
The Lies We Tell Ourselves – TPW068
The Productive Woman
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The Truth About Being Too Young
There are lots of examples also of people who achieved great things while they were young. J.K. Rowling was 25 years old when she came up with the idea for Harry Potter, which she finished five years later. Claudia Cominecchi became the first athlete in Olympic history to achieve a perfect score of 10 and won three Olympic gold medals aged 14. Janice Joplin made her first recording at age 25 and it grossed over a million dollars within a few months. Democratic National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was elected as Florida's youngest ever female legislator at age 26.
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