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Given any one task, what could be your potential? Very few people consider this. Jamaica's Usain Bolt probably knows his potential in the one hundred meters - 9.58 seconds, but who can be like him? That doesn't matter; the fact is that not knowing your potential is a good thing because it's there to be discovered. Potential doesn't mean being the best or the fastest, it means exceeding your expectations, because it's always an unknown quantity.The greatest problem we face is what we know about ourselves and it is this which limits us. If you always got average grades at school, this will probably set the limit on what you can achieve and what to expect of life. If you detested sport at school, this will more than likely dictate your sporting prowess in adulthood. You see, we are shaped by our early education which will most often define us as to our ability and success.The fact is however, we have unlimited potential because it's always something to explore. As you probably know, everything we achieve in life will get determined by how we think; it is our mind which shapes all activity. People who greatly succeed only do so because of their ability to think through problems and see potential. It's not just how hard you work but how you think when working hard. This is the block you have - how you think. If you look carefully, you will see that it is your thinking which limits what you can achieve - only that.The truth is, we can all excel at something, simply because it is our human nature to do things well, to improve upon them and make them better. This is how we have evolved from primitive man to what we are today. We are designed to grow and flourish; we have a remarkable brain with an infinite capacity to create. It is astonishing to think you can never fill up your mind like you can the memory in your computer. You can create something new every day and still never reach saturation point. Although you can do this if you have a barrage of thoughts that endlessl