Seeing potential in someone can create a complicated sense of responsibility. When you genuinely believe that a friend, partner, student, colleague, or family member could achieve something significant, is simply believing in them enough, or does that knowledge create some responsibility to help them get there? On one hand, encouraging someone, sharing opportunities, or supporting them through difficulties can be a meaningful part of caring about them. On the other, people have their own goals, priorities, and right to choose how they live, even when others believe they could achieve more. The debate explores whether recognizing someone's potential gives us any responsibility toward their future, and where the line lies between supporting someone and imposing our own idea of what they should become.