I really, really, really think that there is not a single person on this planet who is even close to being at their maximum potential. I just think everyone is way, way, way, way, way better than they think. And the reason why we’re not performing at this level is a series of ideas, maybe certain approaches for cultivating our skills and our crafts that have not yet been discovered and, therefore, we could not take advantage of them.
It’s an environment that just narrows the focus on fairly unambitious things, at which point you get stuck competing with literally everyone else in the world because everyone’s unambitious.
I have found that reminding people of their own potential constantly is actually a wonderful thing to do.
There is no speed limit on improving yourself or chasing the ideal you want to exist.