The biggest obstacle to success comes from self-imposed limitations.

The biggest obstacle to people's success comes from self-imposed limitations

Many people believe that the biggest obstacle to their success comes from the outside. For example, the education level is too low, no connections, no resources, no background, etc. But in fact, these are not the biggest obstacles, because you can change these things bit by bit through hard work. But they really become resistance when you give up trying.

Therefore, the real resistance to success is that you simply don’t change. And the reason why you don't change is because you set limits on yourself. Some people say why didn’t I realize it? This limitation is often done inadvertently, so that many people are not aware of it at all. Therefore, they do not think it is the biggest obstacle to success.

For example, if someone told you that you could become a millionaire, what would you think? You will say, stop talking nonsense, it’s impossible. My family has been poor for ten generations and has never been rich. How can I become a millionaire? If you take the college entrance examination and someone tells you that you will definitely be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, what will you think? You will say it's impossible. Our family is not a family of scholars. We have never had a college student. How could I go to Tsinghua University and Peking University?

Look, are you denying your upper limit easily? Isn’t this self-limitation? Many people are like this. No matter what others say, they can find a seemingly very reasonable reason to explain that they are not the material at all.

Why is this so? On the surface it looks like humility, but in reality it is fear. What are you afraid of? Fear of failure damages one's own narcissism. Think about it, if things don't start, you won't fail. If you don't fail, your narcissism will not be damaged. And once things start, if you fail in the end, it means that you are incompetent and stupid. And this will damage your own narcissism and make you feel too uncomfortable.

So in order to avoid this painful feeling, I would rather not start. This is why many people, no matter what you say to them, they can find reasons to argue that they are not good enough.

As for those who are successful, they are so confident in themselves that they never set limits for themselves. Even if they set limits, they will set a very high limit for themselves. For example, they live to change the world. . For example, immigrating human civilization to Mars. For example, let’s make it easy to do business in the world. Then spend your whole life fighting for your upper limit.

If you want to succeed, don’t set limits on yourself. Even if you set limits, you must set a high upper limit for yourself. Don't be afraid that your upper limit is too high. Know that a dream that won't be laughed at is not worth realizing. What you have to fear is that you don't believe it from the bottom of your heart.