Potential – A word that contains what it stands for.

It’s the possibility to do… anything.

Inside of it is bottled up hopes, dreams, fears, and anxiety. Everything that comes with the unknown.

It’s a powerful feeling.

When we see children, all we see is pure potential.

The opportunity to achieve whatever they want. Be whoever they want to be.

An Astronaut. The President. A Dentist. A Writer. An Entrepreneur.

“Aim for the moon, you may hit a star” we tell them.

It’s so easy to see that potential in others. Yet, many of us don’t see that in ourselves.

As we get older, it becomes harder to remain endlessly optimistic.

Instead of focusing on our hopes and dreams, this is instead replaced by fear and anxiety.

When I graduated college, I felt like I had been thrust into the world and had no plan (which was 100% true).

My Dad saw the opposite. He saw somebody who with unlimited potential who could achieve whatever they set their mind to.

Throughout life, we all have that potential. If you’re 20, if you’re 30. Even if you’re 60, you are full of potential.

Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC, started the chain when he was 65. Today it’s worth $10 billion.

We all have the ability to live many unique lives.

To have an impact on what we care about.

We all have potential.