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Summer is coming to a close and parents are preparing for the back to school transition. Your children may have gone on a family vacation off island and/or have gone to different summer camps.

In this case, your child may have broken away from the normal school routine and it will take them some time to settle down again in September.

Since the school term is about to start again this is a perfect time to talk about our life skill word of the month POTENTIAL.

As your child goes back to school they have the potential to achieve better grades and better opportunities.

Your child has the opportunity to be the special person they can be. It's a new school year, a new beginning and an opportunity to reach your full potential.

Potential doesn't mean that you can do everything, but it does mean you can do some things - and do them well.

You may not be the best jujitsu black belt or the best soccer player or achieve an A in math the first time around.

Don't allow your ineptitude in sports, academics or whatever you can't do affect the rest of your life.

Part of what makes Michael Jordan and Shaun Goater great is that they discovered what they could do best, and, therefore, have achieved their potential. Don't stop experimenting with the potentials of life, even when you discover that you can't do some things.

Once you know what you can do, work to be your best. You will do more than you ever thought you could. Your potential belongs to you, and only you.

Put it to work and you will achieve greatness!

Sensei Shawn Harvey, AU and 1st degree Black Belt - www.islandjujitsu.com[[In-content Ad]]

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