FINDING PROGRESS IN LIMITATIONS

 

CULTIVATING GROWTH MINDSET

Experienced professionals finding progress /Photo Courtesy /Artem Podrez

Look at Where You Are Going

When you are surrounded by circumstances that aim to limit you. And everything around you seems to be falling apart. Be responsible. Your biggest responsibility in such a time. Is to dare the limitations. Defy what they are suggesting to you. If events around you suggest that you cannot move forward. Because you have run out of resources. Do not accept to get stuck. Do not agree with your circumstances. Don’t accept the limitations in the circumstances. Don’t fail to arrive where you were supposed to arrive because you ran out of resources. There is something important you need to know. Circumstances are just circumstances. They are just situations in your life. They are specifically there to intimidate and make your journey difficult. That is their purpose. To derail and drag you behind. To slow you down. And while at it. Frustrate the hell out of you.     

That is the role of limitations in our lives. And the fact that they exist. Does not mean you cannot progress. You can still make progress. You only need to be the right person in the circumstances. The right person in trying moments, is one that sees beyond limitations. It is the person that changes the approach. When events around you tell you that you cannot do this or that. You don’t look at what is missing. You don’t pay attention at the resources that are running out. Instead, your approach should focus at a much bigger picture. Who are you in the circumstances? What do you know? What can you remember? These are important questions you need to ask yourself. The question of who you are in the circumstances. Reminds you that you are the human being in the circumstances.

You are the reasoning being in these events. This means that you are capable of invention. You are supposed to be in charge. Take full responsibility of what is going on. And learn the best way to beat odds. What you know. Addresses important knowledge or lessons you have collected along the way. You are not the first human being to run into limitations. Some people have walked this path before. How did the most successful person survive? The person that dared to defy the worst odds. How did this person overcome the challenges? Remember those lessons. Remember the type of mindset that individual developed. Remember how that successful individual developed the resilience. People don’t just wake up one day and challenge their worst problems. Defying odds requires preparations. Only the right people win.    

Ask Yourself If You are the Right Person

A courageous young man beating odds /Photo /Bamboo ave

The right person in this context, is having the right mindset. The mind that sees hope in the midst of darkness. The mind that does not shrink in the middle of restrictions. A mind that does not panic. A mind that does not get threatened. The mind that does not hide when it gets tough. A mindset that does not run away until things get better. This is the right person for this difficult circumstances. Someone that acknowledges the roughness of the situation. Someone who feels the weight of the circumstance. One that sees the risks that circumstances present. But still does not get threatened by all these things. The right person comes to terms with the circumstances. And still chooses to take responsibility. The right person becomes the adult in the circumstances. And provides reason. The right person exercises wisdom. Limitations are not just any other events.

And that means, you don’t win with an ordinary mind. Limitations require a certain level of thinking. A type of thinking that only responsible people are capable to deliver. There is no room for second thoughts. The right person must have confidence in his or her own abilities. Because nothing about limitations is easy. And that also means not bringing ignorance in the events. You have to be realistic about your approach. Because you only need to make one mistake. And everything else will come down in pieces. Just as circumstances had predicted. You will lose everything. And you will get stuck as the circumstances intended. You will not arrive to your desired destination. That is what limitations do to real people. They steal joy out of your life. And create new conditions that you don’t know. Conditions that you have never witnessed before. Their objective is to change what you know and replace it with strangeness. Don’t be cheated. Don’t settle for a lifestyle that you don’t know.

The mere fact that things have become hard does not mean you accept difficulties in your life. Don’t accept sufferings because circumstances around you suggest suffering. You are the human being in all these events. Take charge. And become a good thinker. Remember something useful. Something that will help your mind focus on overcoming. Resist the temptation that paints a dim picture in front of you. Refuse to listen to the voices that tell you. You are not going anywhere. Rebel those voices. Chase them out of your mind. And remain still. You might be struggling to make ends meet. But that does not mean you should accept defeat. There are plenty of actions you can take. To reverse the negative impacts of a worse situation. To get to those solutions. You need to have a thinking head. A head that tells you. Things are looking bad. However, you will not be consumed. Because you have memory. You will think of something that will counter the problem.

Make Progress

Highly trained men defying limitations /Photo /Vlad Dediu

When you are faced with the worst problems. You can choose to make progress too. Making progress during limitations lies in taking action. One of those actions is courage. Choose to be courageous and fight. Don’t allow negative events in your life to bully you. Fight those negative forces by changing your approach. Don’t focus on the negativity surrounding your life. Instead, face those negative events. Face them with a positive posture. That positive posture is found deep inside your mind. It is nurtured over a period of time. It is cultivated. A positive posture is pursued. You have to want it to have it. It just never occurs on its own. People work hard to develop it. That is what differentiate people in life. People who have cultivated a positive mindset do not respond with fear. They instead tell things challenging them that they do not have power over them. They are the decision makers. They are the ones who determine what happens not circumstances.

When everything seems to be running out. And you are about to be thrown out. Show some respect to yourself. Stand up and declare that no one. Will prevent you from getting what you want. You will get to your destination whether circumstances approve it or not. Because right here. It is not what circumstances want. But rather what you want. And you made it clear from the beginning that you want progress. So it is progress that will happen. And it does not matter how many limitations you are faced with. Just declare that you will make it. Let your mind know that you will make it. And tell the same mind to calm down. And watch you win. Daring your worst events does not just happen physically. The most important combat is in your mind. When you are surrounded by problem after a problem. Guard your mind. Do not allow defeat in your mind. Instead, declare in your mind that you are in charge. And if anything must happen. It will have to pass through first.

Position yourself mentally. And take your place in the middle of the field. And call all your challengers. To come and fight you. If they think they have what it takes. Go in the middle of the field with full knowledge and awareness of what is going on. Things are tough. But you are not going down without a fight. You will stand and fight for what matters in your life. Running out of money is not enough reason to abandon a good project. Going through a difficult financial problem is not the limit. You just need to learn to be a good thinker. A good thinker is someone who does not react with situations. Don’t get emotionally involved with what is going on around you. Don’t get frustrated with what is not happening. Don’t hit the wall because things are not going your way. Keep the focus. Remain sane. Don’t lose your mind. If you must find progress in limitations. Keep your eyes open. And look at where you are going. Pay attention to the destination. Not what is missing. That is how you will make progress.