Do You Realize Your Potential

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Or have you taken advantage of it?

I ask because I see people with potential all of the time, but they never take advantage of it, instead they stay in the same place and complain.

Did you notice that you had potential or was it someone else?

I never really thought of myself as one with potential, I just lived like I knew I should, school, work, fun, etc. One day I ran into an old physics teacher of mine (I always took interesting classes even though I never had the work ethic, but my teachers always passed me lol) and he asked me about myself, and then ended his comment with something along the lines like "I could tell you were very smart" then he walked away, shyt had me like :ohhh: And :wtf: At the same time. Considering that he allowed me to write a paper so that I could pass the class, which enabled me to graduate HS. He finally comes back (I worked at the Adidas employee store at this time, you needed a pass to get in and I was the greeter that day so I had to see everyone at least twice) and I asked him, "how did you know I was smart? Seeing as how I got bad grades" and he responded "I could always tell, you grasped onto harder concepts faster than other students, you're just lazy". shyt had me like :mindblown: Cause I was never a studious type of nikka, I was that dude who had swag and made people laugh in class and played sports but didn't give a fukk enough about me to make it my life. It all connected right then & there, my teachers always liked me, no matter how much of a (boosie) bad azz I was, I just never applied myself.

Now I'm 22, finally putting this education, intellect, traveling, spirituality shyt first, instead of bullshytting. Save these racks and I'm gone on my Eat Pray Luh shyt:wow:


What y'all saying about your life?
 

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I know I have potential and i know what I could become, Im just lazy to actually make those changes so I could shine. How did u grow out of it???, I don't wanna be one of those cats with wasted potential who turned out to be nothing
 

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I know I have potential and i know what I could become, Im just lazy to actually make those changes so I could shine. How did u grow out of it???, I don't wanna be one of those cats with wasted potential who turned out to be nothing
Only you know those answers.
You have acknowledged you are limiting yourself, so it takes you wanting success/progression bad enough to put other things aside.
 

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Only you know those answers.
You have acknowledged you are limiting yourself, so it takes you wanting success/progression bad enough to put other things aside.



I do want it bad enough, how do I go about finding those answers from within, if that make sense
 

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I do want it bad enough, how do I go about finding those answers from within, if that make sense
Find inspiration in everyday life
Sacrifice the momentary pleasures and stick to goals for pleasure in the long run

wanna party and have fun NOW, or reach to the point where you can do whatever because you worked NOW?
 

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I think most of us are just lazy, I know I am. Too many people have given me the "potential" speech....my own friends brehs.

I don't know if some of you are the same way but I'm content with almost anything. If I can put "C" effort into something and get it done that's fine.
 

Poh SIti Dawn

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I do want it bad enough, how do I go about finding those answers from within, if that make sense
Tbh I think I just realized that I need to stop being a hoe and apply myself. Can't be taking calc classes and not studying & stuff. And if I can make it to calc as a D student in HS with HS studying habits then if I applied myself I'd be Gucci.

Think about what you want, then make steps towards making it.

I tell people, I don't work bad jobs because I need money, I work them because I need to know what I don't need.

I mean my job now is decent, $11.88 an hour, vision, health, dental insurance, flying benefits (I can fly on standby pretty much anywhere) and my job is pretty fun, but I'm in no way an $11.88/hour waking up at 2/3am to work ass nikka.

Plus I saw my family, my mom having me at 19 (she's a nurse now), nobody really having degrees or an education and I'm like "nikka shyt, I obviously know which road is NOT going to work" now I'm working, saving some racks so that I can move to Europe and see how far I can push that limit until I break that stratosphere and get on some avatar shyt.
 

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I feel you man. A lot of people are in the same situation. They know they have potential, it's just can't find it within to apply themselves.
Tbh it's not easy man, but I try to encourage a grip of people to go back to school
 

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yeah. but at the same time, i'm not a ass kisser to no one which i say probably cost me in life in terms of higher pay grade and opportunities

that's life, i can't live in the past so chopped it up as a lost..
 

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I have a lot of potential but in 2014 that doesn't mean anything unless I have pieces of paper to back it up.
 

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I have a lot of potential but in 2014 that doesn't mean anything unless I have pieces of paper to back it up.
If you have potential then you should have no problem getting a degree.
 

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If you have potential then you should have no problem getting a degree.
Right I'm working on that. But in between time I still need to work. And some jobs have crazy qualifications. Now a days jobs don't want to train u. They just want you to know how to do it.
 
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