How Old Is Too Old?
July 10, 2011 
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I woke up this morning, and this was in my inbox from Seth Godin.
For those of you who do not know Seth.
He is one of the top marketing gurus around today.
His books are great and are for anyone who wants to learn more about how brands work in today’s world.
Here is what Seth posted.
When did you get old?
At some point, most brands, organizations, countries and yes, people, start talking about themselves like they’re old.
“We can’t stretch in that direction,” or “Not bad for a 60 year old!” or “I’m just not going to be able to learn this new technology.” Even countries make decisions like this, often by default. Governments decide it’s just too late to change.
The incredible truth is this: it never happens at the same time for everyone. It’s not biologically ordained. It’s a choice. It’s possible to put out a hit record at 40, run a marathon at 60 and have your 80 year old non-profit change its business model. It’s not as easy as it used to be, but that’s why it’s worth doing.
How do this make you feel when it pertains to your life?
Woild You Date Him?
Some of you are real young but when I was 20 I remember people saying.
Not bad for someone who is 20:)
Enjoy your Sunday!
The more I learn the younger I feel
I’m 38 going on 12.
Side note — I am always in an argument with David and others about the lack of singles in small midwestern towns. I will say one thing. I ate at the Cincinnati Whole Foods the other day. WOW. I think I have found where the good looking, single, women are hiding during the day. I couldn’t believe the number of hot women walking around. Granted, many looked too young for me, but I was shocked at the number of attractive women. Now if I only had the nerve to approach them…
The only problem was, I thought I was going to get jumped. I just know they could SMELL republican. Yes, I was a republican in Whole Foods, and I survived. lol.,, the food was VERY good though, and healthy too.
So David, you HAVE helped me greatly. You turned me on to dining at Whole Foods.
For that, Thank you.
John
The beatles wrote a song.
All You Need Is Whole Foods:)
lol.
Nice work John, so there are hot women in the Natty after all
Keep up the good work and I expect to hear some success stories coming from you soon!!
man, I hope so. I am getting tired of arguing with you people.
I hope so too! I’m getting tired of listening to you and Bob complain!
When you go to the seminar in sept in Chicago John..
You might just learn how to stop complaining what is not around you
and embrace the moment that is right in front of you.. and not complain about that either….
Batman
Why do people keep lumping me in with Bob? I don’t complain. What have I complained about? I ALWAYS say there is great advice here. I say the advice here works. I only point out that it is HARDER for people my age, in areas that are not singles dense. What, I’m not entitled to an opinion? Are we not having a discussion here?
Hi all,
Just a little comment with no real link with the main topic here ; I should have written it on yesterday’s blog entry, but I just read it this morning so…
Someone mentionned something that’s very true : all dating coaching are about confidence. But I find coaches are very vague on this concept. At least, in their free stuff. Maybe they just want to keep it for their seminars and bootcamps, I don’t know. But if one is to write an entry (or a book, or whatever) that talks about confidence, I’d like them to be practical on the subject.
So far, the closest I’ve seen to “practical” was some random book that basically said “Keep your head up, have good hygiene, rush when you see an opportunity, and you’ll feel good and have confidence.” Bleh… Not bad advice, I guess, but not very good either.
I know it’s a hard concept to grasp (let alone explain) and furthermore, it works differently for everyone. But I’d be curious to see (or hear) more entries (or podcasts) that would not only say “You have to build confidence” but give some tips about how to do it. (Maybe I missed them when they arrived ? If so… can I find them somewhere ?)
And parallel to this, here’s a suggestion for the commenting people : when you share a success story, share it COMPLETELY. Don’t say just “Wow I went at location X and met that beautiful woman and I followed David’s tips and it worked great !” Take some time. Do it at least in an effort to payback the coach and community that helped you get there. Tell us what you did exactly. Go into some details. We want to know what happened, not only how it happened. We want to hear about it. Or at least, I do.
Just saying… I’M SOOO VERY SORRY !!!! *wink*
Everyone
John is not BOB!!!
And John comes here for advice so hear him out and give him a hand.
John, I have faith in you that things will change.
You work hard at something and good things always happen.
Sometimes it just takes more time and thats ok look at the Bengals:)
yeah, look at the Bengals,, lol. That’s not very inspiring. Last season was terrible. They have way too much talent to play the way they did last year. Season before was better. Sweeping your division is a hard thing to do in the AFC north. But they pulled it off. But that is a discussion for another blog.
Ok, 1 thing Cincinnati has over LA. We still have a pro football team. HAHAHAHAHA. (sorry, couldn’t help myself.)
@gabery,, that was me that posted about confidence. I was replying to bob about varying methods of different “coaches” having a common theme, no matter what they call it,, right?
About posting details, This is NOT a PUA community. I don’t think people want “lay reports” posted in this forum. Right?
@john : could have been you back then, alright.
And I’m not suggesting people post “reports”. But let’s take it the other way : telling “it worked” without telling how and why is about as useful as some crappy advertisement, don’t you think ?
I agree this is not a PUA community, and it shoudn’t be. But sometimes, those stories can provide ideas that can be just as useful as any “Let confidence flow !” cry.
And note, my suggestion applies not just to dating, or to the get-the-girl/man-in-the-bed part of dating. People should detail a little more when they tell what makes them happy. How they relate to friends. How certain situations turn out in their relationships (without being indiscrete, of course).
That’s what I’m saying : of course I don’t care for detailed reports. But I don’t care either for people who post “Hey ! It worked ! I’m happy !” Well, I’m happy for them too, but that’s it. It just doesn’t bring anything useful to the table. Like I said, it feels to me like advertising. It doesn’t shock me, I just don’t care that much. I like sharing better than only giving or only getting ; and that kind of short unexplained comment doesn’t have a whole lot to share.
After listening to the mens mastery series I went out for my first day of practice. let me tell you it works incredibly well.
Observational conversation starters about what she is doing or thinking about in that current moment make talking to women a breeze anywhere anytime with ease.
I stopped at the gas station went to get a fountain drink. there was an attractive woman filling up a 32 oz soda but any size up to 52 oz is only 99 cents regardless all sizes are the same price.
So I just said why are you getting the 32 oz drink when you could get the 44 or 52 oz for the same price?
Everything else just fell into place it was nuts. Effortless from that point forward!
She says well I work for a catering company we are going to cater a wedding right now and our companys vans cup holders are not big enough to hold the 44 oz cups otherwise I would.
I said you work for a catering company how do you like that? from that point forward I was in a conversation that wouldnt stop about 5 minutes later her co worker comes in finds us by the fountain drinks and he says “hey we gotta go”
I said hey I had a lot of fun talking with you give me your number I want to continue this conversation with you later on.
I have three more stories from my first day of going out and the crazy thing is I was just going to places I had to go to anyways!
David you rock more than motley crue!!
Seth is absolutely right, how old you feel is a choice. I choose not to be old until I need help feeding myself.
Hey John
I was not trying to convey that you are a complainer..
What I am trying to say is..
What you focus on… and manifest into your on life..
You bring about…
That’s all
Title was a bit misleading to this blog. I thought it was going to be about dating older women which btw would probably make a great future blog post. I am 32 and a few months agowas seeing a 50 yr old lady and ohhh man the sex was incredible. David what are your thoughts on how old is too old?
I’m with u Red! Thought it was gonna be totally different subject. I just turned 3-0 & trying to get used to it. In many ways I’m hopeful, as Ive preserved quite well, so I’m told lol. Ironically, I think it may backfire when I want to attract more mature men & they assume I’m too young to relate to until we talk. However, it is reassuring to read Red’s post!