Maximize Your Potential

Maximize Your Potential shows you how to make your work life one that’s both fulfilling and productive by shifting your mindset and taking advantage of your ambitions, skills, and creativity.

It’s easy to hear someone talk about being in a job they love and think it must have just fallen into their lap because they followed their passion. But this isn’t how it works. Getting there requires a bit more planning and focus on the right things.

What you don’t see beneath the surface of those who are happiest at work is the fulfillment they get from the lifestyle and culture of the job.

Take Bill McKibben for instance. He’s happy in his work as an environmental journalist, but not because he loves writing. It’s more about the positive influence he can have on the world and the flexible hours and location of his work.

This example shows how examining what lifestyle you want then finding a job to match that leads to a fulfilling career. It also identifies how much more vital skills are than passion alone.

McKibben wasn’t always a great writer, he had to develop his abilities. As an undergrad, he wrote for the Harvard Crimson newspaper. It took tenacity and over 400 articles for him to get good enough to write for The New Yorker.

That wasn’t the end of his practice though. He kept improving so that he could eventually become his own boss and quit to write his first book.

Are you the kind of person that wants to stay proficient at your job? Or do you take an outlook of trying to get better into work each day? If you want to stay great at what you do and find happiness in your job, you need to always seek to get better. Merely having a “be-good” attitude holds you back by making you want to prove that you’re capable. When you don’t try to get better you end up stagnating and growing unsatisfied. You also hinder others because their success makes you uncomfortable. Instead, you need a “get-better” attitude. These individuals constantly look to others who are better than they are as an opportunity to develop their skills and learn. When you develop this mindset you’ll focus not on comparing yourself to others but instead to your past self, to make sure that you’re improving every day. This will make you more resilient, help you handle failure better, and grow your ability to see the opportunity in difficulties. If you’re reading this and worried about your “be-good” outlook, don’t worry, you can change your mindset! Start by removing your fear to make mistakes. This will make you less likely to mess up and…