CAREER ADVICE

You’d Better Ride Your Career Wave!

The timing for your peak may be limited

Photo by Thomas Ashlock on Unsplash

“Success is like a lightning bolt. It’ll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum going. You have to strike when the iron is hot. So for me, I just kept striking and striking to polish out the sword that I was making.”

— Michelle Phan

I’m vacationing in Maui this week (and sneaking a little work in). Therefore, it seems appropriate to use a surfing metaphor to explain a phenomenon I’ve observed in people’s professions and careers.

But first, are you ready for something a little upsetting? Business Insider published an illustration of the ages at which you peak at several things in your life. For example:

• Your brain processing power peaks at 18. Great…
• Muscle strength peaks…