Realise Your Potential

I have often wondered why some people succeed in life and others fail miserably. Why does one person get offered promotions when another who works hard and is good at their job is passed over?

Recently I started reading motivational books by people like Paul Hanna, Louise Hays, Dr Joe Vitale and I also read The Power Of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale and How To Win Friend and Influence People by Dale Carnegie and it brought me to the realisation that it isn't just hard work that brings success.

What brings success to some and not to others is the persons belief in themselves and their total commitment to their own success. These people greet every new day with enthusiasm, ready to meet and overcome every challenge, they believe totally in themselves. Paul Hanna explains this in his books Believe and Achieve and You Can Do It.

People who drag themselves reluctantly out of bed every morning, dreading the very thought of going to work, will never succeed regardless of how hard they work or how good they are at their jobs.

The thing I learned from all this reading is that the potential to achieve great things is in us all but most of us never learn how to utilise that potential. My new post new year resolution is to realise my full potential with a positive, confident outlook on life and I hope you will do the same.