Luke Littler, at age 18, has already achieved remarkable success in the sport of darts, winning three major titles and becoming the ninth-most decorated player in Professional Darts Corporation history. The article reflects on various child prodigies and contrasts them with their peers, highlighting the universal struggle of young people to find purpose and meaning at that age. Littler’s accomplishments underscore not only his talent and perseverance but also his unique ability to balance the pressures of youth while pursuing excellence in his sport.
Littler, through a lot of talent and a lot of character and above all a single-minded sense of purpose, is basically there at the summit before all of us.
What had you achieved by the age of 18? How many of your dreams and aspirations had even been conceived, let alone realised?
At the age of 18, your correspondent had no idea what he wanted to do with his life and at the age of 39 arguably still doesn't.
Luke Littler stands alone. That as he turns 18 he has already won three of the four biggest prizes in darts.
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