What Is Your Peak Age?
According to a new study, brainpower peaks at age 35. Researchers analyzed thousands of chess players and found that they were at the peak of their powers at 35 -- and were able to stay strong until about age 45. And then, after that, it was all downhill from there.
- What do you think? What do you consider to be a peak age?
- Physically, probably … 25? Older? Younger?
- What about in terms of ambition? When were you most ambitious? How does your ambition compare these days?
- Was there an age -- or a stage-of-life -- where you felt like your power just fell off a cliff?