{"id":2134,"date":"2023-02-16T20:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aldiatodayusa.com\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2023-02-16T20:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:50:28","slug":"unlocking-your-potential-part-one-key-to-leadership-success-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aldiatoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/unlocking-your-potential-part-one-key-to-leadership-success-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking your Potential Part One: Key to Leadership Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Lt. Col. Ralph Gracia USAF Ret.
Guest Columnist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my recent visit to New York City, I reconnected with my former student Alvaro Ignacio Rodriguez, who works at the famous \u201cKatz\u2019s Delicatessen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, I wish all my followers and the Al D\u00eda Today<\/em> Newspaper staff a Happy Holiday season. Recently, I visited New York City and had dinner at the famous \u201cKatz\u2019s\u201d Delicatessen. To my surprise, one of my former students from Franklin K. Lane Educational Campus\u2019 Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) program was working at the deli. Three years later, and a good fortune, I reconnected again with Mr. Alvaro Ignacio Rodriguez, a Dominican Republic native, as one of his customers. Suffice to say, it was a homecoming that evening. I also met his cousin, Mr. German Reyes, who was attentive and even offered his Katz\u2019s hat as a token of his appreciation. We reminisce about work, school, and how Alvaro and his mother, Ms. Gloria Rodriguez, were doing. In 2020, Gloria was an avid supporter of the YABC program and enormously proud of her son at graduation. I am grateful to see my students, like Alvaro, become successful working and attending college. So, I dedicated this article to him, who mastered his potential and recognize his unique abilities to be successful in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this two-part series edition, I will share the importance of unlocking your potential. During my military career and while attending a graduate class at Montana State University, I had the opportunity of meeting the founder of the \u201cEdge Learning Institute,\u201d Mr. Bob Moawad. His institute is vitally concerned with the growth and development of young people. Mr. Moawad was my professor and a successful educator and businessperson who encapsulated the meaning of leadership. His teachings help people discover that they have what it takes to succeed. He helps them with goal setting, and with developing their plans of action to overcome self-imposed limitations. Bob taught people to live every day on an \u201cI want to\u201d basis; always embracing self-motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Summer of 1986, Mr. Moawad introduced youths to visualization and its powerful, positive effects. I am still impressed four decades later with his message. This a message I continue to share today with my high school and college students. For example, I help students recognize their unique abilities and then match their abilities to a career. I then watch them succeed in that career as Alvaro is performing. As a result, finding a career that is compatible with your students\u2019 potential is vital to self-fulfillment and success. Equally as important, I show them how to think so they can be successful and recognize their unique abilities to be successful in their everyday lives. Of much importance, I teach the significance of imagination and how to use visualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through Mr. Moawad’s teachings, I help students, just like Alvaro, discover that they form habits, and those habits form them. One way to keep yourself motivated and willing to work on your problems is to remind yourself of your goals. This helps you stay focused and ultimately accomplish the goals you set out for yourself. Focusing on your goals will allow you to see the bigger picture and remind you of your future\u2026the way you envision it! If you create goals that are meaningful to you and keep yourself motivated, you will be successful in any leadership role and career, as well as in life. As Bob once said, \u201cno one is ever too young to be a winner.\u201d In the end, the key is in your hands!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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