“Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.” — Winston Churchill.

Discovering your potential

Every individual has their own talent and unique way of doing things. It is just that some discover their potential earlier in life while others may take their entire life in realising it. It is said that if you will realise your potential, you get the power of doing incredible things. With so many things going around us, we often forget to see what we truly want. Studies suggest that if you live a life that is in line with what’s most important to you, you will find your life more meaningful and feel a deeper sense of well-being. 

3 Tips To Discover Your True Potential:

1. Analysing yourself

We may go to various counselors to know what is best for us or what we should do in this situation, but we know that all of this is just for outer satisfaction. Why do I say so? Because deep down, we all know that nobody knows us better than ourselves. Only you can choose best for yourself, and for that, you need to do a bit of self-introspection. 

You must have done work analysis at your workplace. Now it is time for you to do a deep analysis of your career, personal life, finances, health, and emotional wellbeing. It is the first step to know what you really want. It will help you in prioritising things that matter to you the most. Once you discover what success means to you, then only you can start taking baby steps to achieve that. 

Must-read: Why Mindset Matters for Success?

Go through the below links to know more about self-introspection:

• What is self-introspection?

Surfing the net, using social media, watching movies, or playing video games may make you happy for a short time, but after a few days, you will get bored and start looking for some other source of happiness. You will never find what makes you happy unless it comes from inside you. And it can be achieved only through self-introspection and awareness. Read more.

• Importance of introspection

Nobody is perfect, no matter how much we try to be. Knowing yourself better helps you in accepting your flaws and working on them. Not only this, introspection helps you in various other ways which you have never thought about earlier. Get to know the importance of introspection.

2. Personal growth

There is always room for development in us. It is never late to improve your skills, knowledge, life goals, and personal qualities. Self-improvement leads you to a better and easier lifestyle. You not only understand yourself better but also push you to reach your highest potential. Basically, personal growth accelerates you towards maximizing your true potential. It can involve developing and working on new habits, hobbies, fostering new skills, and practicing new strategies in order to achieve your goals. 

Go through the below links to know more related to personal growth:

• Importance of personal growth and how to pursue it?

Sometimes, bringing a change in your practice requires making changes in yourself. Personal growth not only helps you professionally but also in every aspect of life. Get to know the importance of personal growth and how you can achieve it.

• Tips for personal growth

When you know the importance of personal growth, now it’s time to take out at least half an hour of your daily life and focus it on self-improvement. Get some important tips that are required for personal growth.

3. Challenge yourself

We often hear business leaders, influencers, entrepreneurs saying to challenge yourself, but what do they mean by this? They simply mean to overcome your fears and emerge triumphantly. How to do it? Well, it is quite simple! All you need to do is take a task you are scared of and start working on it. No need to hurry up, complete it at your pace, but complete it. Do not leave it hanging in the middle. By the time you will complete it, you will realise how simple it was, and all the fear was just in your head.

You must have heard the famous saying, “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid of standing still.”

Challenging yourself will pull you out of your comfort zone and help you in doing things that never would have seemed possible for you. If you want to grow, you need to challenge yourself.

Visit the below links to know more about challenging yourself:

• Ways to challenge yourself

Challenging yourself is important for several reasons. Learn some ways of challenging yourself. Click to know more.

• Why should you challenge yourself?

If you are not happy with your lifestyle now, you need to bring some changes to it. These changes can not be introduced without knowing yourself better and knowing what truly gives you a kick. Get to know the importance of challenging yourself.

Recommended: 10 Books Every Business Leader Should Read In 2021

We, at OpenGrowth, are continually looking for trending startups in the ecosystem. If you want to know any further information about the startup ecosystem or have any mind-boggling ideas, do refer to our other blogs.