Staying in Power: Recognizing your True Potential

By Samuel Sulaiman Bah

How do you Stay in Power and Recognize your true Potential

Our existence on earth is a gift given to us and the free will to make our own choices, what makes it unique is our ability to discern what is good and evil.

Life in general comes with choices and the decisions we make in the application of those choices. yet still we keep on asking questions of ; Why, How or What.

Many times we thought we could not do that which we had hoped for or could not be able to express what we really think we can do in as much as others had done the same, a sense of inadequacy, failure and delay keeps hunting our mind.

But remember, each and everyone one of us is unique in our own way, we only need the opportunity and the push to make a difference in life. We may sometimes think we cannot do it because we do not have the support or the tools to walk our way through, but we are much more than what we really think we are.

Life does not work the way we picture it in our minds, it is what we do about it that brings our imagination to life in the real world. often time we think we can and we will if we just picture it in our minds, yes its probably will, but in other for that to happen we need to fight hard and push towards what we have already picture in our minds.

Have you ever thought of doing something remarkable and sometimes adventurous but you feel you may not be able to do it or rather experience it. If you are one of those who have felt in such a way that you are not only limiting your power but also inviting consequences of delay to hunt you mentally.

Remember this, we don't really have the time we may need to accomplish or finish a given task, so you might as well take the lead now, experience it, grow through it, make the mistakes and even try as much as possible to overcome the fear of not being able to do what you thought of earlier on to do.

Don't ever think negative about yourself mostly when you are in your difficult moment. whatever you think and say about yourself will have a binding force in your existence, always pull through, believe in yourself, take the next step regardless of the difficulties your are facing or the situation you might find yourself in at the very moment.

As humans we are all destined for a purpose, realising our true potential brings much difference in our lives and existence, why? because having the courage to find what is truly our gift here on this earth is a fundamental ideal we all as humans are looking forward to. So being afraid or limiting ourselves mentally creates room for failure and that is what we don't actually need to be part of.

I remembered when my Mother asked me back then, Son do you want to do it or do you think you can do it? whenever she asked me these questions I will just give out a long smile, and say yes Mother I can and I want to do it.

Do you know why? because I believe in myself regardless of whatever we were going through, I was so positive about my dreams that I get to look passed all the issues that I was facing in those moment, and that's what had kept me stronger each and every day of my life.

Its gives me the strength to stay in power, owning to what I believed I can do and want to do, in order for my dreams to be alive.

No one makes it to the other side with just an imagination and a dream, of course No, it takes more and more of what they thought it would be. No amount of energy brings you more closer to a purpose than when you have decided to let go of the past and present circumstances and every negative thoughts about yourself.

However, here are few of the decisions I made which had helped me over the years to stay in power and be able to recognized my full potential and embrace who I am, which had also given me a sense of purpose and breakthrough towards achieving success. I believe they can do the same for you, if only you choose to embrace them with all sincerity and the driven force to acknowledge their true meaning in your life.

1. Believe in yourself

One of the most fundamental drive to stay in power and recognizing your true potential is firstly believing in yourself. No one can do that for you, you need to build up that force of energy deep within yourself and use that energy to light up whatever fear you may have put up regarding your life. But how do you do that?

1. Learn to clear every doubt within you.

2. Stay positive at all times, most importantly your thoughts.

3. Always be in readiness and with the hope that you can do more of what others had done ( You Can and You Will).

2. Finding out who you truly are

As I mentioned earlier on "We all are destined for a purpose" this shows how unique we are as humans, each and everyone of us was created to fulfill a plan (purpose) that was already in motion the very moment we were here.

Finding out who we truly are stems from what we can do, it portrays our unique sense of ability to maximize our potential. Remember, Who you are and What you are is generally about finding your true purpose and meaning for your existence regardless of your background, race, culture, sex, age or creed etc.

This is also one of the most fundamental aspect of us as humans, because who we are and what we are or want to do in life gives us a true meaning, it sheds light to our existence, it helps us break boundaries, it creates room for growth, it expands our intellect, it brings us closer to self development, it also makes certain of productive relationship and so on. The moment we realize who we truly are is the biggest step towards giving life and hope to our dreams.

Never you stop finding yourself, the moment you do, you will then realized you have made a wrong decision, why? because no one knows until it hits them at any moment in life, so keep finding yourself until it hits you at that very moment, then all changes will begin to happen in your life.

