ImagesTHE HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT MOVEMENT: FULFILLING THE JOURNEY

There is a human striving for self-transcendence. It’s part of what makes us human. With all of our flaws, we want to go a little bit further than we’ve gone before and maybe even further than anyone else has gone before.

—George Leonard

The origin of the word potential comes from Middle English. The Latin root, potentialis means “power” and potent, means being able—in other words being able to achieve power. The adjectival definition of potential is “having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future.” The Middle English origin of the word achieve means to “complete successfully.” ...

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