Parents' evenings in school for me were an inevitable exercise in damage limitation. It was never really necessary for my parents to go. I could give them the script beforehand. Come to think of it, I could do the same with regards to my school report...

...The inevitable sentence would be uttered by each teacher - 'He has so much potential...' And yes, as we mentioned previously - also ineveitably - the next word would be 'however', or 'but'.

There is a point in our lives where we need to start taking notice of our talents and stop living in the world of potential alone. The point where we move from Parents' Evening to taking the reigns ourselves. The point at which we start to cutivate our own field of potential. Properly done, it produces maximum yield.

Can we do that in every area of our lives? There's only one way to find out - take the reigns and start riding.