Adrian Potter

  http://www.adrianspotter.com/ Adrian S. Potter is an author, engineer, consultant, and public speaker. He writes poetry, short fiction, essays, and articles on a variety of subjects including creativity and personal growth. He is the author of the poetry collection Everything Wrong Feels Right. Adrian’s words have appeared in Roads & Bridges Magazine, LILIPOH, North American Review, and Kansas City Voices.

   



8 Stories by Adrian Potter

Stop Whining and Start Requesting

“What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think...
3 min read 270

Some Things Just Aren’t Worth It

“There are two types of habits: ones which comfort us, and ones which would be a comfort if we stopped.” – Catherine Pulsifer When...
4 min read 407

Five Tips to Start and Stick with Your Goals

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously...
5 min read 177

Five Habits You Should Stop to Be More Successful

Success comes from hammering away at your craft until other people take notice. And then keep doing it at a high level until people...
3 min read 210

Stop Using These Excuses When It Comes to Personal Development

“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” ―George Washington Carver It’s nearly New Year’s resolution season,...
3 min read

Nine Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Success Without Realizing It

I decry the injustice of my wounds, only to look down and see that I am holding a smoking gun in one hand and...
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Effective Writing Matters

Knowledge of things and knowledge of the words for them grow together. If you do not know the words, you can hardly know the...
3 min read 138

Controlling the Narrative

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – William Shakespeare We often hear a form of nonsense, enough that...
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