By Ethan Musolini, Interaction Workshop participant, Commonwealth People’s Forum, Kampala, Uganda (Guest blogger)
With the Commonwealth People’s Forum’s theme being “Realizing People’s Potential”, it is critical to take a personal reality check in terms of how you as an individual can realize your own potential.
The key is to focus on how you yourself can unleash your potential. You can’t wait for someone else to wave a magic wand in front of you and expect - bingo – success to appear.
If each of us can realize our own potential, then, the whole Commonwealth - and the whole world matter will experience an explosion of immense success.
So here are my 7 great ways to achieve that:
- Vision
Always have a clear vision – a big crystal clear picture of the kind of life you want to experience. Where do you see yourself 5, 10 or 20 years from now? A personal vision will keep you motivated and inspired.
- Set Goals
Set goals in all the different areas of your life like health, relationships, spirituality, material and financial, career, mental and personal development. Do something progressive about them every day and you will be astonished how much you can accomplish by the time the next CHOGM comes around.
- Excellence and integrity
Whatever you are engaged in, do it with excellence. Excellence attracts opportunity. Keep promises to yourself and others. Excellence and integrity will transform into greater performance which will unleash more of your potential. Remember potential is what hasn’t been realized yet. Do more that you’ve never done before.
- Positive Self Talk
Keep telling yourself: ‘I can do it’.’I love myself’ ‘I like myself’ ‘I love my work’ ‘I am the best’. That will keep you motivated to stretch further towards your hidden potential.
- Hang around the right people
Hang around people who can inspire you. They will keep you going towards your dreams. Toxic and negative people will suck the life out of your dreams. Positive people will turbo charge your desire to become more successful.
- Constant self improvement
Read inspirational books. Listen to audio tapes for more success.
- Persistence
Never give up until your dreams are realized. Make it happen until your dreams are realized to celebrate your unlimited potential.
Good luck
Ethan Musolini is a CEO of Success Africa, motivational speaker, consultant, facilitator and author of 2 books – Get Motivated in 30 Seconds or Less and Public Speaking Secrets Exposed. He is a Ugandan based in Kampala
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I want to compliment Ethan’s blogpost.
Myles Munroe describes potential as “unexposed ability… Reserved power… untapped strength… capped capabilities… unused success… dormant gifts… hidden talents… latent power… what you can do that you haven’t done… where you can go that you haven’t gone… who you can be that you haven’t yet been… what you can imagine you haven’t yet imagined… how far you can reach that you haven’t yet reached… what you can see that you haven’t yet seen… what you can accomplish that you haven’t yet accomplished.”
Certainly, one needs to listen and take action about their personal branding. Let me borrow Eric Kimani’s words. He said if you are to set targets, the one must do some personal branding. But how? You will need to know how to keep time, be and remain credible, grab authority in everything you do, open a website to market yourself in virtual space, accept global competition from the Chinese and Indians, learn to use other people- delegate even if at a church event or small business, learn to embrace change if you know the value of improving your skills – learn new skills, be strong and courageous as the only way to see your potential is to start something new – apply for another bigger job or start up a new business venture/NGO/Foundation/Trust to help others who are less privileged, care for the environment (plant some trees), accept a new task from your boss- get to work beyond your duties or be ready to help others sort out their problems. This helps you remain on the radar screen as a reliable person.
I want to understand why less privilege in Nigeria are not been helped.