We all have heard more than once about the potential of the individual, that each person can increase their inner capabilities. First of all, it is the ability to develop. Psychologists define the potential of a person as the ability to live a rich inner life, effectively use their capabilities, be productive, constantly grow and develop. The concept of hidden potential is actively used in psychology.
What is potential?
Before you understand what hidden potential is, you need to understand what generally falls into this category. So, personal potential consists of the following properties:
- Mental, personal and psychological he alth.
- The meaning of life, interests and incentives for development, the presence of a favorite thing.
- General and emotional intelligence.
It is on the combination of these categories that such indicators as responsibility, love for the world and oneself, skills and life strategies, prospects,inner freedom and culture. Simply put, a person who does not have personal potential is empty, and vice versa, a high potential is an indicator of the prospects and rich spiritual component of a person. The value of latent potential for personal development is enormous.
What are the potentials?
Personal potential is often identified with such a concept as a person's abilities. These concepts are united by the fact that each person has the potential of vital energy. It is what moves us through life. There are also private potentials, for example, for personal development, inherent in a certain type of people.
What is the hidden potential of a person?
Psychologists have created a theory according to which it is believed that absolutely every person has a potential, the existence of which sometimes we simply do not know. And also absolutely every person has every opportunity to unleash this potential and skillfully use it. Simply put, it is such a kind of mind control that works for the benefit of a person. In contrast, there is internal instability and lack of control over oneself, which leads to diseases, neuroses, breakdowns and banal psychological discomfort. All this has an absolutely negative effect on both the physical and moral state of a person.
How to get started?
Any movement forward, including the disclosure of potential, begins with a goal. To understand what you want and how to achieve it, you need to clearly understand, onwhat stage of development you are now and how to move on. It is not even necessary to set the greatest life goal, it is important to start with small, but very important intermediate achievements. And for this, in any case, it will take time, even if you do not yet know what you would like to do, you will have to wait to understand what you are capable of. There are no workarounds or a single universal way that would suit absolutely everyone. Decisions are made strictly individually, independently by each person, because hardly anyone, even the closest person, will say how much time and effort it will take to unlock the potential. The only thing that can really help is the advice of psychologists. Consider the most important of them.
Identification of interests
First, try to clearly define the area of interest that is closest to you, and start exploring it. Do not be afraid of anything new and unknown, even if you have never done something, but you are interested in it - gather all your strength and try to figure it out. For example, you don’t know how to build business processes, take a girl on a date, or draw a dog. Start by searching for the information you need, and already at this stage you will understand whether it is worth continuing and delving into the issue. The main thing is that the knowledge gained will definitely not be superfluous.
The most important thing is the first step
Set a goal? Now we urgently need to take the first step towards its implementation, no matter how unrealistic and impracticable it may seem. If the goal is large enough and important for the future,break it down into several subgoals, so it will be easier to understand the scope of work and move in the right direction. This method helps to make as few mistakes as possible, because it is better to find shortcomings at the initial stage of achieving the goal. Motivation and hidden potential must be inextricably linked.
A mistake is a valuable lesson
All people make mistakes, always and not even once. The most important thing is to be able to admit these mistakes and learn from them. Often this is painful, but negative experience can also be useful, as it helps not only to understand oneself, but also to reveal that very potential. Mistakes are an opportunity to understand what did not go according to plan in the process of achieving the goal, and to understand how this can be prevented in the future. Even if it seems to you that you are at the very bottom, do not despair, because from there the only way is up.
Find your strength
Achieving any goal comes with obstacles that can often seem insurmountable. When it seems that nothing is working out, you want to quit everything, return to the past and live simply and easily. But the most important thing is not to give up, to move forward, no matter what, and to find in yourself the very forces that will help you overcome all difficulties. And even when it seems to you that you have reached the top, think about whether you really did everything you could? Sometimes the brightest ideas and thoughts come to mind when it seems that you are already at an impasse. But human possibilities have no limit, they are always ahead of us. To find strength in yourself, you need to beopen and attentive, be able to focus on the present, and also make every effort to achieve a result. And when even the smallest goal is achieved, you will realize that all obstacles can be overcome.
Nothing is impossible
The first person to climb Everest initially thought it was a mission impossible. But, gradually moving higher and higher, reaching new heights, I realized that everything that can be imagined is real. If a person has a goal and a great desire to achieve it, thanks to which he strives forward, despite all the obstacles, then there is perseverance, motivation and willpower. If a person is ready to give 100%, to overcome difficulties, then any dreams will become a reality, and even hidden potential will break out.
Exercise to unlock potential
Psychotherapists have been studying the question of how to unlock hidden potential for decades, and have already come up with a number of exercises to promote this. Such work on oneself will not take much time and will bring exceptional benefits, it will allow you to open yourself up and find those very inner resources. The exercise is called the "road of life", and for its implementation you will need the following:
- Take a piece of paper and mark two dots on it. One is the beginning of life's journey, the second is the end.
- Now connect these points with a line and imagine that the road passes through some terrain, and you need to go from point A to point B. Mark these points on the road of life.
- Now listen to yourself and answer the questionswhat desires, feelings and thoughts arise in the head in the process of imagining your path of life? How much time is allotted for it? Will it be easy to walk firmly from beginning to end so as not to go astray?
- Every detail of this journey is a stop. Specify where you are doing them, whether something hinders you or helps you, what feelings does the journey from point A to point B cause, and what will happen next?
This exercise helps you realize where your life path leads, in what direction you are moving and whether this direction is correct. Completion of the task will help to understand who is helping in achieving the goal and who is standing in the way, as well as what needs to be changed in order to achieve the desired. Unlock your hidden potential!
