You Have Infinite Potential: Put It Into Practice

You Have Infinite Potential was the title of this short video post in the LifeToSuccess archive. The original used an older video player. You can put the theme to work by choosing one area where you want to grow and giving yourself a way to practice.

Name an ability you can develop

Pick something specific, such as listening more carefully in meetings or asking clearer questions on sales calls. A skill gives you something you can practice and observe.

Make the practice small

Choose a situation that comes up often and decide what you will do differently the next time. Afterward, write down what happened and what you would try again.

Keep a record of progress

Review your notes after a few tries. Look for changes in your actions and in the results you can observe. Choose the next practice based on what you learned.

Put the idea that you have infinite potential to work

Pick an upcoming conversation or task where a little preparation would change how you show up. Write down the action you want to practice and one thing you could observe afterward. If you want to listen more carefully in a meeting, for example, summarize what the other person said before offering your own view.

Review the experiment after a week

Look at the situations in which you remembered to practice and what made it easier. If the plan was too vague, choose a more specific cue. Keep one note about what helped and one about what you want to change. Carry those notes into the next week so you can build on what you learned.

For more detail, see Adobe’s note on the retirement of Flash Player. Also see The real secrets of getting what you want for another part of this series.