Don’t Limit Yourself
Don’t Limit Yourself
ByThere are times when we end up shortchanging ourselves. Too often, we judge our strengths and abilities based on past experiences.
We forget that everyday is a new day. Today we’re stronger than we were yesterday. We’re wiser and better than we were yesterday. And when we place limits on ourselves we limit our growth. We end up falling into a rut.
I want to encourage you not to place limits on yourself. Don’t measure today’s strength by yesterday’s strength. Don’t judge the talents of today based on past abilities.
Today I was at the gym and I was doing an incline bench press. Normally I do less weight on an incline bench press than I do on a flat bench press because the incline press is harder. But this week I unintentionally put the same amount of weight on the incline press that I put on my flat bench press. And it turns out that I was able to bench the same amount of weight on the incline press than I can on the flat press.
The lesson I learned was that I was limiting myself. I assumed that just because the inclined press was harder than the flat press that I would need less weight on the incline. To put it simply, I was limiting myself based on the past week’s experiences.
Here’s the key- don’t fall prey to stagnation. Don’t be afraid to up the ante. You never know how much you can do or how far you can go until you try. Be bold- Be courageous. Your growth depends on your ability to raise the bar. For many, the ceiling is too low. They’ve got the threshold level set way to low.
In order for growth to come, you’ve got to explore new avenues. When you stretch yourself, you’ll find out that you can leap farther than you thought. You’ll be able to jump higher. You’ll get stronger, wiser and better than the day before. Take the limits off yourself and when you do so you’ll rise to higher heights as you charge forth on your journey of life!
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