Your Ceiling
“Don't let where you are become a ceiling on where you can go.'“ - Farnam Street newsletter
You are only as capable as you think you are. You will only achieve what you think you can. The contrary is also true. If you think you can’t, you won’t. Across our lives there are walls to climb, doors to walk through and ceilings to fly through. But along the way, you may be lowering that ceiling.
It may be that you think you aren’t good at math. You may think you have no organization skills or that you simply aren’t creative enough. As you apply for and look for jobs, you avoid the jobs that challenge you or that look hard. You are letting where you are become a new ceiling on where you can go. This is self-doubt. This is resistance. This is fear. This is staying right where you are, safe and comfortable.
Well, growth does not come from being safe or comfortable. And neither does the good life. Staying right where you are means you’ll always get what you got, and get. Maybe that’s enough for you. So then, why are you complaining? What if the men and women in history that moved mountains and created change decided where they were was good enough? Where would we be?
What if Florence Nightingale didn’t jump through her ceiling? How would modern day nursing be today, without her influence? What if she didn’t answer the call to action and simply stayed where she was?
It isn’t a matter of what is possible. It comes down to your mindset. If anything is humanly possible, you can do it too. Do not limit yourself to what you think you can or can’t do. Try stuff. Expose yourself to new things and learn what you’re actually made of. You’d be surprised what you can endure and overcome once you’re place there. Or once you place yourself there.
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Thought Provoking Questions : Where are your ceilings? What steps can you take to move past it?
Daily I write and release a daily meditation. A quick read. Sharing wisdom and asking thought-provoking questions. Influenced by the obstacles, success and failures in my life and of others. Using history, books, current events, philosophy, and ancient wisdom. These writings are actionable, thought-provoking, designed to make your life better.
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