Identifying your potential is the key
Before achieving the highest potential, it is imperative that you know what your potential is. You need to know about what you do best or the things you love doing the most. In most cases, it will be the things you love doing in which you have potential. Therefore, it is of grave importance that you identify the things you love doing before blindly exerting efforts. You must know whether you want to be a doctor or a lawyer instead of doing the wrong thing your whole life, and then wondering at the end why you did not achieve excellence in your profession. Ergo, before following a particular profession and exerting efforts, first identify whether or not you have the potential for that very undertaking.
Sources:
- https://youtu.be/9lg2L9xW8Sw
- https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/7-ways-you-can-reach-your-highest-potential.html
- https://grownandflown.com/rethink-follow-your-passion/