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Ways to Maximize your Potential

“Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every

opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of

excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest

potential.” -Tony Buzan

We are all endowed with a special thing – i.e. our potential. Some of us realize this

potential quite early in life where as, for some, it takes a lifetime to realize this. These

latter people who take time to realize their potential often accept the fact that they have

lost the time needed to bring their real potential to surface. That is why, it is really

important to realize your potential within a given time period, else its often too late to

begin. Moreover, one can also realize their hidden talent while discovering their real

potential. This is done with experience, with the help of family, friends and even

enemies. However, quite unfortunately, people at times, also tend to de-motivate a person

to such an extent that their search for their hidden potential becomes lost in their misery.

That is why, we recommend some general guidelines which can be adopted in order to

buff and polish your hidden potential.

1. Read books: If you want to discover your hidden talent or potential, you can

explore and search your interests and stay abreast of the latest happenings in your

field of interest. This would not only keep you updated, but also make you

flourish especially if your career is in your interest fields.

2. Expand your exposure: You need to expose your self to different happenings that

take place these days. In many cases, you will realize that your hidden potential

lies in the knowledge that you were exposed to since childhood. So you must

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travel to places, research about topics of interests and make social networks with

associates that might help you discover your hidden potential.

3. Find a good mentor: A successful mentor who understands you would certainly

make you realize your hidden potential. They will help you regarding matters

such as dealing with family matters, business dealings and other aspects. A

mentor would certainly bring about that hidden talent that you have not realized

yet.

4. Take challenging work: Taking up challenges would help you optimize your

potential and find it. Being out of your comfort zone would not only make you

realize what you are made of, but you would also be surprised to discover those

aspects about your personality that are actually unknown to you.

5. Participate in competitions: Participating in competitions would help you tap into

your own talent pool and discover the undiscovered! This would need you to

maximize your time and energy and enhance your skills.

6. Try new things: you should treat every day as a new day, a new beginning. Look

ahead at new avenues and don’t hesitate to try new things or taking risks.

Every one of us has unique potentials hidden inside them. All we need to do is to

wake up and start looking for them.

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Overcome Obstacles Created by Your

Self-Limiting Beliefs

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. - Michael Jordan

Life is definitely difficult that it seems to be. We tend to face problems and hurdles at

every phase of our life. Yet, we know, that we have to look ahead and pace up. The

hurdles can be in the form of family conflicts, financial problems, health related issues or

problems related to adjustment in social life. All of these are actually related to the self

limiting beliefs that stop us from moving ahead.

The basis of this issue is that the smallest perception can create a belief which gradually

grows larger. A lot of times, we tend to become unconscious and tend to direct all the

actions in accordance with these self formed beliefs. These sub conscious acts tend to

slowly become a part of our character and result in a huge impact on our personality.

When we talk about such beliefs, these can be of various types. There are many beliefs

which tend to have a positive impact on our personality and lifestyle. However, in some

cases, these beliefs can be negative, which when reinforced on our personality, tend to

create a huge impact and makes us weak.