About reaching your potential
Deep inside ourselves we all know, indifferently of what we are or what we have today, that we could have done a lot better. But wait, it is not too late to change something and start becoming what you are supposed to become, a better person with a better life.
This is what reaching your potential means. What is potential? To put it in simple words, when we are born we all have a talent for something. Exploiting that talent in the best possible way can lead you towards becoming a better person, whether if it is about sports or sales for example. Everybody is born with something he is good at, you just have to discover what are your key qualities.
However, only discovering them might prove to be insufficient. You also have to put your talent and qualities to good use in order to reach your full potential. There are a lot of examples of famous Hollywood actors that were only cleaning pools or working in a restaurant until they discovered their real capabilities and now some of them even have a few Oscars.
It is mostly up to you to discover and reach your full potential but we must say that you cannot ignore luck in all this activity. Some have the chance of discovering their potential while they are young, some do this when they are older and some simply don't do it at all. You don't want to become like them, trust us!