The Hidden Strengths of Learning and Succeeding at Your Own Pace — Lionesses of Africa

by Mbali Ndaba

A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be a late bloomer in a culture obsessed with instant gratification, early success, and how finding one’s way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness. 

Comparison is no measure of success, society at large places great comparison. From products to services to brands and to people, for late bloomers true success comes from operating in the fullness of their talents, abilities, and genuinely honed given gifts. It’s in the stretching, risking, and living in their own potential that comparison loses any and all meaning, and that their potential trumps their need to use other as the determining factor of their worth, and that means everything compared to.

If you want to fast-track your progress, stay perfectly still. The discipline of stillness can be rocket fuel to growth. It’s ironic that we start our life waiting in one place for nine months, only to be in a frantic hurry for the rest of our lives. We think that moving faster, thinking faster, acting faster, and being faster, things will happen faster. For today’s sojourner, slow is the new fast, calm is the new force, and peace is the new profitability. 

In contrast to a twisted worldview, late blooming doesn’t mean stuckness – it actually means progress. Taking time to cultivate skill, and think through things thoroughly will create speed, efficiency, and better outcomes in all areas of life.