In case you forgot what the idea of your “prime” refers to, a simple explanation would be the golden age of your life. The time period between the ages of 18-35 is considered to be your evolutionary prime.This when you can perform at the highest level physically, look the best, appear more dashing and charming than you ever will again.
Val says but what about an intellectual prime. Googling some bright spark came up with this which I do like. The moment before death, if no brain degenerative illness, you are always learning new and exciting things, even if you don't realize it.
But William Osler at age 55, the most influential physician of his era, decided to retire from the medical faculty of Johns Hopkins. In a farewell speech, Osler talked about the link between age and accomplishment: The “effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of 25 and 40 — these 15 golden years of plenty.”In comparison, he noted, “men above 40 years of age” are useless. As for those over 60, there would be an “incalculable benefit” in “commercial, political and professional life, if, as a matter of course, men stopped work at this age.”
Val says I think there must be different primes, with Michael Pennington, Shakespearian actor he perhaps is at his performance prime. ( read an earlier post about being in your prime )
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