You are more concern about being ill health or diseases possible deteriorating your body. The older you get the closer that you feel you are to dying so therefore you might not take as much chances as you did when you were younger. If you control your mindset all of these fears may be overcome and let you achieve the level of success that you want in your business of choice. When you enter retirement it should because you want not because you are expected or forced to retire.
The Fear of Old Age can defeated easily be being careful with the thoughts that you have in your mind. You may have success at any age and any time period of your life. Our thought become our destiny; if you spend time thinking about death then guess what you will be that much closer to death. My grandma is eighty-nine years old and she sometimes makes me nervous when she speaks like if death is upon her. I would love her to live to at least a century but I am obviously biased. If my grandma was not truly inflicted with illness I would love to know that if she wanted to be semi-retire and with the right attitude she would be able to do it. This fear has nothing to do with you continuing being a vibrant, contributing and outstanding member of society. Forget about it and live your life the way that you choose.