3. Confront your deepest fear

As they always say "Our fear makes us stronger" perhaps, but I say it all depends on that fear. Fear is one of our greatest weakness as humans. The fear of the mind is a continuous process and its like a hunter looking out for it prey, the moment we are stuck in fear, we are opened up to challenges in life. It creates a line of limitation in all aspect such as working through our goals and ambition, which is paramount to our well being.

Fear itself comes in ways we don't thought it would be, so letting those fear in always makes room for delay, limitation and not being able to maximize our true potential. Our only escape from this is confronting those fear, you never let them get through you, you face them, you don't escape from them, do not limit yourself, the strength you need to fight those fears lies within you and you can only manifest it if you choose to face them.

Fear is an enemy of progress and it also a strength depending on your commitment to confront them. We can only make a difference in life, if we choose to confront our fears, you will begin to see the reason behind all you have been missing out about. The moment you confront them, changes will begin to happen, your courage and strength begin to maximize adding more room for progress.

4. Raise your hopes and expectation

Our hopes as humans gives us a confidence to achieving our dreams, goals and aspirations. We cannot afford to let go our confidence to hope for what we have dreamt about with the expectation that it can come to pass. I always say no matter what you have gone through in the past or whatever you are facing through life presently does not give you the mandate to lower your dreams and expectations.

Don't stop just keep on raising your hopes and expectation, with that driven force you can certainly break down unexpected boundaries. Remember, you are what you dreamt about and what you hoped for can always be manifested in the physical. Hope set us at a pace when all have been done at the last hour, yet still we believe it can happen, this is really what we need as a motivation for what we truly believe.

5. Never back down

Why do you think is necessary for us to keep on fighting despite the situations we may or may not find ourselves in. True success requires test of times and it is up to us to make that decision if we truly want it. So these questions always comes up; What are you doing to reach your full potential in life?, Are you dwelling on excuses because you think you cannot do it at the moment, What is holding you back?

Some of these questions will sometimes keeps us mentally informed, it hunts us back and forth, and the only way we can truly get our minds to stay up is the strength to advance in our pursuit, forgetting about what we or others may think, and try by all means possible to engage in actualizing our true potential, that is when we choose "Never to back down".

  

6. Each and everyone of us is gifted

However there are conditions and processes in life we may have to go through in order for us to see what we are truly made of and what we can do in using our God's given gift, which many times religiously we referred to as Talents. Each and everyone one of us is unique in our own way, these gifts or talents when discovered at an early stage sets us on a pace when used effectively would transform our lives and takes us to places we never thought we would go, but for all this to happen, we need to give meaning to that one unique gift given to us.

Some people often believe that they are not gifted, because they are yet to discern their own gift for creativity and impact in this world as others have, instead they refused to acknowledge that ones they open up to the idea they too can do what others had done, then they would make a difference in life.

7. Always have a plan in motion

What drives us through life is our readiness to put things in place. Having a balance life is derived much from the plans we make. Yes some of those plans may or may not be in motion, but it is much better when we set some of these plans in motion. The phrase " always have a plan in motion, gives us a certainty for self development, it creates a pathway for progress. life as we know it, will not be favourable if we tend to journey through it without having an active and consistent plans in motion.

When we decided to confront our fears or the past, that no matter what we may or may not be doing at the moment, there should be something of value and very much productive in life to be at the forefront of it all, then we begin to see changes, these are not mere changes but changes that brings transformation, it set us on a journey towards self development. That is why, we should always have a plan set in motion.

8. Maximize every opportunity before you

One of the most life changing effect is when we learn to maximize every opportunity that is given or set before us. If we wanna make a difference in life we should be bold, active and consistent in embarking on certain opportunities in life. These opportunities are many times the foundation upon which we show our true potential as we create room for expansion, and set our dreams, goals and aspiration alive.

No matter how small an opportunity maybe, use it at your own advantage positively.

Why? because some opportunities may never come back whiles others are in cyclic form but takes years for it to manifest again. As humans we have a limited time on earth, so making the most out of life either by contributing to humanity or adding value to our self for development, is one of the most significant journey we can embark on, don't misuse every opportunity life throws back at you, some may or may not come back, so use them wisely.