Entrepreneur iconEntrepreneurSep 7, 2026

Maybe You’re Not Supposed to Reach Your Full Potential. Here’s What You Should Ask Instead.

The problem with "full potential" is that we've already decided what full looks like, and in doing so, we may be creating the very ceiling we're trying to break through.

Maybe You’re Not Supposed to Reach Your Full Potential. Here’s What You Should Ask Instead.

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The problem with "full potential" is that we've already decided what full looks like, and in doing so, we may be creating the very ceiling we're trying to break through.

We spend our lives trying to become everything we're capable of becoming.

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The problem with "full potential" is that we've already decided what full looks like, and in doing so, we may be creating the very ceiling we're trying to break through. We spend our lives trying to become everything we're capable of becoming.

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We spend our lives trying to become everything we're capable of becoming.

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