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24 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 14 Dec \ on: What limitations are you currently putting on yourself? alter_native
Wonderful thoughts, sir. I hadn't read it before (stopped after your initial instructions and pushed it off to the weekend).
The power of imagination is vast, and not letting limitations hold you back are truly something. What I wondered with some of those stories was the risk assessment? For most things in people's lives, overcoming their (self-imposed?) limitations comes with risk: quitting fiat job to start a business, leave home city/country for an ambitious life elsewhere, try to make a relationship with someone instead of giving up.
What was the power lifter risking? It seemed worth a try, right, with no downside. Not sure that holds for other people's lives.
Pit differently: aren't self-imposed limitations there to manage risk? It's discipline, a way to balance options?
What I'm realizing after having read some of the comments and thought more about the subject is that I might not have captured my true feelings here.
We have to use discernment to properly assess the risks, but also not having a strong sense of vision for what is possible will inevitably keep you in the "safe" risk-free zone.
This Friday I was at a meeting for my clown job. A problem arose and the supervisor appealed to the staff for their thoughts on a proper course of action. Lots of good ideas came up, and when they did, I couldn't help noticing that the supervisor framed all of her responses with the awful phrase: "yea, but the problem with that is...."
It was like nails on a chalkboard. I kid you not she said it 4-5 times in a row to people who had a stake in the issue and genuinely wanted to help. I believe she is doing her best but lacks the creative drive to view challenges as opportunities and thinks only within a very narrow set of limits. On the other hand, if she threw all caution to the wind and entertained every solution equally without limits, broadening her perspective, that would be a problem too.
What I'm trying to say really is that I think most challenges, problems and tasks in life generally require a type of negotiation or dance, if you will, with the idealistic, visionary, and private (i.e. one's individual desires) and physical, socio-cultural or familial constructed realities, expectations and/or limitations. Having one completely without the other might lead to a terribly lonely existence.
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