Reach Your Full Potential: Don’t Let Others Determine Your Success

Author: Matthew Toone

Author: Matthew Toone

Our potential in life is not determined by uncontrollable circumstances and settings, racial or gender characteristics, or even economic conditions or access to knowledge. Never give in to the mentality or believe the dominating culture which engrain into our minds that our potential is determined and success is the result of the schools we graduated from, jobs held, awards won, degrees earned, wealth acquired, or any credential or certificate obtained. Success and potential are created, developed, and determined within ourselves and they result from the foundational laws of success: determined desire, ability to dream big, belief in self and in the dream, complete commitment to the goal, overcoming the voices of fear and failure, daily action and persistence, learning from and getting up after failures, and never quitting until the goal or dream is realized. Unfortunately, far too often we allow our culture and society, educational system and workforce, literature and media, as well as peers and even our own family members convince us that success is measured and potential is determined by certain qualifications. These fallacious qualifications range from GPAs to standardized test scores, institutions attended to education obtained, work experience to titles held, social connections to family heritage, and from the color of our skin to the anatomy of our body. Undoubtedly the GPAs and degrees obtained, etc. are important and will help on the journey to success, but they alone are irrelevant and will prove insignificant if the laws of success described above are not understood, believed, and implemented as well. Do you really believe that you can literally become and accomplish anything in life? Your successes, greatness, and potential are determined by you alone; and all of the characteristics necessary to achieve your goals and dreams already lie within you. Our potential is made or unmade by ourselves we simply need to discover or create it. If you realized how capable, brilliant, talented, beautiful, and powerful you really are (or could be), it would not only astonish you, it would inspire you. And yet ironically, most people are not ignorant of this reality, they just willfully choose to ignore it because they are afraid of their own potential or they are not willing to put in the work necessary to achieve it. Thus, Ben Herbster summed it up perfectly when he penned: the greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. Never forget, however, that in the journey to reach our potential, dreams, and successes in life, it is desire, belief, action, and persistence that are essential. You alone must discover, create, and determine your own potential. Gone must be the days when we mistakenly follow the masses and believe the misconceptions of what actually determines our potential and success in life. Our full potential is reached, successes are achieved, and our dreams and goals are realized if we can understand, believe, and implement the laws of success think big, believe more, act now, and never quit!About the Author:

Matt is the founder of http://www.awakeyourpotential.com/ a website focused on inspiring people to achieve their goals and dreams, live up to their full potential, and learn the secrets for success in anything. As a successful entrepreneur, Matt recently accomplished one of his dreams to write a book! His book is entitled: Great Games! 175 Games & Activities for Families, Groups, & Children. To view the book and learn more, visit: http://www.greatgamesbook.com/

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