Shrenik Shah, Patient Ambassador and Moderator of Fridays with Shrenik Live Webinar at the Indian Cancer Society, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“How do you really know your limits—because they’re real, or because circumstances convinced you they are?
I’ve noticed something: when life piles up; work deadlines, personal responsibilities, unexpected setbacks; the first instinct is to say, ‘I can’t do more right now.’ It feels rational. Safe. Honest.
But most breakthroughs happen exactly when you think you can’t stretch anymore.
I’ve lived this.
There were times when my plate was overflowing, when logic said, ‘Stop, this is enough.’ Yet something inside pushed me to test the boundary to take that extra project, to commit to that challenge, to give a little more focus when I thought I had none left.
And almost always, I discovered I was capable of more than my circumstances suggested.
That’s the paradox: your mind sets limits long before your capacity runs out.
How to know you can do more (even when it feels impossible):
- Check if it’s fear or fact. Are you truly at your limit, or just scared of stretching?
- Look at your past. Every time you thought you “couldn’t,” but did—proof that your ceiling is higher than you think.
- Start smaller. Doing 10% more often reveals you can actually do 50% more.
- Notice energy, not excuses. Sometimes the barrier isn’t exhaustion, it’s resistance.
- Ask yourself: what if? What if you tried one more step? Would it break you or build you?
Circumstances are loud. They tell you to stop. But your true limits are quieter, hidden beyond that noise. You only hear them when you dare to go further.
So, when was the last time you discovered you could do more than you believed?”
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