Napoleon at age 33
I was reading in John Adam's biography yesterday that in the year 1800 (when Adams was nearing the end of his presidency), Napoleon Bonaparte--by age 33--had conquered most of Europe and Northern Africa... As a 33 year old myself, this puts things in perspective and is pretty motivational. Also, I believe Alexander the Great had already conquered the entire known world (from Greece to India), and then died, at age 33. Fortunately, I think most of us in our thirties have more time left to do some worthwhile things.