No Limits

‘If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.’

-Thomas Edison

‘You have absolute control over but one thing, and that is your thoughts.  This is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to man!’

-Napoleon Hill

‘Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.’

-Henry Ford

‘Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.’

-Theodore Roosevelt

Do you have any limiting beliefs?  I am not smart enough.  I am not creative enough.  I am not disciplined enough.  I am just not good at that.

I am willing to wager that you have some limiting beliefs.  That there are some beliefs that are living in your mind that place a limit or constraint on who you are and what you think that you are capable of doing.  Where did these beliefs come from?  Your parents?  A teacher? Your friends?  Maybe you have a vague memory of someone making a statement and labeling you as a child.  When you really think about it, I bet this belief isn’t based on much fact.  And if it is based on fact, it is probably from a few limited instances in your childhood.  Unfortunately, if you hold these beliefs in your mind, you will act as if they are true.  You are limited. 

Here is the exciting part.  Beliefs are learned.  Your mind learned to place that limiting belief on you.  You were not born believing that you were not smart enough to go to the school of your dreams.  You learned to believe this from somewhere.  Now, if beliefs are learned, then they can be un-learned and replaced with a different belief.

Imagine if you had the opposite belief.  I am smart enough.  I am creative enough.  I am disciplined enough.  I am good at that.

I bet you had a little bit of smile after reading those statements.  Why not replace your limiting beliefs with new ones?  Are you scared?  You might be scared to see what you are truly capable of doing when you take away your limits.  When you get rid of your limits, you will find what amazing things you can do and accomplish.  Break through them anyways.  It is ok to be scared.

Do you think the four gentlemen who provided the quotes at the top of this article allowed others to limit them?  Of course not.  Do you think they had some fear when they took on things that others thought they were not capable of doing?  Of course they did.  However, they decided to believe in themselves, not in anyone else’s limits.  And we as a world have benefited by their contributions and accomplishments because of this.  

Never place limits on yourself.  Never place limits on others. 

                ‘You can be and do whatever you want in the world’

This is what I tell my daughter and son every night before they go to sleep.

Kyle C. Ryan