It has seemingly taken a month for Jamaican author and public figure Krystal Tomlinson to process being listed among 125 global leaders to look out for in 2022 by readers of US-based business magazine Success.

Tomlinson, in an Instagram post on Tuesday (March 15), while humbled to be included with the likes of American actor Will Smith, Jean Accius, entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu and Nigerian author Luvvie Ajayi Jones, surmised that “imposter syndrome” was nagging at her. 

“Today, I officially remove that veil of denial that had me in disbelief. From a nominee to a finalist, to making the @successmagazine list of 125 Most Influential Leaders To Know in 2022 – I am still a little stunned and ALOT grateful. I was notified 1 month ago and it took me that long to process what had actually happened,” said the former People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) president.

Tomlinson beamed with pride for being the first-ever Jamaican recognised on Success Magazine‘s newest list, which celebrates the company’s 125th anniversary by asking readers worldwide to nominate people who have made “long-lasting, positive change” in their lives.

“I’m on a list of persons described as the most powerful voices of today – poets, authors, speakers, athletes, activists. I am still processing the magnitude of that,” mused Tomlinson.

“There’s a reason it took me a full month to grasp that, to diminish that “imposter syndrome” that was telling me I’m not “big enough” for this,” she added.

Success Magazine, in its February 15 article ‘Introducing the SUCCESS 125’, lauded Tomlinson, 31, for her role as Success Farm Life Academy executive director, founder of non-profit organisation Teens on Purpose and leading “an immersive online public speaking [programme] that has served almost 1,000 [Jamaican] students” over the past year.

Read Success Magazine’s paragraph on Krystal Tomlinson below: 

“Described as “The Fear Killer,” Krystal Tomlinson is an author, brand elevation strategist, entrepreneur, internationally ranked speaker, public speaking coach and mother. The 31-year-old Jamaican thought-leader is a former Ms Jamaica Festival Queen and National Youth Ambassador for Vision 2030 Jamaica and is now the managing director for Success Farm Life Academy and founder and lead coach for the nonprofit Teens on Purpose. She is also a three-time winner of the World Universities Debate Championships and the first female in the Caribbean to be ranked the No. 1 public speaker in the world by that organization. She now leads an immersive online public speaking program that has served almost 1,000 students in the last 12 months and has engaged thousands of students in high-impact motivational training sessions. Tomlinson is also the host of the internationally syndicated television show Nyammings and the Apple podcast Good Gas Mondays as well as the author of Kill Fear: The Art of Courageous Living. She holds a certification in Reputation Management in a Digital World from Australia’s Curtin University, The Science of Happiness certification from University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, International Relations and African Diaspora Studies from the University of the West Indies, Mona.”