How to Unlock Your Potential
Most people dream of being successful and want to live
fuller, happier, bigger lives. We dream of being in control of our own time,
doing things we really love and never being held back in life. We all want to
be the best that we can possibly be and make our dreams come true.
We’ve seen many people reach the heights of human potential.
There are people out there living lives that we wish we could emulate and doing
things that we admire. But for many of us, it’s a struggle to live up to what
we really want in life. Not many people actually reach their potential.
You might be putting yourself down, thinking that there is
something different about you that makes it impossible for you to do the types
of things that these people are doing. You might think that you simply don’t have
as much raw talent, drive or determination as it would take to live the life of
your dreams. You might find all kinds of excuses for why you can’t go after the
things you want to do.
Maybe you think you’re not smart enough, attractive
enough, or rich enough to be successful. Maybe you’ve been told these types of
things your entire life and you’ve started to believe them.
But the truth is that there is nothing that can prevent you
from being successful. Wildly successful people have come from all walks of
life. It might be harder for some people than it is for others, for example,
it’s harder for someone who is born poor to become an astronaut. But it’s not
impossible, and it’s happened before. Telling yourself that you are destined
for failure is the surest way to find failure. Just like everyone else, you are
capable of incredible success.
Take one example of someone overcoming their circumstances.
José M. Hernández was the son of very poor farmworkers in California, and
worked the farms as a child. He only learned to speak English at the age of 12,
and participated in the Upword Bound program which helps educationally
disadvantaged youth prepare for college. He applied himself at college and
became an engineer for NASA despite his disadvantaged background. He worked
diligently until he was selected for his first space mission in 2008. When the
mission launched, he became the first person to use the Spanish language in
space through a tweet. Mr. Hernández did not allow himself to be held back by
his circumstances and went after his dreams. He is only one of many people who
overcame incredible odds to make his life a success.
He could have given up on his dreams. He certainly had
enough excuses to. He was not a likely candidate for the level of success he achieved.
But he went after what he wanted, and he far exceeded what most people would
have expected from him as a child.
There is nothing that is holding you back from living your
best life. Even though you might have obstacles along the way, if you think
that it’s impossible for you to be an incredible success, you’re simply wrong.
It’s possible, and other people are doing it every day, right now as you’re
reading this, despite the challenges they face. They are not letting their
circumstances dictate what they make of their lives.
Think about it – if you’re struggling to reach your
potential, what really separates you from the people who are incredibly
successful? What separates you from the billionaire who took his own small
company to massive success? What makes you any different form the superstar
musician whose music is listened to by millions around the world?
The answer is, they followed a certain recipe for success.
Most of them faced rejection, criticism, seemingly impossible obstacles and
even a lot of failure, but they didn’t stop. They knew what they wanted, and
they found ways to make it happen.
A lot of these people have written or spoken about their
journeys towards success. These stories show particular trends that you can
study in order to make your life a success as well. Even if you feel like
you’re on the right path to where you want to be, studying the tips for success
which these leaders can offer can be a very powerful way to remind yourself
that success is within your reach. You just have to go for it.
The most important thing to remember is that you have an incredible amount of potential to do great things with your life. More than you can even know. The only way to realize that potential is to be persistent and to keep moving higher and higher until you achieve that dream that you might have thought was impossible.
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