The Ultimate Motivational Speech - Earl Nightingale - The Strangest Secret 

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You’re overthinking it. Most men are vital, and outgoing in their twenties but lose that spark as they age. So, by the time they’re 65 (older ), only a select few are successful.

@@RashidTheMC I wasn't questioning that. I was talking about the math that doesn't add up. Maybe you're having a hard time understanding what I wrote so it's okay :) if one day you'll have an insight to my question feel free to answer

Yes, I think he implies that 36 men out if 100 don’t make it to the age of 65

@@MsGoldmind7 i agree with you. He recorded this 1955, not many men lived to be 65. Tis a good catch, but some things needn't be spelled out

Nice catch - you're clearly thinking about this deeply, and as we know the biggest problem with men today is that "they simply don't think." :) If you could be faulty to a point of being "thoughtless" or "over thinking" something, and most of the people *don't* overthink it, well...you must be careful about whom you're conforming to. To answer your question, I think it was implied that some of those people die and therefore aren't counted - who knows whether they would have succeeded or not, so he doesn't mention it since maybe he doesn't think it's relevant. I don't think Nightingale let a arithmetic error slip by though in this recording by accident. I don't think 36 is symbolic, but I'd be interested to hear if you have any theories. Also, some trivia is that life expectancy in 1956 (the release date) was 66 years old. If you look at actuarial tables for 2010, 33 out of 100 people will be dead at 66. That's VERY close to the 36 figure Nightingale mentions and likely was 36 back in the 1950s. With this data, my thoughts are that you're right that it's extraordinarily likely that Earl implied these 36 people are dead. Bravo on your observation - you'd make Earl proud.

The 'think' here means 'believe'. So if you believe that you are able fly that you will fly

Invent something then. Your brain is capable of amazing things. If you want to fly... make something that will help you fly!

I knew this comment was coming. You completely misunderstood the points made here: One..you “think” but that’s not actually believing Two: How do you explain traveling by air: you’re flying right? Lol We all can get pass our limitations once we think more positively.

Smoke more weed

Have you ever heard something about airplanes?