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Are You Living Up To Your Full Potential?

22 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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This is a first-person reflection by Andy Neary about his short professional baseball career and how fears—judgment, comparison, and fear of failure—along with lack of confidence and consistency prevented him from reaching his full potential. He acknowledges being a non-top draft pick, having a brief pro career (about a year and a half) before being cut, and wonders how far he might have gone absent those barriers.

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Here. I was a free agent. Pro baseball. I wasn't a high draft pick. I didn't throw 95 miles an hour. I don't fit in. Those fears of judgment, comparison and failure all came back. Now, my pro baseball career only lasted about another year and a half. I was cut. I was let go. My dream was over. And when I look at my pro baseball career, when I look back at it, a lot of people would say, andy, that's so great. You got a chance to play pro baseball. I said, yeah, but you know what? I didn't reach my full potential. Did I have an opportunity to pitch in Milwaukee for the Brewers? I have no idea. Did I have the talent? I have no idea. But what I do know is because of this, the fears of judgment, failure and comparison, my lack of consistency, my lack of confidence, it kept me from actually wondering how far I could go.