Release Your Potential

"There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate." ~Robert Brault

In his book, Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know, John Maxwell tells of a belief that H.G. Wells held. It was that wealth, notoriety, place and power are no measure of success whatsoever. The only one measure of success is the ratio between what we might have been and what we have become.

This means that our level of success is the result of how far you have come in achieving your own potential. Everyone has this potential but many of us fail to believe in that potential. Many of us allow others to dictate what that potential is. And many times their perception of your potential is far below what it truly can be.

So if you want to make the changes to try and achieve a greater potential. To achieve a greater attitude in life that can bring about greater opportunity. Then here are four principles that Mr. Maxwell provides to help you do just that.

1. Concentrate on one main goal - nobody ever reached their potential by scattering themselves in twenty directions. Reaching your potential requires focus.

2. Concentrate on continual improvement - commitment to continual improvement is the key to reaching your potential and to being successful.

3. Forget the past - many people have overcome great odds to achieve great things. No matter what you've faced in the past, you have the potential to overcome it.

4. Focus on the future - your potential lies ahead of you, whether you're eight, eighteen, forty-eight or eighty. You still have room to improve yourself. You can become better tomorrow than you are today.

He ends with a Spanish proverb which says, "He who does not look ahead remains behind." As I try to tell folks, move forward, strive to better your own condition in life and hey, enjoy your life.

Stay inspired my friends.