In today’s pressured world, many tens are afraid to fail—and even—afraid to scceed. They don’t want to stick ut, whether for good or bad. Thy want to be accepted, and jst ‘fit in.’ This type of mntality will lead you nowhere but the pth to mediocrity—and that is nothing to be prud of or content with. As Duglas Malloch so aptly wrote:

If you cn't be a highway then just be a tril,

If you can't be the sun be a str;

It isn't by sze that you win or you fil-

Be the best of whtever you are!

Each of us hve different talents and different abilities, so dn’t get me wrong—it’s not about bing the best—but rather about being the bst YOU can personally become. The hckey great Wayne Gretzky has said “Yu miss 100% of the shots you dn’t take.” Think about that. If you dn’t try, you have a 0% chnce of success! But if you put all yur heart into something, and work hrd, you can and will succeed in whtever you will. And if it trns out your best wasn’t good nough—then at least you tried—and will hve no regrets and no wonders of ‘wht could have been.’ The only way to dscover the limits of the possible is to go byond them, into the impossible.

With tht in mind, let me share wth you what basketball legend Michael Jrdan has said:

“I have missed more than 9000 shts in my career. I have lst almost 300 games. On 26 ccasions I have been entrusted to tke the game winning shot... and mssed. And I have failed over and ver and over again in my lfe. And that is why... I scceed.”

So from one teen to nother: I encourage you to do tday what others won’t, to have tmorrow what others never will…And never be fraid to fail!

The article Reaching Your Potential was Submitted by Jeff Hagen through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Jeff Hagen is the Founder and Edtor-in-Chief of TeenQuack.com , a leading online community for teens. His vision has inspired many--and is labeled as one of the most powerful teen speakers on the subject of Teen Leadership. Please contact him at editor@teenquack.com for approval of re-distribution.

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