“I had these giant ideas and then you get older…”

Jennifer Coolidge gave a very funny speech after winning a Golden Globe for her work in The White Lotus last week. It’s worth a look (so is the series) and you can view it at bit.ly/3CFOZ03

“I had such big dreams and expectations as a younger person but what happens is that they get sort of fizzled by life or whatever” she says. You can tell she is thrilled and kind of surprised that she’s won her first Golden Globe at the age of 61. Perhaps she thought she was past it. She’s just beginning.

The fabulous Michelle Yeoh, age 60 and Angela Bassett, age 64 also won on the night.

I feel that – right now – mature women are really starting to feel and use their power. Role models are critical - after all, if you can #SeeHer you can be her. Yet so often I’m coaching older people who are worried that they’ve left their run too late. Or that they’re past their prime.

You get old when you stop growing. 

I’ve taken a few risks myself over the past few months. As a coach I know we have to avoid stagnation - and the slow rot that accompanies it. The truth is that change is usually hard - but also necessary and kind of exciting. 

My advice is to keep learning, don’t be too safe and maybe take the occasional (considered) risk. At any age.

It’s not over, until it’s over.