Potential?

Potential is such a strange concept, we predict the future of an idea, athlete relationship etc.

But all we have to go off is previous experiences and often an assumption that progress or development will be linear

The problem with that is what we did to get to this point probably isn't going to get us to our 'full potential'

"But it's tried and tested up to this point so why change?"

The world, the competition, even you have changed between the starting point, seeing some success and then planning to improve further - adapt or die

Add in human nature to get comfortable or struggle with the weight of expectation and we're starting to scratch the surface on issues with potential as a prediction

There's a reason why there's more 'wasted talents' or 'underachievers' than 'overachievers' when it comes to actual performance vs predicted potential