(Below from the John Maxwell book, Your Road Map For Success)
Growing To Your Potential
Novelist H.G. Wells held that wealth, notoriety, place, and power are no measures of success whatsoever. The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have been and what we have become. In other words, success comes as the result of growing to our potential.
It’s been said that our potential is God’s gift to us, and what we do with it is our gift to Him. But at the same time, our potential is probably our greatest untapped resource. Henry Ford observed, “There is no man living who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.”
We have nearly limitless potential, yet too few ever try to reach it. The answer lies in this: we can do anything, but we can’t do everything.
Many people let everyone around them decide their agenda in life. As a result, they never really dedicate themselves to their purpose in life. They become a jack-of-all trades, master of none – rather than a jack-of-few trades, focused on one.
If that describes you more than you’d like, you’re probably ready to take steps to make a change. There are four principles to put you on the road to growing toward your potential:
- Concentrate on one main goal.
- Concentrate on continual improvement.
- Forget the past.
- Focus on the future.
When you know your purpose in life and are growing to reach your maximum potential, you’re well on your way to being a success.
~Evolution of Self
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