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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Moment 25 - This Is How You Fulfil Your Potential: Matthew Syed

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO.

Everyone wants to find success, achieve their dreams and fulfil their own potential, so why do some act and others not?

Matthew Syed is a world leading mindset expert who can answer this very question. In this moment clip, Matthew explains the psychological reasoning between what separates those who succeed and those who don’t and shows us exactly how we can fulfil our true potential.

Transcript

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0:00.0

One thing I certainly do want to talk to you about as well is how, as an individual, because

0:08.4

we've talked a lot about companies and teams, how as an individual one is to reach their,

0:15.0

this is a super broad question and I hate asking for questions because you tend to get broad

0:17.8

answers, but how as an individual one could reach their potential or what are some of

0:23.1

the fundamental things that block people from reaching their potential. We've talked

0:27.1

about fear of failure. We've also touched on the idea that people don't start because

0:33.5

of that fear of failure and they don't get the feedback loops. What are the other

0:37.9

commons, threads that you see and the reason why people never get near their potential

0:42.5

in life?

0:43.5

So in addition to those things, so fixed mindset, fear of failure, risk of adversity, all

0:48.2

the things we've addressed, the other thing I think is I've become more interested in.

0:53.6

It's related to what we've said, but I think it's different is what you might call initiative

0:59.0

or agency or proactivity. I remember having an idea, this is in the 1970s, early 1980s,

1:07.0

I was going to tell what those competitions and carrying this very heavy bag, blue hold

1:11.7

all, ask got hold all and thinking my goodness, this is really doing my back in.

1:18.1

And it was just retrospectively obvious that the solution to a problem that many people

1:23.6

had who are traveling a lot is to put wheels on luggage, wheeled suitcases, which we all

1:30.8

have now. But having the idea doesn't mean a thing. You've actually got to act on that

1:37.4

idea, right? You've got to say, right, I'm going to try and design something. I'm going

1:42.5

to try and sell it to a department store. I'm going to try and market it. I'm going

1:47.2

to try and buy a shop. I'm going to have to pay rent. I'm going to have to go to the

1:50.4

bank and get some debt. That is a massive difference between a dormant, passive idea and

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