The potential is there – it is up to us to tap it
October 4, 2006
Let me run a simple analogy. I come by this realization everyday on my way to work, whenever I alight the bus at the stop opposite my workplace, I have to negotiate 3 flight of stairs to reach the inner depths of my work fortress.
Sometimes we are blessed, our bodies are equipped with the neccessary attributes for us to achieve results in life. No one is born equal and some are blessed with greater intelligence, creative flair for the arts or they could simply be physically inclined.
Each and everyone of us have our strengths and leverages, as we progress through our journey in life, we will come to a realization of some of strengths. For example, I am thankful that I am all of 1.87 metres in height and with that height comes a decent pair of legs. Whenever I negotiate stairs, I climb two to three steps with each stride as opposed to the normal 1 step per stride. It is physically efficient for me to do so because of the way I am physically built. I’ve realized this and I’ve never looked back since. So assuming I am working equally has hard as a colleague walking beside me, by walking at the same frequency I climb the “ladder” twice as fast.
There are many aspects of life where this could be applied other than the mini-example I’ve just provided. A talented software developer may be able to churn out better programs for less lines of code, a salesman may bring enough deals to reside in the top 10% every month while others work equally as hard but find it hard to excel.
It is important for us to find our niche and use our strengths to propel us forward.
