Developing the Hidden Bit in You

What's the name for it? Talent? Potential? Genius? Whatever we have chosen to call it, we have all got that bit in us, hidden only for a while, but waiting to jump out.

At certain periods of our lives, we all might have met people we feel could have been "more" than they amounted. We see it there, something missing, something just there for the taking. It could be the way they talk, the way they come up with quick solutions, past achievements, something. Just something that forces us to consider that, perhaps, they are a shell of who they could have become. That forces us to consider ourselves too. Are we a shell of our ultimate potential? A shadow?

Everybody has a potential inside of them, it is what it is no matter our argument against this fact. It is how we are no ordinary people because we are all different in a way. The world we live now strives to streamline us, to slap labels and put us in a box, creating media constructs so we all strive to be the same thing. But we are different. Diverse. That's the joy of this world. In the same way our talents and

Our potential can only be realized when we are ready to push ourselves to become the best version of ourselves. When we begin to sense a state of hunger within ourselves. The plant thirsts for food and water before it grows, the same way our growth begins with a thirst, a will. We just want to do more. Be more.

Here, we will be considering the hidden potential in all of us, and how not all hidden things are not meant to stay hidden, not when they are this good, this bright. Unveiling the hidden potential is an important skill we all could use; unveiling your true potential is a process that does not occur overnight. It's akin to a seed that is planted and unseen on the surface until the first bud pushes out. It's almost like a private affair that happens behind closed doors until the flower is brought out into the public, into the society.

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How do we develop potentials out of hiding places?

1. Knowing ourselves. Understanding the kind of person we are, knowing our strengths and weaknesses, so that we won't find ourselves facing the wrong direction. When we understand the kind of person we are, when we know where we are heading to, there won't be too many voices whispering behind our ears, telling us what to do and what not to do.

2. We must greatly believe in ourselves. Building our self-confidence. Believing in ourselves gives room for growth and knowledge.

3. Goal setting. The art of setting goals is intentional, and conscious, and self-aware as it is pursued. You begin first with general long-term goals, before you streamline your goals into small achievable bytes. Short-term ones. Successful short-term goals only go on to become massive over time.

4. Learning to accept your failures. We are nothing without failing, as paradoxical as it may seem. Our first steps were taken by stuttering. Even talent is not immune to failure. Talent is hard work. Talent is pursued. When we fail, we do not dwell on it too long, instead we learn from its cause and move on to the next best thing. Life is too short to dwell on missed opportunities.

5. Be ready to embrace work. When we see champions, we only get to glimpse moments of their glory, their bright smile, then loud ovations, the flurry of congratulations. What we do not see of course is the gruelling hours of training, the time spent sweating and working the body into exhaustion. The consistency.

Being more is intentional. And to be more, we must be ready to do more.