Success

How to Succeed in Life as a Late Bloomer

   1        Determine if you are a late bloomer. 

             There are many ways in which your blooming could be delayed:

• Educational late bloomer. This could mean that your grades at school were so-so until suddenly you blossom and outstrip all the other kids in one set of exams.
• Career late bloomer. It could also be that you have spent the first 15 - 20 years of your adult life wondering what career you want. Then you suddenly fall into it and do brilliantly.
• Social late bloomer. When everyone else was racking up their firsts, the idea of making new friends and dating was foreign--perhaps terrifying to you. That is, until one day, you realize that talking to people isn't nearly as scary as it seems, and your social circle unfolds.

   2      A late bloomer is a deep thinker and is connected to the world in a way that is                  different from the "rush-rush, achieve-now" crowd. 
           
           You are clever. Fast colleagues are suffering from burn-out, and you are just on the rise                and now ready to take over the helm. People tend to make poor decisions when they're              in a hurry to keep up with everyone else's timeline; as a result, you make better decisions            and fewer mistakes.

  3       Know your strong points. 
          
           These include reflection, consideration and patience. Use these to build up your                            self-confidence and to tide yourself through life's low points when you feel that you are                  swimming against the tide.

   4      Keep an "Ideas Book" handy - perhaps next to your bed or in your                                       bag.

            Whenever ideas strike you (and late bloomers have many ideas), write them                                 down. You may be wading in indecisiveness at the time but that idea has significance                 and may be very useful later on when you come back to it

  

  5       You should not be envious of friends and colleagues who have already "made                it" or seem better adjusted to the world than you. 

           You are just taking longer than them because results matter a lot to you. For                                  you, the journey matters as much as the outcome. There's no point in comparing yourself            to others. Accept that you are an individual human being going on an individual route at              an individual pace.

  

  6       Recognize that others may turn to you when they need to calm down. 

            Use that skill to help them. Also realise that this is an important skill that you can use in                 choosing a vocation, career or lifestyle.

   

  7      Enjoy your eventual success and build on it. 

           It took you a long time to get there but bets are, you know what you are doing far more                  than those who got there earlier and people will start to come to you as they have great                confidence in your experience,knowledge and the fact that you have thought so deeply                 about everything and reached your own conclusions rather than parroting someone                     else's.

     

8      Record your thoughts. 

        Your process of getting to where you are will likely help someone else, especially other               family members. Traits like this can be easily inherited and if your children or another                   family member can be helped through you, then you will have made life better for someone         else.

9     Always trust in yourself and your abilities, for you are getting there and you will              conquer the difficulties in ways that others can only dream of. 

        Instant achievement is not always a fairytale come true - think of the people who are so               afraid because they do not know what they're doing. Late bloomers avoid that feeling by             making sure they do know