DID YOU KNOW YOU HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL?

1. Our potential is limitless, of which we can't become aware overnight, and neither it is a once in a lifetime event, but a lifelong search.
2. Those who are talented in one field and have made a career in it, can end up blinding themselves to their potential in other areas.
3. Similarly, those who have failed to make it to a prized profession are being unfare to themselves if they give up and settle for mediocrity.
4. It is, therefore, important to be open to our potential at every moment of our lives, which can manifest itself not just through focussed thinking, but through insights which can come up at the most unexpected moments.
5. Reflectiveness helps us to be open to such insights, and intimations about our potential can come not only from within, but from people around us.
6. So it is also important to be open to the observations and insights of other people, keep trying out new ideas, develop new interests, be open to feedback, and even take risks.
7. Creativity is an important tool for developing our potential, and day-dreaming, visualising, enacting scenarios of plans and achievements in one's maind can throw up insights in a manner that our trained logical thinking cannot.
8. It is important to saturate the mind with plans, dreams and information, and literally sleep on it, so that the mind produces its own patterns and flashes of insight.
9. When you find an area of interest, immerse yourself in it, read about it, talk to others about it, think about it, and experiment with it.
10. It is amazing how things start falling into place through strange coincidences, with unexpected help coming from least expected areas when you really commit yourself.
11. In fact, total dedication and involvement can throw up revelations about your potential, which can change the course of your life by being good at what one has the potential for, even if you can't be good at everything.