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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1731: The Horrifying Potential of Potential by Greg Audino on Finding Happiness versus Fulfilling Talent

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Greg Audino encourages us to assess the negative aspects of having high potential. Episode 1731: The Horrifying Potential of Potential by Greg Audino on Finding Happiness versus Fulfilling Talent Greg Audino is both a certified life coach and an actor. He combines his passions to create short and digestible videos which shine new light on the turbulent areas of life that many of us already have our minds made up about. Constantly seeking to share new insight, Audino uses humor and a variety of PG-13 examples to offer a refreshing and more relatable approach to self-development. TV fanatics can find him with principle roles on shows like Westworld, Now Apocalypse, NCIS:LA, and Jane the Virgin to name a few. Greg's videos, as well as information about becoming a life coaching client of his, can be found at gregaudino.com. The original post is located here: https://medium.com/invisible-illness/the-horrifying-potential-of-potential-ddecfc3c2822 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 1731, the horrifying potential of potential.

0:06.6

By Greg Adino of Gregadino.com, an in-minerator Justin Mollick reading you blogs every single day of the year

0:13.3

to help you live a more meaningful life. We have five shows covering a wide range of topics.

0:18.0

Today's author Greg is actually the host of two of our shows, Optimal Relationships Daily,

0:23.5

and then Optimal Living Advice, where he answers your life questions.

0:27.3

Check those shows out for a lot more from him. But for now since you're here, let's get right to it

0:31.9

as we optimize your life.

0:38.0

The horrifying potential of potential by GregadinoofGregadino.com

0:45.0

Though the constitutions of laziness and achievement can vary depending on where and when you are,

0:50.8

one of the few themes that has remained intact from generation to generation and from place to place

0:56.4

is that laziness is to be looked down upon while great achievements are to be celebrated.

1:02.5

Laziness is the low road that anyone can take. An effort, often regardless of the outcome,

1:07.7

is the higher road that requires people to give themselves an extra push before setting foot.

1:12.8

We see this every day whether it be in the media, the workplace, or in our social lives.

1:18.2

Those who are achieving the most receive the most accolades, attention, and seemingly the most

1:23.1

respect. To everyone else, particularly those who really feel as though they are on the outside

1:27.9

looking in, whether all of this validation is rooted in love or an envy, isn't worth paying attention

1:33.6

to. Even if you were paying attention to it from that angle, it probably still wouldn't matter

1:38.1

because at the end of the day, the achievers seem to be fitting in with society much better than

1:43.2

you are. As you come as no surprise then that everyone from all walks of life and with varying

1:48.4

degrees of qualification, encourage others to not waste their talents. They claim that unfulfilled

1:54.0

potential is a terrible thing and that we should appreciate and utilize the gifts we are given,

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