Confucius had a saying called "Fifty Heavenly Destiny".
The gist is that when a person reaches the age of fifty, he should understand the destiny of heaven and stop doing unnecessary struggles.
So, is this really the case?
Of course not.
Because Confucius said that "fifty know the Mandate of Heaven", in fact, there are two meanings, one is that people who have passed the age of fifty must understand their true needs and the direction of their efforts, and the other is that fifty years old is proposed for the situation that the life expectancy of the ancients is generally not high.
Therefore, the "Fifty Knowing destiny" is not to teach you not to work hard and not to think of making progress, nor is it to advocate that you enjoy your old age in peace.
In fact, after the age of fifty, there are many people in the late stages.
So, who is more likely to be a late bloomer?
In fact, in real life, the late success of the big instrument is often the following four kinds of people, namely:
First, people who are good at dormancy
Generally speaking, most people who are late in their careers are good at dormancy.
Why?
Because they are waiting for an opportunity – they will even spend half their lives looking for it.
Further, without the right opportunity, they will always lie dormant, will not expose themselves, and will not let themselves become the target of public criticism. On the contrary, those who are not good at dormancy will often expose themselves before encountering opportunities, so that they exhaust themselves, and eventually when the opportunity comes, they will not be able to seize the opportunity.
Therefore, most of those who are late in their careers are people who are good at dormancy.
Second, people who are good at learning and know how to prepare for the future
There is an old saying: sharpen a knife without mistakenly cutting wood.
To the effect that it is safer to be prepared than to be unprepared.
And can be ready, most of them are good at learning people - they firmly believe that through learning, they will one day come in handy, not to mention "time is not waiting for me", before not ready, no matter how tossed, will not stir up too much "waves".
It can be seen that those who are good at learning and can prepare for the future are often more likely to achieve great things later.
Third, those who can bear loneliness
Lao Tzu has a saying in the Tao Te Ching, that is:
"The Master does not quarrel, so the world cannot contend with it"
The gist is to say that non-contention is the greatest controversy.
However, in real life, few people can withstand loneliness, so that they are accustomed to competing with each other, and mistakenly believe that competition will lead to gains.
This is, of course, a deep misunderstanding.
Because the people who can really endure loneliness are often those who know how to cultivate obscurity - even if they have money in their hands, they never reveal it.
In fact, people who are really smart never really expose themselves.
Therefore, such people are often also late-achieving people.
Fourth, people with independent thinking ability
In real life, there are not many people who really have the ability to think independently.
That is to say, the vast majority of people have not actually found their true selves, so that they go with the flow, deeply disturbed and affected by everything external and their own emotions, and eventually lose themselves.
And those who have the ability to think independently are often very clear about their real needs and goals, and are more aware of the direction of their efforts, so that they can focus on their careers, even if there is no improvement for the time being, they will still firmly believe that they will one day be successful.
Therefore, in summary, these contents are actually the real reason why we talk about the above four kinds of people, it is easier to become a big instrument and a late success.
The materials in this article are mainly quoted from the Analects, Zhuangzi, Tanjing, Tao Te Ching, Temporary Sitting, Dream of the Red Chamber, Wasted Capital, Walking Alone, Philosophical Thoughts on Life, Plato So To Say, History, The Complete Works of Wang Yangming, Huayan Jing, University, Li Ji, Tiandao, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Wang Biji's Interpretation, Zhou Yi, And The Book of Poetry