Self-improvement

Being Behind in Life Is a Superpower — Here’s How You Use It to Outperform Everyone

Realising this will put you miles ahead

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The only thing I’ve been ahead of in life is being behind.

If that sentence seemed confusing it’s because I’m probably behind in my writing ability. Apologies.

I used to have a negative view of being behind in things. Considering I was behind in almost everything, it didn’t help much.

If you don’t believe me, here’s a small list of things I lagged in:

• I was born a few weeks late (see, I was at it before I was even born!)
• I had a speech impediment and was one of the last people in school to speak properly
• I was behind in maths, English and science since I needed to take a lot of time off (thanks, swine flu)
• I was the last to upgrade from pencil to pen in school (saddest on the list)
• Puberty — I finally started growing at 16 (at which point I was still 5ft 3 inches lol)
• Job — I got my first job when I was 20 (isn’t too bad but still not great)