What are your limitations?

While you might have physical limitations that prevent you from excelling in certain activities, you are mostly limited by what you know and by what you do about it.

I know this might sound ridiculously simple, and I’m not trying to trivialize any limitations you believe you have; I’m just sharing what I learned.

Let me ask you this, when did you begin to believe in your limitations?

You see, so many limitations are learned, or should I say adopted before they are even attempted. You’ll often hear them in the phrase, oh, I could never do that, or something similar. And the more honest truth of the matter is a person has a feeling or belief that they can’t do or attempt a particular activity or task.

The interesting thing about limitations is that they’re mostly viewed in a moment and not overtime. Earlier I wrote that you’re limited by what you know and what you do about it. The second half of the preceding sentence is where the magic begins. Yes, you might be correct about your limitations at any given moment, but now what are you going to do about it?

When you bump up against a limitation that you believe you have, you also have choices. You can accept your limitation and live with it, or you can find ways to overcome and breakthrough your limitation. And while it’s easy for me to write the words, breakthrough and overcome, I know and understand that it’s easier said than done.

But what have you got to lose?

It might take time and effort to shed any limitations you think you have, but that’s what growth is about. There’s only one time in life that we all have in common when growth is no longer possible, and it’s at the end.

So, the next time you find yourself being held back by your limitations, remember you do have a choice. You can choose to hold on to them and use them as a reason or excuse not to move forward or pursue what you want, or you can decide to act and do something about them. Hopefully, you’ll choose the latter and become the person that’s waiting for you on the other side of your limitations.

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