Lesotho, Sept. 23 -- The quiet tragedy of unrealised potential

One of life's greatest tragedies is not simply death. It is reaching the end of life without ever becoming what one had the capacity to become.

A man can grow older without fully becoming the man he was capable of becoming. A woman can move through life without ever fully expressing the gifts, intelligence, courage and potential that were planted within her. That is the tragedy of unrealised potential. It is the book never written, the business never started, the qualification never pursued, the idea never implemented and the leadership capacity never developed. Many people do not lack potential. They simply never activate it. The challenge, therefore, is not merely to surv...