Have you ever thought about whether you’ve unconsciously set a glass ceiling for how successful you can be in life? Today we’re going to look into self-imposed upper limit ceiling! Let’s dive in!
In his book The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks talks about how we as humans have an “upper limit”, the threshold if you will, and how we sabotage ourselves when we hit that limit, bringing us back down.
But what happens when we ourselves (unconsciously) set a low ceiling of upper limit to begin with, by our thoughts, as to how high that limit is? A self-imposed ceiling to how successful we can be, how much we can achieve in life? And by the same token we’ve created a LOWER limit… what we are not will go below.
If we pay attention to those around us, or those on television/famous people, we can get an idea of what ceilings different people have set for themselves… including some people that have placed no limits on their ability to create, their ability to have and hold great things, the ability to know who they can become.
Some limits (or standards) we may have can be as simple as:
* Can you live without a cell (smart phone) phone?
* Can you live without Netflix and Amazon Prime?
* Can you afford to subscribe to ALL the streaming channels available out there? Jim Rhon said once in one if his speeches that a $300 TV actually costs us a lot more… in the potential we waste watching it!! Have you ever thought of it that way? I had not!!
What car you drive (or can you be happy riding a bike/taking the bus?
When we have upper limit CEILINGS for ourselves, we stay below those limits, never to go above.
BUT, what if we could raise or remove our upper limit CEILING, what would be possible for each one of us, and what kind of value (peace of mind, beauty, ease of life, convenience, confidence in others by being examples) would we put out into the world? Value that people want to PAY us for?
Here are a few things/ideas to consider:
Where am I limiting myself? (is it in the jobs I can do, in how much I know, lack of experience, self-confidence, what’s my self-image)?
One thing is not having the desire to do something (like something others think we’d be good at), but it’s another to think we can’t.
Where can I see myself improving? Think of easy things you can do now, with the least effort or cost that can improve you.
What is one thing I can do now to raise my ceiling/belief? Can I Google something on that one thing?
When can I start implementing?
Start NOW, there’s no better time like the present… it’s the end of the year (or it’s always the end of the month, the week, the day!), this can set the tone for what you’ll do next year!
Are you willing to fail, and keep going? Failing is part of the growth and evolution experience, so embrace it.
Know it will be UNCOMFORTABLE... always for as long as you’re growing. Only when you stop growing do things not feel uncomfortable, so if you’re comfortable… your life may never change.
But it’s also so REWARDING as well! You’ll see!!
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Mentioned in this episode:
Jim Rohn's Ultimate Library on Audible
The Ultimate Jim Rohn Library
Book by Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1669072974&sr=8-1
https://hearstcastle.org/
