456 - Rich Karlgaard: You Can Flourish Later in Life (It’s More Possible Now Than Ever)

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Rich Karlgaard has done everything from dishwashing to running Forbes magazine. He was a late bloomer. And he wanted to hunt down other late bloomers. He gives a bunch of examples in this podcast. And wrote a book about this phenomenon titled, "Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement." I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.6	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.6	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.8	I'm 51 and I'm constantly wondering, well if I start something new, is it too late?
0:23.8	And you reinvented yourself many times.
0:27.5	We've been everything from a dishwasher to the publisher of Forbes magazine and it's
0:33.0	more possible than ever now, the floor is later in life.
0:36.4	Which doesn't mean you're not going to flourish early in life.
0:38.7	How I'd define late blooming, by the way, because I was kind of surprised there is no clinical
0:43.6	definition or scientific or medical definition of late bloom.
0:47.7	So I said, aha, I'm going to propose one and I think it is the intersection of your deepest
0:53.2	talents and your deepest passions or sense of mission.
0:57.9	In other words, the passions that are so deep you will be willing to sacrifice for them.
1:03.3	But I want to ask, like if someone's listening to this, they're 40, 45, 50 and they're
1:09.6	thinking boy, it's too late for me to be a late bloomer.
1:12.6	I don't really know what my passions are.
1:15.3	How should they be thinking?
1:16.3	Like, what could they try?
1:17.5	What could they practice?
1:24.2	So, this is a topic very near and dear to my heart.
1:29.6	The topic of late bloomers, which the title is called late bloomers, the power of patience
1:37.3	in a world obsessed with early achievement.
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