George Burns career could have ended as early as 1958, when his wife Gracie Allen retired from Show business. Burns continued the show after Allen retired, but the show was cancelled after one season. Burns could have let his wifes retirement from show business stop him from going further in his career, but he ultimately ended up being a huge comic success and lived to be 100 years old.
Many of Burns biggest successes came when he was in his eighties and nineties. At the ages when many people have long since retired, Burns was enjoying great success. Getting older does have great advantages: we become smarter; we acquire wisdom; we have acquired more skills.
1. Burns struggled as a vaudeville straight man for years until he met Gracie
There was a chemistry that Burns and Allen had when they created their comic duo. For eight years, Burns played the straight man and Allen played the funny lady. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show was a tremendous success on CBS. They made a dynamic team.
The same concept could apply to our careers. A lot of us have held many jobs and in those positions, there were probably people whom we loved to work with and...