The greatest waste of all …

Dying broke could be a good thing!

In his book, “Live Rich, Die Broke,” author Stephen M. Pollan breaks a decades old school of thought of saving to pass everything on to the next generation. Instead, he promotes a life of living fully, where you meet your needs and help others while you’re alive, instead of simply existing and socking everything away to pass on to your children when you’re dead.

I like the concept, and the book, because it promotes living a full life that helps others now. When you’re dead and gone, you never know what others will do with the resources you pass on.

But there’s one thing you can never pass on. You either spend it now or it is wasted. Gone. What is it? It your potential.

Most of us live far below what we’re really capable of. Most of us will go to our graves with great waste … our potential spoiled and gone.

Instead of developing fully into the men and women God has enabled us to be, we let fear and the challenges of life redirect us from pushing forward to become all that God has gifted us to be.

There’s a great question often asked: “If you knew you could not fail, what would you do?”

It’s a great question, because it often sheds light on what we probably should be doing with our lives instead of what we are doing.

How much potential do you have that still remains untapped? What can you do to become more the person God has gifted you to be? When will you get started?

Or will you exit this world leaving behind the greatest waste of all …. your potential?

Scotty