reBlog from huffingtonpost.com: Who's Minding Your Potential

I found this fascinating quote today in Dr Judith Rich's Who's Minding Your Potential on HuffPost:

1) Dare to be an original - Cooper advises "If everyone else is doing it, don't". Rosa Parks dared to stay seated on the bus when the custom was for blacks to give up their seats to whites and thus began the modern civil rights movement. Thomas Edison was pegged "unteachable" on his first day of kindergarten. By the time he died, he had over 6000 patents to his credit, including the electric light bulb. Do you follow the pack or do you dare to be your own leader?

2) Who are you when nobody else is looking? - What five words would you want others to come up when they think of you? These are your five core values. Write them down on a card and carry it with you. Every so often ask yourself, how well are you living your values? Are your choices and actions aligned with them? If not, time to reassess and make adjustments.huffingtonpost.com, this entry, Jan 2010

Read Dr Judith Rich's entire article on HuffPost about being your own Chief Potential Officer. It's challenging, exhilarating and so thought-provoking. She's one of my absolute favourite people!

You tell me if the two points don't make you think and reflect on your life and how it could be, AND make you want to read the rest of her article.