We often hear “the sky is the limit” yet we’ve launched people to the moon and back. No matter what limitations there seem to be in life, someone is always striving to push past them. One needs to look no further than the sports realm where records get broken every day. Records for speed, distance and strength. Where does it end?
Another quote that tops my list of favorites comes from tennis star Martina Navratilova who once stated “I think the key is for women not to set any limits.” I noticed right away that she did not say “I think the key is for people not to set any limits.” She said the key is for WOMEN not to set any limits. Why? Because most of the time we ladies tend to set the limits ourselves and then blame other factors for our failure to move ahead. We impose our own limitations.
It may sound a bit far fetched to point the finger at ourselves, but honestly, why shouldn’t we? Someone else may be telling us we “can’t” achieve success, but we are in fact setting that barrier for ourselves by accepting the notion. In order to push past our personal road blocks, we have to change the way we think about what we are cabable of doing and who we are capable of becoming. Much like an athlete who believes that she is perfectly capable of breaking the next world record, we have to believe that we can achieve what we set out to do without limitations.
Changing our mindset is a process, but one that is immeasurably fulfilling. Whose limitations are you accepting into your life right now and why? What are you going to do to remove them?
