You have potential means, wait for it, you suck right now. That suck though may get better someday. What counts in the moment is the actual and if that actual involves the need for a possible we have already failed. This is a good thing though. Failure is nifty. Success is absolutely impossible without failure. So, why do we shy away from failure so much? Look at baseball, if you bat .300 you are considered elite and ESPN will blast that number all over the place. Batting .300 means you fail 7 out of 10 times. Anyone who plays baseball has the potential to go 10 for 10. They never will though and that’s okay. We respect their 30% and glorify it by adding a zero because 300 sounds so much gangster.

Screw potential. I am going to fail more than I succeed and I am going to revel in that failure that makes me average.

I can’t sing but that won’t stop me from belting out random Bon Jovi jams that play on my radio.

I can’t dance but that won’t stop me from twerking every change I get for a laugh.

I suck right now and that’s cool. I am batting at least .300 when it comes to being awesome and that makes me an All-Star at something. We all have potential, don’t let it ruin you being the best failure you can be.