Saima Ikram
You must have seen one of the videos on social media that show how you have been using a certain product, or eating certain foods, wrong your whole life. You might have regretted why you didn’t get a chance to know about it earlier. This is exactly how you feel when you get the insights on life’s challenges that you are struggling to resolve. These insights can turn your while world upside down because then you think of exploring the potential that you have to move forward. There might be many reasons that are holding you back from reaching your full potential and achieving what you want to achieve in life. But you must not just be aware of any of them.
Not being able to realize your full potential can be the biggest regret of your life. You wish you could have done more to achieve what you actually wanted. But in order to make the most of your abilities, you have to make use of the opportunities that come your way and that can only happen when you understand yourself better.
Focusing on the following points may help you to unleash your full potential:
Drown out the voice that tells you “it is impossible”:
Once you realize that no one else can make things happen for you, you make struggle to turn things around. You have to make yourself understand that nothing is impossible and anyone who can bring a change is you. Do not listen to the voice inside your head that tells doing something is hard and impossible. Challenge yourself and avail every opportunity that comes along.
Take risks:
When you fear taking risks, you stop you mind from thinking better. No matter how bigger the risk is just never fear the failure. Take it as a learning opportunity and make all the effort to make it happen. Even if you fail, you will have a lot to learn and grow in experience and knowledge.
Let go of the anger and resentment:
In life, so many things happen that act negatively on your attitude. They make you bitter as your grow and prevent you from reaching your full potential. The bitterness inside holds you back from availing even the opportunities that are present in your life. Therefore, let go of the anger and resentment, make use of the options available, and put all your efforts in making things happen.
Break out of the fixed ideas:
Sometimes it happens that people shut their eyes from areas where they think they cannot make any progress. If you are such person then in your blindness you may shut down yourself from exploring things that you may have a chance at excelling. Once you start doing something you never used to do, you will not only enjoy but give yourself the opportunity to find your potential.
Listen to the praise:
If you want to unleash your potential then you will have to start listening to the people when they praise you. It will make you believe in your abilities and will motivate you to work more to get out of the parameters of self-stereotypes.
