#Latent Potential

Rising Reveals the Heights Within Us

Finally, we seldom rise alone. Expectation is contagious: the Pygmalion effect in classrooms (Rosenthal & Jacobson, 1968) shows that others’ belief can measurably lift performance. Mentors, peers, and institutions issue the calls—an entrusted task, a stretch role, a vote of confidence—that surface our stature. When leaders design cultures of challenge and care, the summons becomes routine, and, as Dickinson intimates, heroism becomes “a daily thing,” not a myth reserved for the few. [...]

Cultivating Greatness: The Power of Resolve

Ultimately, Murakami’s observation is both a call and a reassurance. It teaches us that greatness is seldom instantaneous; it requires deliberate, consistent effort. Whether pursuing creative ambitions, personal development, or societal change, our outcomes rely on our willingness to commit—again and again. In nurturing resolve, we become gardeners of our own destiny, gradually coaxing greatness into full bloom. [...]