Today I learned I have to aggressively expand my capacity. Aggressively expanding my capacity means to me is to apply energy, emotion, and time into improving oneself. Aggressively expanding my capacity also means to me is to do things I’m not sure I could do. I think this is a good idea because expanding one’s capacity makes one more valuable, it shows one their true unlimited potential, and it is a constructive way to channel aggression. I put this idea into practice by recently passing out snacks to my Calculus class at the end of the semester. Apart of the reason how I got on the good side of my coworkers was simply buying them a pack of water. It cost me 4 dollars at most but helped saved me irritation. In this calculus class I acted in ways I wouldn’t do so again after reading How to Win Friends and Influence People. I was belligerent and obnoxious that behavior embarrasses me. The idea came to mind to buy my classmates each a Nature Valley granola bar as a way to apologize for my former poor social behavior. But I would have to push past the barrier of resistance. The barrier would be based upon shyness from having to look each classmate in the eye and humbly ask them if they would want my gift. The idea of channeling my aggression into my personal development came to mind and I was able to go about with giving each who wanted a simple granola bar. Making amends for my poor social behavior, the best I could. Two other ways I put this idea into practice is by increasing my output of podcast from last week and also forcing myself to follow through with working on my idea for an app. Aggressively expanding one’s capacity makes one unpredicatacle, it ensures the worst part of a person is kept dormant, and it also emphasizes self reliance. A person who expands their compacity develops a wide range of character which is hard to peg. A person who aggressively expands their capacity becomes more of what they are as time goes on instead of less. Lastly a person who aggressively expands their capacity chooses to improve themself rather than complain and protest about how things should be better. One could argue that moving isn’t simply based on working on oneself. Their are exterior barriers one could face like classism, racism, heightism, or ostracism. Though these barriers are very present two things come to mind in spite of them. One being how grand and diverse the marketplace is. A quality or trait that that a person could be prejudice towards could be the same quality or trait that another would prefer. The other being how vast and mysterious human potential is. All of us could work on a skill and over time find ourself more capabable in that skill than we started. One could continually do so and eventually that capability would yield more leverage in the marketplace. That leverage would be based upon being in high demand for an above average skill set. The negative to aggressively expanding my capacity is causing irritation to my peers. When one constantly exceeds themselves they indirectly exceed others. This births contempt in the majority of one’s peers no matter what they say. But the net positive makes it worth it. The upside is a better life and a deeper sense of fulfillment.