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Key Takeaways Potential isn’t a destination. It’s not about reaching some predefined “best version of yourself.” It just means the capacity to become.
The minute you decide what your potential is supposed to look like, you’ve also put a ceiling on it. But there’s no way to know what the future version of you will be capable of.
Just because you can become capable of something doesn’t necessarily mean you should. Because every expansion comes with a cost. More responsibility. More complexity. More decisions.
Instead of asking “Am I living up to my potential?” ask “What am I becoming capable of?” and “Do I actually want the life that comes with it?”
What in the world is potential anyway?
We say this word all the time. You have so much potential. You’re not living up to your potential. Imagine if you actually reached your full potential. Hearing people say that to me used to give me anxiety. It comes loaded with expectations.
Full potential. What does that even mean?
Potential, by definition, is basically the capacity to become something in the future. Something. It doesn’t say successful, wealthy, CEO, bestselling author, eight-figure entrepreneur or one of those people who wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to meditate, journal, work out and apparently solve half the world’s problems before I’ve had coffee.
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