Hello, hello once again to all you good folks out there! This is ya man Brad H. back once again bringing you all another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am back once again to give my perspective on a topic that I think would help keep us all motivated. I hope all has been well in everyone's lives as of late. Before we go more into this week's topic, I want to start off by saying congratulations to all of the high school graduates out there that either graduated tonight, or are graduating during this weekend. I'm attending a graduation out of town this weekend, so I felt it would be necessary to acknowledge the graduates all over the country. So for my soapbox this week, I'm going to talk more NBA playoffs. We all know by now that the Golden State Warriors are just chilling and waiting to see who they will be playing between Milwaukee and Toronto. I believe that game six of that series is a potential closeout game for Toronto. Now most of you that are frequent readers here know that I'm a San Antonio Spurs fan, and that I didn't like how Kawhi Leonard basically abandoned his teammates during his last season in San Antonio. Now I may be a bit on the bitter side here, but I am rooting for Milwaukee to win this series. You can imagine how disappointed I was when the lost game five at home. I hate to say it, but I think the momentum has shifted, and I can see Toronto closing out this series tomorrow. I truly hope that I'm wrong in saying that. I ultimately think that regardless of which team wins the series, it is a likelihood that they'll lose to the Warriors. I would just rather see the Bucks get that opportunity. We'll see how it all plays out, but I think we can all agree that this has been an NBA playoffs full of drama and exciting games. It's almost a bit sad knowing that in only a couple of weeks that the NBA season will be over with. Well now that I've gotten that out of the way, lets go ahead and transition into this week's topic of how reaching your full potential lies solely upon you.
I briefly brought up earlier how there can be various meanings when it comes to a person realizing their full potential. I believe that this is important part of this week's topic due to the fact that a person reaching their full potential is something that is subjective. The same way that reaching your full potential can have various meanings can also be compared to what is considered reaching your full potential is from one person to the next. What could be considered one person reaching their full potential is more than likely completely different for another person. One of the things that I've brought up on many occasions through this blog is how we live in a world of comparisons. We as a people are constantly comparing and contrasting our lives to other people. Now I do realize that this is something that not everyone does, but if we're coming from a general perspective when it comes to comparing ourselves to others, I think that most of us can admit that it applies to our society. I have a belief that the comparisons also apply when it comes to we as individuals reaching our full potential. Now I am a proponent of comparing ourselves to other people when it comes to seeking inspiration. I believe it is perfectly normal to admire someone that is in a field that you're interested in and look at them as a testament to where you can end up if you work hard enough at something. However, there are many of us that look to others when it comes to the idea of achieving our full potential, and herein lies what this week's subject matter is about. Just as there are various meanings and ways of defining what a person's full potential is, there are also various layers and levels when it comes to reaching your full potential in certain aspects of life.
Now that we've established how there are differences and variations of what it means for one to reach their full potential is, I want to give an example of variance when it comes to reaching our full potential in today's society. Now from my own perspective, I believe that reaching our full potential means getting to whatever peak that we have set for our lives. I think of it as being the ultimate degree of happiness and contentment that most of us are seeking to find in this world. Now generally speaking, I believe the world we live in also thinks this way, however, I believe that society at large definition of full potential is not plausible. From my perspective on this week's subject, the society we live in deems achievements and material items as the biggest indication of someone seeing their full potential. Now I'm in no way saying that achievements and material items aren't important when it comes to one reaching their full potential. However, what I am saying is that these aren't the only things that can define a person's success. The reality is that there are going to be people that work hard their entire lives, and they still won't be able to reach what society believes is a person's full potential. Now because a person maybe hasn't reached the same level of success as Bill Gates or Warren Buffet, does that mean that they're not successful in their lives? Like I stated previously, there are different levels when it comes to reaching your full potential, and in my opinion, the same applies when it comes to having success in this world. Rather than trying to compete with others when it comes to realizing our full potential, it is more important to focus on meeting the standards that we set individually.
Dealing with the idea of not trying to compete with others when it comes to reaching our full potential, along with the importance of meeting the individual standards that we set for our lives is the primary theme of this week's topic. No one else can or should be responsible for you reaching your full potential; it is totally up to us as individuals to both realize and reach our full potential. I've already touched on the comparing of others aspect when it comes to this subject, but what it all boils down to is the fact that someone else successes are not your own; you have to define what success means to you in your own personal life. Furthermore, and this is something that I've talked about regularly on here in the past is that no one else in this life can ever understand what makes you happy as a person. Another person can never totally understand this because they can never see the world through the same eyes as you do. The reason why I wanted to write up on this topic is due to the idea that so many of us use what society deems as a bar for a person reaching their full potential. Rather than trying to keep up with what society at large does, maybe it would be more beneficial to us as people if we done the things that we like. Again, not everyone is going to be a millionaire or wealthy in this life, but what matters most is if you as a person feel like you've reached your peak in this life. From my perspective, it is only then that we've reached our full potential, but it is something that we have to be aware of and work towards.
I believe that I'm going to go ahead and end this topic on that note, so that means that it is time for ya boy to depart once again. Like always, I want to close out by saying thank you to each and every single person that came by for another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I hope that there was some meaning and understanding that could be taken away from this, and I hope that it was able to serve as inspiration for some of you out there. Feel free to leave any comments and feedback below in the comment section, and you can connect with me on Twitter at the handle, @BradrickH. Well I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead, and a big shout out once again to everyone that is graduating this weekend. Job well done! See you all in the next once. Take care everyone, and peace out!
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