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Name: Late Bloomers
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Author: Rich Karlgaard

Rich Karlgaard

The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement

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What’s in it for me? Discover your destiny on your own schedule.

We live in a world obsessed with early achievement – from getting straight As at school and earning a spot at a famous university, to securing the job of your dreams by the time you’re 25. And yet most of us don’t start out life being exceptional; instead, we discover our talents and gifts at a more gradual pace.

This is exactly what happened to author Rich Karlgaard. He got average grades at Stanford University and spent much of his twenties working odd jobs. It was only years later that he started a high-tech magazine in Silicon Valley, and eventually became the publisher of Forbes.

In these blinks, you’ll discover the science behind why some people bloom later in life, as well as the strengths you can tap into if you take your time to achieve your goals.

Along the way you’ll learn

why our fixation with early achievement is damaging to young people’s mental health;
how culture affects the way we define success; and
what to do when you hit a sticking point.

The rise of the wunderkind set a standard of early achievement for millennials.

Let’s begin with a story of an early bloomer – a person who matures faster than average.

Pop-neuroscience writer Jonah Lehrer was born and raised in Los Angeles, and began his journey to success when he won a thousand-dollar prize for a NASDAQ-sponsored essay contest at the age of 15. He later attended Columbia University, where he majored in neuroscience and coauthored a paper about the genetic origins of Down Syndrome.

But Lehrer wasn’t just a science whiz; he could also write well. By the age of 31, he’d already published three books – and had even made the New York Times best-seller list. It was the kind of success many people his age desperately wanted for themselves.

The key message here is: The rise of the wunderkind set a standard of early achievement for millennials.

In between hosting radio shows and appearing on TV, Lehrer began a lucrative side career as a paid speaker. Soon, he was earning up to $40,000 for an hour-long talk. Eventually, he was able to buy a million-dollar house in the Hollywood Hills.

Lehrer’s rise from bright student to media phenomenon marked the entry of a new cultural hero: the early bloomer, also known as the wunderkind – which literally translates to “wonder child.”

The archetypal wunderkind develops early and reaches the pinnacle of their chosen field faster than anyone else. They’re also likely to become rich and famous in the process. This is often because they have some kind of special talent – like being mathematically or technologically gifted – or because they have family connections to help them along the way.

Wunderkinds are everywhere in our society – from actors like Margot Robbie and Adam Driver to musicians like Jacob Collier and Beyoncé. The media is also obsessed with the wunderkind ideal. For example, every major magazine has a yearly issue based on a list of early achievers, such as Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” list of outstanding entrepreneurs.

The problem is, our culture’s obsession with the wunderkind ideal pushes a dangerous message: if you haven’t disrupted an industry, opened a billion-dollar company, or banked seven figures by the time you're 30, then you’ve failed. As we’ll discover in these blinks, this message is damaging to young people, all of whom develop in different ways and at different times.

The pressure to achieve early is affecting young people’s mental health.

In the mid-twentieth century, the United States began to change from an aristocracy to a meritocracy – where people could become successful based on ability, rather than money or social position. In response to this, students, parents, and employers became obsessed with test scores and college rankings.

Nowadays, it’s pretty normal for teenagers to take college preparatory tests like the SAT multiple times during their junior and senior years, just to demonstrate their academic potential to colleges. But there’s a high cost.

Young people progress at different rates, depending on when their brains mature.

At the age of 25, the author was floundering. He’d graduated from college with average grades and had few career prospects, so he took a job as a security guard.

One night, while on patrol in a truck-rental yard, he made a shocking discovery. His colleague – who was patrolling the neighborhood lumberyard – wasn’t a young guy like him, but a vicious Rottweiler barking at passersby.

Emerging adulthood is an important period of self-actualization.

Nowadays, the traditional path of finding a job and getting married has changed. Young people are taking longer to finish school, become financially independent, and start a family. Instead, many prefer to remain unattached to romantic partners or permanent homes.

A large-scale national study conducted in the US since the late 1970s has found that today’s 25-year-olds are twice as likely as their parents’ generation to still be in school, and 50 percent are more likely to be receiving financial support from their parents.

We develop new skills and uncover new strengths as we age.

There comes a time in life when we forget things more easily or make silly mistakes. At this age, it’s common for people to think that they’re “past their prime.”

And yet the idea that we achieve a cognitive peak in our youth and decline slowly from then on is simply untrue. In fact, science has shown that we actually get smarter and more creative as the years go by.

We need a new career pathway that allows for continual blooming.

When you were younger, what did you imagine your career would be like?

Perhaps you pictured traveling the world, meeting interesting people, or starting a company that would change thousands of lives.

Separating ourselves from cultural influences can help us forge our own paths.

When he was growing up, Erik Wahl was taught to get perfect grades, go to a top college, and get a job that would make him lots of money. And for a while that mentality worked.

He began his career working for an agency that booked entertainment and keynote speakers. Within a year, he became a partner in the firm.

Late bloomers have to reinvent themselves to reach their full potential.

Have you ever felt as if you can’t break away from an older, outdated version of yourself?

For example, you might have been “Katy the band nerd” in high school. But, two decades later, your friends still call you by that nickname – even though you’ve grown up, had kids, and not touched the clarinet in years.

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Worum geht es in Late Bloomers?

Late Bloomers (2019) explores why modern society is obsessed with early achievement. It explains the damaging effects a super-charged education can have on young people’s mental health, as well as how our family, our peers, and the media influence the life paths we take. Drawing on his own experiences, author Rich Karlgaard suggests that blooming later in life is not something to be ashamed of, but something to be celebrated instead.

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Our current obsession with early blooming is a human construct, not supported by science.

—Rich Karlgaard

Wer Late Bloomers lesen sollte

Anyone feeling stuck in their life and career
Parents concerned about the pace of their children’s development
Graduates unsure about what to do next

Über den Autor

Rich Karlgaard is an American journalist, award-winning entrepreneur, and the publisher of Forbes magazine. He’s also the author of three books, including Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness, which made the Wall Street Journal best-seller list.

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