‘Late Bloomers’ Makes The Case For Patience In A Culture Focused On Early Success

It seems like every week a video shared on social media shows some incredibly early achiever: a 5-year-old playing a piano concerto; an 11-year-old college graduate; the preteen sports prodigy.

But in the new book Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement, Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard isn’t so interested in young achievers. Instead, Karlgaard looks at those for whom success comes later — in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond — in a culture obsessed with early achievement.

Rachel Martin