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Theupsanddownsoflifemayseemtohavenopredictableplan.Butscientistsknowthereareverydefinitepatternsthatalmostallpeopleshare.Evenifyou’vepassedsomeofyour“prime”,youstillhaveotherprimeyearstoexperienceinthefuture.Certainimportantprimesseemtopeaklaterinlife.Itisreallygoodnewstomanyofuswhodon’thaveagoodfeelingaboutourselvesnow.Weneedn’tbeworriedaboutitnow.Whenareyousmartest?From18-25,accordingtoIQscores;butyou’rewiserandmoreexperiencedwithincreasingage.

You’resharpestinyour20’s;around30,memorybeginstodecline.ButyourIQforothertasksclimbs.Yourvocabularyattheageof45,forexample,isthreetimesasgreataswhenyougraduatedfromcollege.Attheageof60,yourbrainpossessesalmostfourtimesasmuchinformationasitdidattheageof21.Itisreallyamazing,butitistrue.

Whenareyouhappiest?Youhavethebestphysicalsenseofyourselffrom15to24;thebestprofessionalsensefrom40to49.

Beforeage24,webelievethatourhappiestyearsareyettocome;over30,webelievethatthey’rebehindus.

Whenareyoumostcreative?Generallybetween30and39,butthepeakvarieswithdifferentprofessions.

Mozartwroteasymphonyandfoursonatasbyageeight,andMendelssohncomposedhisbestknownworkAMidsummerNight’sDream,at17,butmostofthegreatmusicwaswrittenbymenbetween33and39.

Thoughthepeakinmostfieldscomesearly-mostNobelprizewinnersdidtheirtopresearchintheirlate20’sand30’s—creativepeoplecontinuetoproducequalityworkthroughouttheirlives.Forthe“well-conditionalmind”,thereisnoupperlimit.

Soifyouarenotverysuccessfulatpresent,itreallydoesn’tmatter.Justhavealittlepatienceandwaitforyourbesttime.