Success: Living Your Potential

What does it mean to live your potential?  Living your potential implies three things, which are represented by three words.  Each of these words carries a very specific meaning and it is important to understand them separately before considering what it means to live your potential.

POTENTIAL

            Potential is the objective here.  Potential is the highest essence of some inner attribute or outward manifestation and in many cases it is both.  Potential is not what leads to a comfortable or easy life often.  Few would argue that Gandhi did not achieve his potential however his life was far from easy.  Our potential is often predicated on a goal and a result that is not to be judged by the same judgment system as that in the world.  However for others that is a necessary quality.

YOUR

            Your potential is different than anyone else’s.  You’re a unique blend of talents and characteristics that are shaped by your genes, natural talents, life experiences and personality.  These forces shape your potential and the road to reach it is found by working your way through the balance sheet of your life.  One diversion from this path is to let someone else tell you what your purpose is or to live your life for goals that have been pursued by your family, your heritage or that have been set out for you by your parents or others.  All of these will ultimately lead to either failure or your ultimate dissatisfaction.  Your path is yours alone and it is only you that holds the map.

LIVING

            Many people search for their purpose in life but upon finding it fail to put forth the effort required to actualize it.  Living means doing more than anything else.  When you find your purpose it is important that you practice it.  Living also implies focus and sustained effort.  It is not possible to contemplate anything into existence.  Everything requires work and effort.  A price must be paid for everything and this includes the cultivation of your natural gifts.

            The objective of these series of articles is to explore each of the three facets above and help you to move your life to a place in which you are living that potential.  Whatever that may be for you.  If you do not know what it is then some of these articles will help you to find it with techniques both ancient and modern.

 

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