Written by Eugene Morgan
“Little is really known of the actual potentials of human functioning.” Milton Erickson
Erickson is correct that we don’t know how far we can go with our potentials. We don’t know our actual potential until it is fully developed. We can’t find out what those potentials are until we do something. Accumulated potentials are experiences that lie dormant until it’s needed. When we hear other say about an athlete who has potential, they’re really seeing the beginning signs of potential. It will be up to the athlete to see how far he will take to develop his potential into something useful. Although, we don’t know how far an athlete will take to see his potential develops, we can see signs of it. These signs are important to note.
We shouldn’t ignore these signs in ourselves, especially, when others in our world often mentions these potential signs to us. Because we have the potential for something, it doesn’t mean it’s easy to develop it into something great. The most talented person is constantly fine tuning his craft to get to a higher level because he still sees signs of potential in himself.