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Guest Post On Assessing Potential At Life Optimizer — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:44:23 +0000

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By: jonathan figaro

jonathan figaro — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:47:10 +0000

Armen, i really appreciate your post as a guest on this blog. You seem to bring such a great style and approach to this sensitive topic of taking action. I think this topic is in general in use, is a crucial step to all success an person can aspire towards.

Any thoughts?

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By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:59:14 +0000

Lisa: I hear you there, and understand your concern for a more concrete example. I look to fill in for that with one here in this comment to elaborate upon the article.

For this example, I will take an accountant who wants to expand their business presence. While they could go through the traditional route of advertising by spending a certain amount, the accountant might also check on other available methods of building their image. After brainstorming, the accountant comes up with ideas including giving financial speeches in his local area, setting up a financial site to meet potential customers online, or creating a pamphlet to pass around his local neighborhoods and businesses.

It would then be best for him to examine his past strengths in order to see which path would have the most potential. If he took notice that he always got points across well in speeches he made in the past, it would be a reasonable choice to cancel on making pamphlets, or a site, and then to focus on setting up giving financial speeches in the local area.

Furthermore, once in the process of giving speeches or running local conferences, it would benefit the accountant to limit the speech and socializing time to a sustainable level based on known past ability, so as not to get overwhelmed and start under-performing in accounting work.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:39:12 +0000

I found this post thought-provoking, but thought it would have benefitted greatly from some specific examples, whether fictional or anecdotal, of someone following the process. I’m still unclear as to how to actually apply this.

By: Donald Latumahina

Donald Latumahina — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:46:49 +0000

Armen, it’s me who should thank you for contributing such a useful post.

I agree with you that assessing potential can help people get more out of their lives. After all, we have only limited resources (time, energy, etc) available. But assessing the potential before taking action, we can be sure that we use our resources in the best possible way.

By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:57:59 +0000

Donald, I would like to publicly thank you. I felt that the concept fit right in with optimization of one’s living, as assessing potential before taking action increases the ratio of successful actions completed. I appreciate the provided opportunity to point out my views to your audience.