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Unlock Your Full Potential: 12 Ways To Get To Your Best Self

Lukas Schwekendiek
2 min readDec 12, 2024

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  1. Become Obsessed — Invest so much of yourself into it that others consider you obsessed. That is when you know you’ve hit a good spot.
  2. Balance your Priorities — I.E. Make sure you do not pay a price you do not wish to pay. And have fun as you go along.
  3. Keep Learning — Not in general, but very specifically from those people who have already done what you want to achieve. Ask them directly.
  4. Define your Goal — To make #2 easier make sure you define what it is that you wish to achieve. What does “achieving your full potential” mean to you?
  5. Keep something around to spend spare time on — A book, notepad or something to invest into when you have some unallocated time.
  6. Pay the Price — You cannot reach your full potential unless you are willing to sacrifice an equivalent amount. Make sure you know what price to pay and then pay it. (Example: Giving up on sleep)
  7. Invest — Invest more time and energy into it than you think you have. Do a little more than you are comfortable with and keep pushing the limit. (Example: Elon Musk — 100+ hour work weeks)
  8. Step outside your Comfort Zone — Ideally, daily.
  9. Have someone hold you accountable — If you are slacking on any discipline at all…

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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