Awesome analogy!

Never thought of myself as a cow before, but it's amazing how many tape fences I can suddenly think of.

This reminds me a lot of the story of fleas in a jar. Apparently (I've never witnessed this so it's totally hear-say) when you put fleas in a jar with a lid they'll jump and jump and keep smacking their heads off the lid so eventually they condition themselves to not jump so high (hence no more head smacking.) The training comes because they will take the lids off the jars so the fleas could escape if they wanted to, but they never get out cause they don't just that high any longer.

Wow, awesome example of self-imposed limitations! Often the tape in our lives is not only preventing us from breaking boundries, but we’re the one’s maintaining that tape, afriad to step across the border into the unknown.

Thanks for the perspective! Hmmm… So much tape right now… and I really needed a kick in the pants.

Oh yeah, great headline!

I struggled with these imaginary barriers for years. For me, the barrier was thinking that if I just worked harder at something I would “break through”. Now I just work smarter and spend the rest of my time working to catch up on the life I ignored for so long.

Thank you for this post. Just what I needed to give me courage today. :-)

P.S. Are those the now-dead “sassy shoes” in your sidebar photo, or their replacements?

Haidn

What a great analogy and compelling title! I couldn’t not read what the post was about. (It was worth it.) Thanks for the insight.

Best,
Haidn

That’s what I’m working on right now Colin. For a lot of things in life, I’ve just told myself “i can’t” because I didn’t think I could do it and i didn’t want to try and fail.

Now I’m seeing just what is impossible & what is just in my head :)

Wow, awesome example of self-imposed limitations! Often the tape in our lives is not only preventing us from breaking boundries, but we're the one's maintaining that tape, afriad to step across the border into the unknown.

Thanks for the perspective! Hmmm... So much tape right now... and I really needed a kick in the pants.

Oh yeah, great headline!

I struggled with these imaginary barriers for years. For me, the barrier was thinking that if I just worked harder at something I would "break through". Now I just work smarter and spend the rest of my time working to catch up on the life I ignored for so long.

Thank you for this post. Just what I needed to give me courage today. :-)

P.S. Are those the now-dead "sassy shoes" in your sidebar photo, or their replacements?

Haidn

What a great analogy and compelling title! I couldn't not read what the post was about. (It was worth it.) Thanks for the insight.

Best,
Haidn

That's what I'm working on right now Colin. For a lot of things in life, I've just told myself "i can't" because I didn't think I could do it and i didn't want to try and fail.

Now I'm seeing just what is impossible & what is just in my head :)