True Potential

It’s time to acknowledge that niggling feeling and make a success out of your life.  Here’s how to understand your potential and use it to your benefit.

Your true potential comprises all the things you would be doing, if you didn’t allow negativity to stop you. You maybe wealthy or happy with your career, but that don’t necessarily mean that you’ve reached your full potential.

Sit down in a quiet place and ask yourself these questions.

1.       What did I excel at as a child?

2.       Which activities am I naturally drawn to?

3.       Which dreams am I not achieving because of the obstacles?

4.       If money wasn’t important, what would you want to do for a living?

The answer to these questions is your true potential. Let go of fear. For many fear is the reason they chose to lead a mediocre existence. While some are afraid to pursue their true potential others are afraid to explore that potential. For these individuals fears manifests itself in three ways:

·         Fear of change

·         Fear of failure

·         Fear  of excelling

1.       FEAR OF CHANGE

Many people have an inherent fear of changes and therefore refuse to take on any challenges as they would risk being out of their comfort zones. Think about this?

·         What would be the pros and cons of either staying in your comfort zone or taking a risk?

·         Is the risk to great? Is it well calculated?

·         If you  don’t make the change how would it affect the rest of your life

Many would choose risk over regret, but often the greatest risk does reap the greatest rewards

2.       FEAR OF FAILURE

This is the most common reason for mediocrity. Few seem to realise that failure is the best way to learn and learning is the best way to grow

·         What are the odds that you would fail?

·         If so what can you learn from failing?

·         If you fail what would you lose? Your life? Your friends? Your respect? Will the sky fall on you?

3.       FEAR OF EXCELLING

Cases like these may be rare, but they do exist. Many people fear greatness due to feeling inadequacy and their inability to cope with the expectations of others. Ask yourself the following questions?

·         How much do you care about the opinions of others?

·         Does your success rely on the approval of others?

If you’ve answered “YES” to either of these questions, it’s time to find another motivator.

WHAT DRIVES YOU?

Think back to when you excelled as a child. What where you rewarded with?  This will usually remain your key motivator well into adulthood. If you were taken for ice cream when you passed a test, you will reward yourself with food as an adult.

USING YOU POTENTIAL

What have you always wanted to do/achieve? Don’t think about the obstacles or risks. If there was no fear and no uncertainty, what would you most like to have achieved in your life? Why have you not achieved this goal yet? What are the reasons/excuses for not achieving these dreams?

Here’s the plan:

SET GOALS

Clearly set your goals out on paper and take it everywhere with you. Set deadlines, but don’t be deterred if you don’t achieve certain goals when or in order that you hoped. Be flexible and make use of all the unexpected opportunities that come your way.

Try Everything New, Be open to everything