This popular phrase “find your potential, what you are great
at” has much influenced our thought and behavior. We tend to think we are good
at one or a few things and such thing will make us great and stand out.
A question from a friend draws my attention back to such
myth. It seems like that phrase is very powerful to trap our mind.
First it implies that only with your natural talent you can
be great; that you have to have some innate/pre existing ability to be able to
go great. It implies that, without it, you almost can’t!
Second, it limits our mentality to develop new skill. We
give up our ability to build something we want to have.
By trying to find one’s potential, we forget that the
human’s skill, ability, power, potential is made. It is MADE and made by US.
The phrase keeps people to jump around and find things they are good at and
practice doing it to make a living. By doing so, we lose time, effort, and hope
in case we don't find one. Actually, human’s competence is truly built. If you
want to be great at anything, you can surely be. You just need to build your
skill. Simple steps apply: challenge your thought and acknowledge that you own
your destiny. You can achieve it if you really want to go for it and do all it
takes to be there. Then build your attitude toward it. Ask yourself, are you
behaving and acting right to achieve that goal?
Do not waste time discovering your potential, “Just set Goal and Build what you Want to Have”.
