All of us have heard more than once about the potential of the individual, that each person can increase his inner capabilities. First of all, it is the ability to develop. Psychologists define the potential of the individual as an opportunity to live a rich inner life, to effectively use their capabilities, to be productive, to constantly grow and develop. The concept of hidden potential is actively used in psychology.
What is the potential?
Before you figure out what is hidden potential, you need to understand what generally falls into this category. So, personal potential consists of the following properties:
- Mental, personal and psychological health.
- 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 are produced. Simply put, a person who does not have a personal potential is empty, and vice versa, a high potential is an indicator of the prospects and rich spiritual component of a person. The significance of the latent potential for personal development is enormous.
What are the potentials?
Personal potential is often equated with such a concept as human abilities. What unites these concepts is that each person has the potential of vital energy. This is what drives us through life. There are also private potentials, for example, to personal development, inherent in a certain type of people.
What is the hidden potential of man?
Psychologists created such a theory, according to which it is believed that absolutely every person has a potential, the existence of which sometimes we simply don’t realize. And also absolutely every person has every opportunity to unleash this potential and use it skillfully. Simply put, this is such a kind of control over the mind, which works for the good of man. In contrast, there is internal instability and a lack of control over oneself, which leads to illness, neurosis, disruption and commonplace psychological discomfort. All this absolutely negatively affects both the physical and moral state of a person.
How to start?
Any movement forward, including unlocking potential, begins with a goal. In order to understand what you want and how to achieve this, you need to clearly understand at what 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 still do not 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 method that would suit absolutely everyone. Decisions are made strictly individually, independently by each person, because it is unlikely that anyone, even the closest person, will say how much time and effort will be needed to reach their potential. The only thing that can really help is the advice of psychologists. Consider the most important of them.
Identification of Interests
To get started, 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 this is interesting to you - gather all your strength and try to figure it out. For example, you do not know how to build business processes, take a girl on a date, or draw a dog. Start by looking for the right information, and already at this stage you will understand whether it is worth continuing and delving into the question. The main thing is that the acquired knowledge will definitely not be superfluous.
The most important thing is the first step
Have you 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 into several subgoals, it will be easier to realize the front of work and move in the right direction. This method helps to make as few mistakes as possible, because it is better to find flaws at the initial stage of achieving the goal. Motivation and hidden potential must be inextricably linked.
Mistake is a valuable lesson.
All people are mistaken, always and not even once. The most important thing is to be able to recognize these mistakes and learn from them. This is often painful, but negative experience can be useful, as it helps not only to understand oneself, but also to reveal the very potential. Mistakes are an opportunity to understand that, in the process of achieving the goal, things did not go according to plan, 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 path is only up.
Find the strength in yourself
Achieving any goal is accompanied by obstacles, which can often seem insurmountable. When it seems that nothing works, I want to quit everything, return to the past and live simply and easily. But the most important thing is not to give up, move forward, no matter what, and find in yourself the very forces that will help to 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 most vivid ideas and thoughts come to mind when it seems that you are already at a standstill. But human capabilities have no limits; they are always ahead of us. To find strength in yourself, you need to be open 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 are surmountable.
Nothing is impossible
The first person to conquer Everest initially thought that this mission was impossible. But, gradually moving higher and higher, reaching new heights, I realized that everything that you can imagine 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 all the best to 100%, to overcome difficulties, then any dreams will become reality, and even the hidden potential will burst out.
Capacity Building Exercises
Psychotherapists have been studying the question of how to reveal the hidden potential for decades, and have already thought through a number of exercises that contribute to this. Such work on oneself will not take much time and will bring only benefit, it will allow you to open yourself and find those same internal resources. The exercise is called the "road of life", and to complete it will require the following:
- Take a piece of paper and mark two points on it. One is the beginning of the path of life, the second is the end.
- Now connect these points with a line and imagine that the road passes through some locality, 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 questions, what desires, feelings and thoughts arise in the head in the process of presenting your life path? How much time is allotted for it? Will it be easy to go firmly from beginning to end so as not to go astray?
- Every detail of this path is a stop. Find out where you are doing them, does something interfere with you, or vice versa, what feelings does the journey from point A to point B cause, and what will happen next?
This exercise helps you to understand where your life path leads, in which direction you are moving and whether this direction is right. Accomplishment of the task will help to understand who helps in the achievement of the goal, and who stands in the way, and also what needs to be changed in order to achieve the desired. Unleash your hidden potential!