Attack what you can’t.

Edition 61

I

A couple months ago, I couldn’t climb a 30 foot rope. Hell, I could barely hold myself up off the ground. Deep down, I felt like I was stronger than this. I told my brother, "I can't. There’s no way.”

“I can’t” and “I could never” are limiting beliefs. They are products of the mind.

My new goal: Eliminate as many of those beliefs as possible.

Why? I have a hunch that the less limiting beliefs one has in life, the more they’ll accomplish.

Now, I don’t have stats on this, but I would bet that a guy who tells himself, “I could do that” is more likely to write a book than a guy who tells himself, “I could never.”

II

Write down whenever you think or say, “I can’t” or “I could never.”

If you say, “I can’t,” add a “yet.” If you say, “I could never”… Stop. 😂

Take your list and cross off each limiting belief as you accomplish it.

If you can destroy a limiting belief, you can develop a new identity. That’s how you grow.

The things that you can’t do right now are exactly the things you need to do to grow. The mistake here is to shy away from them. Take an aggressive step towards them.

Each day, work towards being able to do something you previously thought you couldn’t. Each month, accomplish something you previously thought you couldn’t.

Can you imagine the self-confidence you’d accumulate if you accomplished something you never thought you would’ve 12 times in one year?!

III

Now, I can climb the rope.

I recently read a piece by Derek Sivers that said, “If you’re not surprised, you aren’t learning.” I think the same is true with limiting beliefs and growing.

If you’re not doing things that you previously thought were unachievable, you aren’t really growing.

Attack what you can’t.