10th March 2025
Talent & intelligence are are abundant, courage is not.
Have you noticed that there’s someone out there living the life you want, because they had the courage to act.
They aren’t smarter than the rest, they aren’t more talented, they just took action when others didn’t.
This and a lot more is beautifully put forward in one of my favourite books by John Maxwell, ‘Talent is not Enough’
He writes,
“It’s disappointing to see most young people set themselves up for failure especially coming out of school and getting into the real world. Many of them have the false belief that they are set for life just because they have great talents or superior abilities to others.
Nothing could be further from the truth. If talent is all it took to be successful in life why is it that not everyone in life is successful?
There are others that didn’t really have a lot going on in their lives but eventually became some of the biggest success stories the world has seen. What could be the difference between those that fail and those that experience great success. The difference comes down to the CHOICES that we make.”
What I have realised after many successes & failures, the 10 major factors that keep us from achieving our potential are:
1. Lacking the courage to try
2. Trying to please everyone
3. Imitating the desires of others
4. Chasing status without questioning why
5. Playing superhero and trying to do it all alone
6. Dividing attention between too many projects – lack of focus
7. Giving up too soon – not persisting
8. Not taking action
9. Fear of failure
10. Not moving out of the comfort zone
And then, when a major part of life has been lived, the pain of regret starts.
This pain is far more than the pain of failure and far more people suffer from this.
In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, Twenty years from now, you will be more dissapointed by the things you did’nt do than by the ones you did do.
So throw away the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbour, Catch the trade winds in your sail.
Explore, Dream, Discover, Achieve – Use it or lose it.
Make the right choice & stay blessed forever.