Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, I'm Paul Vogel saying and this is episode

number 341. As part of our Art of Living Author interview series, our guest today is Rich Garrogard,

author of the new book Late Bloomers,

The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed

with Early Achievement.

Rich Carlgaard is an award-winning entrepreneur turned publisher, columnist, author, television commentator, private

investor, and board director and Carl Garth is the publisher of Forbes magazine and writes a bi-weekly column Innovation Rules.

Late Blumers by Rich Carlgaard is a look at what some would call a taboo subject.

Rich Carlgaard and I discuss the many real life examples in the book

to show that late blooming is more common than what we might have been led to believe.

We live in a culture that places too much emphasis on early

success, which undermines those who need more time to blossom. In our interview, Rich

Carlgaard talks about what's led us to this point in time.

I think society has become obsessed with early achievement, starting in grade school, middle school,

certainly high school,

certainly high school, certainly the college applications,

the college that one gets into.

And think of a conveyor belt where we're putting these children on,

and all along the way they get tested tested

tested and they are pushed pushed to become really good test

takers and the conveyor belt is headed in one direction.

It is headed in the direction of maximizing one's test scores like the SAT.

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