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title: "2 Life Spans Quotes By Tom Butler-Bowdon"
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> [With people having longer life spans, 50 is the age at which many people only just get into their stride. Consider Ray Kroc starting McDonald's at 52, or the novelist E Annie Proulx only coming into the limelight in her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/with-people-having-longer-life-spans-50-is-the-age-at-which-many/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

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> [People race to achieve everything by a certain age in their life, be it 40, 50 or 60 - but with increasing life spans 50 or 60 might be just the beginning of a new career, or just the point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/people-race-to-achieve-everything-by-a-certain-age-in-their-life-be/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

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## More by Tom Butler-Bowdon

> [We want everything in a hurry because our primary aim must be survival in the short term. Long term thinking has seemed like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/we-want-everything-in-a-hurry-because-our-primary-aim-must-be/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [Edward Banfield's idea of the "long time horizon," says that more successful people look further into the future, judging their efforts and results in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/edward-banfield-s-idea-of-the-long-time-horizon-says-that-more/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [This is the period from ages 60 to 90 in which many people have a new sense of freedom, kids grown up, retired from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/this-is-the-period-from-ages-60-to-90-in-which-many-people-have-a-new/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [“When the first force, social feeling and community expectation, is ignored or affronted, the person concerned will reveal certain aggressive character traits: vanity, ambition,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/when-the-first-force-social-feeling-and-community-expectation-is/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [With people having longer life spans, 50 is the age at which many people only just get into their stride. Consider Ray Kroc starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/with-people-having-longer-life-spans-50-is-the-age-at-which-many/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [We are all living longer lives now, so this extra longevity gives us second, third or fourth chances to succeed at something or change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/we-are-all-living-longer-lives-now-so-this-extra-longevity-gives-us/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [Trust your intuition, rather than technology, to protect you from violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/trust-your-intuition-rather-than-technology-to-protect-you-from/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [Turning 40 is often a big symbolic point in one's life. In the 20s we feel we can do anything, but as the 30s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/turning-40-is-often-a-big-symbolic-point-in-one-s-life-in-the-20s-we/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/anyone-can-get-a-job-but-do-you-have-a-purpose/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [“The contribution of humanistic psychology to better relationships is recognized by the inclusion of Carl Rogers, whose influential book reminds us that relationships cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/the-contribution-of-humanistic-psychology-to-better-relationships-is/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [People race to achieve everything by a certain age in their life, be it 40, 50 or 60 - but with increasing life spans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/people-race-to-achieve-everything-by-a-certain-age-in-their-life-be/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [“What we think we lack determines what we will become in life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/what-we-think-we-lack-determines-what-we-will-become-in-life/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [“Our communications are full of road clocks that prevents real communication with others. Two are "judging" and "sending solutions". With people close to us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/our-communications-are-full-of-road-clocks-that-prevents-real/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [Most of us cherish freedom, but when we actually get the opportunity to make our own way it can be terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/most-of-us-cherish-freedom-but-when-we-actually-get-the-opportunity/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

> [The more choices we have, the greater the need for focus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/the-more-choices-we-have-the-greater-the-need-for-focus/)

[Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/)

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