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A thought by John C. Maxwell (2017-03-07) from his book, No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity (p. 28). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) It is so easy to get to the place where you are comfortable with what you have learned and accept what you have done and just say that is enough, isn’t it? John says, “I think that’s the problem for too many people who aren’t as successful, productive and fulfilled as they would like to be. They mistakenly think they’ve worked through their issues, they’ve reached their capacity, and there are no new mountains they can climb. They settle. And they get comfortable.”   He goes on, “Let me tell you: You’re not even close to your capacity. You haven’t come close to reaching your limits. Neither have I. I’m about to turn seventy years old, I’ve dedicated the last forty-five years to personal growth, and I’m still amazed by the gains I am able to make. I’m not done getting better, an

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2017-03-07) from his book, N o Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity (p. 26). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) John says, “I believe you can live a life with no limits, that you can go further than you believe and can do more than you’ve ever dreamed. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t possess limitations.   We all do. Some caps cannot be removed.” He goes on, “You had no control over your birth, nor can you go back in time and change it. You just have to live with some things: “• Your Place of Birth: You may love the place you were born, or you may hate it. That doesn’t matter. It is what it is. • The Year of Your Birth: I hear people say they were born in the wrong time. They wish they were born in the Middle Ages or in the Old West. They may feel out of place, but they’re not. Have you heard the saying “You can only be where you are”? Well, you also can only be when you are. Yo

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2017-03-07) from his book, No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity (p. 7). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) For some people that is an important question but for others, it doesn’t matter.   I think it matters to you.   John says, “I remember an illustration my dad used when speaking. An old-timer saw a boy fishing and went over to see how he was doing. The boy had already caught two small fish, but as the old man was walking over, the boy landed a huge bass. “’That’s a beauty,’ the old man said as the boy unhooked the fish. But then the boy tossed the fish back into the water. “’What are you doing?’ the old man cried out. ‘That was a whopper.’ “’Yeah,’ replied the boy, ‘but my frying pan is only nine inches wide.’ That one always made me laugh, and it made me aware of how a person’s thinking can limit him.” He goes on, “I also vividly remember one of my teachers telling th