以潜力为话题的作文在哪儿找（600—700字）

以潜力为话题的作文在哪儿找（600—700字）
以潜力为话题的作文在哪儿找（600—700字）

以潜力为话题的作文在哪儿找（600—700字）
Throughout my life people have told me,“you have so much potential!” I still vividly remember my band director in 9th grade saying that to me.I was the best oboe player,but I was also the only oboe player.I really didn’t practice very hard and was quite happy with getting solos that I may not have deserved.I know that I could have been a much better musician if I concentrated on it,but at that time I really liked math better.I was the president of the math and science clubs in different years of high school,and as a result I participated in quite a few competitions.Once again another teacher told me that I had potential.By then I already knew that I was not the most brilliant kid out there because I met real geniuses that had brains in a completely different league.So I chose the most practical route and applied to Berkeley Engineering.Berkeley EECS was a pretty tough program,and I ended up being just a bit above average and I thought that was enough.Now that I have graduated,sometimes coworkers and bosses still tell me that I have potential to become more than what I am.It is a statement that really puzzles and bothers me when I think about it.On one hand,these people see something in me.They think I have talent,and that is always a good thing.On the other hand,it makes me feel that I am not utilizing all of my skills and perhaps I am not performing my job at the fullest.So every time someone tells me I have potential I am a bit wary of their true meaning.One ex-coworker told me that she thought I was really smart and have the potential to become the founder of a successful business,and an ex-boss told me that he thinks I could become an engineering manager really quickly.I suppose I could be those things if I wanted to,but they are all other people’s visions for my future.I think what really matters is the potential I see in myself.I know I can do more in this world if I tried,and I know I can lose twenty pounds.I know I have the potential to be a parent,retire early,and travel the world.I suppose sometimes it is hard for people to believe that they have the potential to do anything when everything is falling into pieces,and hearing the words “you have so much potential” is encouraging.In other instances,these words can really make you stray into something you do not want to do.So here I say to you as a friend,“You have so much potential.You have the potential to be happy and you have the potential to do the things you love to do.”