Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

achieving a sense of progress doesn’t require huge gains. Fuel can come from small wins.

Impostor syndrome says, “I don’t know what I’m doing. It’s only a matter of time until everyone finds out.” Growth mindset says, “I don’t know what I’m doing yet. It’s only a matter of time until I figure it out.”

A plateau is not a cue that you’ve peaked. They’re signals that it may be time to turn around and find a new route. When you’re stuck, it’s usually because you’re heading in the wrong direction, you’re taking the wrong path, or you’re running out of fuel. Gaining momentum often involves backing up and navigating your way down a different road—even

Instead of trying to trip people up, we should give them the chance to put their best foot forward.

Too many people spend their lives being custodians of the past instead of stewards of the future. We worry about making our parents proud when we should be focused on making our children proud.

Did you make yourself better today? Did you make someone else better today? If the answer to either question is yes, it was a good day.

Success is more than reaching our goals—it’s living our values. There’s no higher value than aspiring to be better tomorrow than we are today.

The key question is not how long people have done a job. It’s how well they can learn to do a job.

Our deepest reserves of resilience come from knowing that other people are counting on us.