Why Most People Never Reach Their Potential | Aisha Makara

Why Most People Never Reach Their Potential – Your Growth Path

Your mind thinks it knows everything.

It loves to categorize stuff into neat little boxes labeled "good" and "bad" like some overzealous filing clerk who peaked in community college. But here's the thing that artist Aisha Makara said on the latest episode of The Conversations that made me sit up straight in my chair.

She sent her artwork to space. Not metaphorically. Literally floating out there right now on golden plates for aliens to find someday. And when she was deciding what message to send about humanity to potential alien civilizations, she didn't focus on our differences or our drama or our endless ability to argue about literally anything on the internet.

She focused on unity.

Because here's what she noticed after traveling the world and observing humans everywhere. We're all doing the same stuff. Working, studying, loving, aging, dying. The only real differences are language and the beliefs we've been programmed to accept without questioning them.

Kids get this naturally. Watch them on a playground sometime. They're not overthinking whether they're good enough or comparing their sandbox castle to the kid next to them. They're just in the moment, taking action, creating, playing. Then we grow up and suddenly we're spending more time thinking about life than actually living it.

Aisha talks about how most people can't even answer the simple question of what brings them joy. Not because the answer doesn't exist, but because they're too afraid to ask themselves the question in the first place.

They're stuck in that scarcity mindset, always focused on what's missing instead of what's already here.

The whole conversation is packed with these kinds of insights about living intentionally, finding your center, and actually enjoying this messy beautiful experience we call life instead of just surviving it.

If you want to hear more about creating joyful containers, understanding your vision, and why your loved ones don't want you mourning them for years, check out this week's episode of The Conversations podcast.