Categories: Self-Improvement

How to unlock your Potential

The following tips can help you unlock your potential:

Define success – What does success means to you? Does it mean being financially stable? owning a home? Success depends on your own ability and determination to work hard. Define your success and work towards achieving it.
Set realistic goals – Don’t be over excited and set big, unrealistic goals forgetting that you need to make sure they are realistic and attainable. Start small as you look to setting and achieving bigger goals. No goal or milestone is too small or insignificant.
Believe in yourself – Self belief can take you to places and makes you seek opportunities you never thought you would.
Have the right attitude – Your attitude will determine the amount of effort you will put in achieving success. It will also help you carry out your role effectively and to do more than you have been assigned. Your attitude is what will guide you when things get tough, and failure comes.
Seize opportunities along the way – Don’t let opportunities pass you, make the best of use of your environment to create a livelihood for your self and family.
Don’t shy a way from asking for help – Your weakness is someone else strength therefore ask for help where necessary. Learn from one another, this will go along way helping build each other.
Focus on the future – Don’t focus so much on your current life but rather use it to prepare for a better tomorrow. Work hard now for a better tomorrow.
Be challenged – Challenges will help you get out of your comfort zone and enable you to be creative besides enabling you to grow.
Go the extra mile – Going an extra mile, is what differentiate an ordinary and an extraordinary individual. Learn to do more than is expected of you.
Have a reputable character – Be someone people can look up to . Develop your space and gain respect for being who you are.
Lastly surround yourself with the best – Have friends that can challenge you to achieve more.

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John writes on a variety of topics. He blogs on topics ranging from social media marketing (SMM), search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), email marketing, business, personal finance tech, entrepreneurship to personal development. In free time he likes watching football, reading, listening to music and taking nature walks.

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Preet says:

February 21, 2019 at 7:00 pm

What an inspiring topic for today. Thank you for sharing and allowing us to ispired by you and it helps a lot to be more successful!
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 7:13 pm
  
  Welcome.
Nicole Bertrand says:

February 21, 2019 at 6:15 pm

As an entrepreneur, these are such good reminders! Thanks for the post.
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 6:15 pm
  
  Welcome Nicole.
Catherine Santiago Jose says:

February 21, 2019 at 4:47 pm

These are amazing and very helpful tips. Finding your potential is not that easy it really takes a lot of hardwork but I am sure that once you found it everything will fall into a right and perfect place.
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 5:40 pm
  
  True. Thanks for the nice feedback.
Chastity says:

February 21, 2019 at 3:42 pm

Success means a lot to all of us and how we achieve that is up to us. Asking for help is key and being confident is very important. For me I just want a successful business that can allow me to show my talents and for me to help others while doing it. I love what I do and that’s all that matters.
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 5:42 pm
  
  Totally agree with you. Thanks for the insightful feedback.
plumstreetcollective says:

February 21, 2019 at 8:25 am

Great advice!!
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 9:19 am
  
  Welcome.
TheSuperMomLife says:

February 21, 2019 at 7:25 am

It definitely takes time and a lot of work, but once you find your potential, it's amazing all of the things you can do with it.
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 9:26 am
  
  True. Thanks.
Dennis K. Littley says:

February 21, 2019 at 5:45 am

These are great tips! Very helpful and effective when they're put into practice. Thank you for sharing!
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 9:27 am
  
  Welcome.
Scott Gombar says:

February 21, 2019 at 1:33 am

I have learned to tell myself that I have already accomplished whatever my goal is. It's really empowering, along the lines of believing in yourself.
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 9:29 am
  
  Yes, it all begins in believing in yourself, Thanks.
Mosaics Lab says:

February 21, 2019 at 12:29 am

Super love your post and yes i can't agree more, defining success and agree on the goals are definitely the first steps towards success. Great read.

Chad
http://www.mosaicslab.com
- John Mulindi says:
  
  February 21, 2019 at 12:32 am
  
  Thanks for the visit.
georginawangui says:

January 23, 2019 at 11:18 am

Absolutely inspirational. I am going to try some of the tips youvyo mentioned above. Thank you.
- John Mulindi says:
  
  January 23, 2019 at 2:31 pm
  
  Hi Georgina, thanks for the feedback.