One of the truly vital words to keep in mind, especially when young, is potential. The concept of potential is a challenge when it becomes how do I achieve my full potential? When young it obviously is appropriate to have the need to be someone through developing grown-up skills. But I challenge every person to examine and better their potential repeatedly.
Potential is the reality that one is capable of amassing the ability to make something highly desirable happen in the future. It is a benchmark that challenges a specific individual to achieve a given goal generally of attainment.
One’s own potential must be conceived by each adult and in doing so want me to be mindset should be envisioned. Different potentials emerge as we go through life and school potential becomes work potential, becomes career advancement potential, and becomes stages of retirement life potential.
A peak professional interaction when with I was with a group of smart professionals was to ask “If you were to choose a word be describe the difference between mediocrity and excellence what would it be? Many snappy retorts resulted. My best choice was anticipation.
First, we need to determine what we would realistically like to achieve and what needs to be accomplished for that to take place. Since there continue to be tomorrows throughout life, we need to repeatedly make the effort to place realizing potential on the way to being the best I can be.
Substantial progress can be assured if the Roman dictum articulated by Horace “carpe diem” is adhered to in one’s life. This astonishing initiator‘s challenge literally translates as “pluck the day” which in modern times comes to instruct to “seize the day”. Horace’s entire statement challenged us to make the most of each day we are given and put little trust in our tomorrow because today done well will provide us with fabulous tomorrows. Further, one added key interpretation is that by seizing the day we should enjoy all the pleasures offered each day.
Using the metaphor of constructing a building, there are a number of necessary actions to be taken to achieve the actualization of potential. As mentioned, the goal to be reached should be clearly defined and steps taken in proper order. Knowing one’s full potential is essential but appropriate actions are absolutely necessary.
Often once the goal is apparent and mostly it will be, we merely let it slide. Well not anymore for POTENTIAL SEEKERS.
Too often we focus on the past which we can only learn from and never change. Potential deals with the future and potential dwells in the future. Focus and energize there and your futures will SHINE BRIGHTER.
Consider the marvelous satisfaction resulting from reaching full potential when you can genuinely exclaim “ I have done all that is needed to do my best and be my best.”
