Your Best Work May Be Yet to Come

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explain that. It is the degree which and older person applies and
remains open to new ideas that determines their productivity.
For instance Ralph Vaughn Williams, who lived to be like 85 years
old studied from Maurice Ravel who was his younger...The willingness to learn is everything....I am a software engineer with little formal training. I am always picking the younger guys brains to see if I can gain a corelation between truths that I have experienced and theory that they learned in school. Sotware development patterns are a good example. They have names now for techniques that I discovered for myself.

Jim Frazier of VA 2:49PM June 07, 2010

It is true that creatvity occurs earlier in one's lifetime. Poetry, music, science, and arts bloom early in one's life. However, if one does not produce quality work in these fields early on, it is very rare they would do so later. What they do in later life is "add maturity to their work" which supplants creativity. Nobel laureats tend to do their creative work in their late twenties, thirties, and early foties. Later on they polish what was done earlier. It is very rare if some scientist has not done any significant work early on that he will produce work in his/her fifties and beyond that will fetch a Nobel prize. Even in the arts the older folks add maturity, poignancy, and some relish. They need reputation from earlier work to stand on and gather further fame.

Dr. Sethuraman Subramanian of NC 12:48PM April 06, 2010

Biana Kovic, a 30-something cellist and music teacher, said she notices that older adults learn at the same rate, or even faster, than children. The only difference is that kids get driven to a music lesson, while adults have to remain self-motivated. Take a look:
http://www.musicafter50.com/2009/09/cellist-shatters-misconceptions-about-adult-learning/

Leah R. Garnett of PA 10:47AM April 01, 2010