Praise the Struggle
Do you want to be rich and successful? Do you have a crazy dream that everyone says it's impossible? Are determined to be the person you always wanted to be? Then you have to put up the work.
Dreaming is good, planning is even better, but actually working to make that plan a reality is what differentiates the winners from the losers. I estimate that around 50% of people have no goals in life, and from the ones who remain, I would say only half actually go after their goals, and from those people, just 50% don't give up along the way. Let's be clear that I have no sources to back up this numbers, it's purely based on my observations. But following this estimates, no more than 12.5% of people succeed.
The question is, do you want to be in this 12.5%? Because let me tell you, it's not easy, in life we have to compete with everyone else in order to get something, it's basically you against 9 billion. But even though the struggle is difficult, the rewards makes up for all of it. If you begin your pursuit as soon as possible, be patient and never give up, believe me, you'll get whatever your heart desire.
Young people have a head start of course, because if you start working earlier, you'll reach your goals quicker, but even if you are not young anymore you can still do it, age is not an excuse. Have faith in yourself and believe in the struggle.