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You Set Your Limitations

"When you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them."  - Les Brown

     When I first heard the quote above it really made me say, "DAMN!, That's Deep.".  It is so true and to the point.  People you talk to always say what they can't do. They talk about how hard it is to achieve anything they want.  It appears that most people have given up before the race has even started. They have set their own limitations.
 
    This made me wonder where all of this has come from. Think about when you were a kid, if anyone asked you to do something you would try it no matter what.  If you ask a 6 year old to lift up a car, they will most likely try it to see if they can. But somewhere along the line we lost this ability to be limitless. I believe to often we let others impose limitations on us. We believe someone when they say we can't do something.  We believe that we are not good enough and that certain levels of success are meant for other people. This is so far from the truth.

    For some reason the saying, Aim for the moon because even if you miss you may hit a star, always plays in my head. Why not think big? Why not reach for higher levels of success? What is the worst thing that can happen?  Failure!! Are you scared to fail? Think about how many times a child falls before they learn to walk. Imagine if you had the same mentality you have now, when you where a child. You would probably still be crawling everywhere because you would be to scared to try and walk. Your fear of failure would keep you on all fours.  We need to get out of this mindset and develop a new way of thinking.

    Here is an experiment I want to try. For one week I want you to ask yourself two questions everyday. When you wake up ask yourself, How can I reach for a higher level today?
Then before bed ask yourself, Did I fear failure today or did I reach for success?
  You can create your own version of these questions. These are just examples. This may sound cheesy but I want you to try it out. What do you got to lose besides your limitations? Email us at flofitness@gmail.com or post on our facebook group. We would like feedback on this experiment.

-FLO

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