Barriers to Potential Development

 

(Source: www.viva.co.id)

Developing the potential for achievement is not an easy and simple endeavor. In practice, there will be many obstacles or obstacles. The higher the achievement that you want to achieve, the bigger the obstacles you usually face. Overcoming obstacles will be another endeavor that must be made in the overall pursuit of achievement.

Barriers to potential development will be internal and external. Internal barriers are obstacles that arise from within oneself, while external obstacles arise from the surrounding environment. These two obstacles have different forms and properties.

1.  Obstacles from Yourself

Have you ever felt or often feel lazy, afraid, anxious, indecisive, or inferior when you are about to do something? Will we forever feel ambitious, strong, and confident when we start activities? Can we always consistently feel optimistic that we will be able and successful in making things happen?

It seems that almost no one is forever able to be optimistic when they want to start a job or activity. Feeling uncertain or worried about doing something is a natural and human condition. All humans have experienced it because all humans basically have weaknesses.

However, that is what is called an obstacle that arises from yourself. Such obstacles come from within your own feelings and often arise for no apparent reason. Feelings of reluctance, anxiety, insecurity, pessimism, and the like may arise due to tough competition, absence of competent companions, difficult challenges faced, and so on.

However, these negative feelings are actually more of a false shadow because before we jump directly into the competition, we will never know the real situation. Obstacles like that often appear unwanted. This obstacle should not be allowed to keep coming to interfere, but must be overcome (removed) if we want high achievement.

Another form of obstacle that can arise from within yourself is the feeling of seeing one's own abilities that are too high. The ability of oneself is judged so big and high that what will be faced will seem easy to conquer. This will lead to excessive optimism, arrogant attitude (arrogant or arrogant), as well as underestimating other people and the challenges that will be faced. Feelings like this are clearly an obstacle that must be removed because they will not be able to support the realization of achievement.

Excessive optimism and high regard and value one's ability above others usually occurs in someone who has had certain achievements. Ever accomplishing a certain feat by beating competitors causes a feeling of superiority to emerge as if no one else can match it. Moreover, if the achievement can be achieved several times at once, the feeling of superiority can emerge even stronger –– even though, it could be that there are many other people whose abilities and achievements are higher than the competition in question.

2.  Environmental Barriers

 Is the life around us always in line with our wishes? Could it be that life around the house always benefits our efforts to achieve something? Is it true that everything in our homes can help us achieve our desires? Is it true that the education that we follow every day can be relied on to provide support for achievement?

The environment, namely the life around us, does not always have a positive influence on achievement. The environment can indeed be a supporter of achievement. However, many cases show that the environment is often the source of obstacles. Television, for example, every day tempts us to watch it constantly so that it can make us neglect to study and practice. The hustle and bustle of life around the house and school also often makes it difficult for us to focus and concentrate. In fact, sometimes the education in schools that we usually attend is not in accordance with the efforts to foster a spirit of achievement.

Homes, schools and villages sometimes present unexpected obstacles. Sometimes the attitude of friends, teachers, neighbors, even parents and siblings is not as expected. For example, girls from certain indigenous communities do not receive the proper support from their families to achieve certain achievements - in the fields of education, arts, sports, and so on - just because customary traditions consider women more deserving of being and doing activities in the kitchen.

All of these are obstacles that come from the environment. Environmental barriers seem to always be there. The obstacles from the environment are very difficult to get rid of completely because they involve so many factors that are outside ourselves. Therefore, we are required to be smart in dealing with it. Even if it is very difficult to get rid of altogether, the obstacles from the environment can be neutralized if we are good at dealing with them. The key is that we must be firm in our stand and uphold our principles so that we are not easily influenced by circumstances.

In addition, we also have to be good at making sure that the achievements we will achieve will not harm the order and values ​​of life that apply around our lives. On the contrary, this achievement will in fact strengthen the intended order and values. Achievement in any field, as long as it is positive (not contrary to norms), essentially will not interfere with the order and values ​​of life, but will also strengthen it and elevate the status and make the local community proud.

(Source: Sadah Siti, http://caraelok.blogspot.com/search/label/Pengembangan%20P potential)