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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. 30). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Do you realize that?   They have! John says, “We all have caps put on us— both great and small— by others. I remember one put on me in fifth grade. I wanted to play the trumpet, so my parents rented a trumpet for me. I was excited as I went to a music teacher for my first lesson. But she took one look at my mouth and said, ‘Your mouth isn’t shaped right to play the trumpet. You’ll never be able to do it.’ She told my parents that I should play the clarinet. But I didn’t want to play clarinet. I wanted to play trumpet. Guess what? My parents traded in the trumpet and got me a clarinet. I’ve always wondered what would have happened if I had just been given a chance to play the trumpet. I think I would have loved it.” He goes on, “Today, I am unwilling to surrender my potential to

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