Becoming Limitless

What does it take to become limitless? Is it simply a matter of ignoring all the naysayers, the critics, the frenemies and anyone else that simply envies you? Does the catch phrase “those who mind, don’t matter and those who don’t mind, matter?” Everyone has an opinion on something. Good or bad, ugly or beautiful – just recognise it for what it is, simply an opinion.

When you stop caring about what others think about you and start listening to the powerful voice within you, something powerful happens… We begin to unleash a magical force within us! Coupled with life experience, if we trust the higher path laid in front of us – we begin to sharpen our craft, out skillsets and start to produce high quality work unaffected by those who wish to curtail or diminish us.

In Sanskrit the magical force or creative energy is represented by “Shakti” or the Goddess herself. In yogic terms, Shiva represents pure consciousness and Shakti represents energy. Next time you catch yourself feeling the heat or the fire under your ass for getting things done – that is Shakti at play. Furthermore, if we follow our passions unencumbered, we get to really hone in on whatever it is that we do best – whether it be art, story telling, writing, work, play, etc.

To become truly limitless, it is necessary to stop caring what others think, no – not to become obnoxious and insensitive, but to be humble enough to distinguish sound advice from noise and apply proper judgment while distilling what is required at the time. It is almost a stepping stone on your path to greatness that you have to stop caring what others think and take in only what is needed.

Beyond caring, it is crucial to develop “skillsets” that will truly be advantageous to whatever real you want to be successful in life. eg. If I wanted to be a great cook, I would start to invest in culinary skills either though cook books, classes or cooking with others who are simply great at cooking (if you have a dad/mum who loves cooking, you can kill two birds with one stone) learn to cook from them!

Similarly, if I wanted to become a great orator, I might join a Toastmasters club and practice speaking in front of smaller crowds until I got comfortable speaking in front of larger crowds. Diagnose which area of your life you want to develop skillsets and break it down to actionable steps short, mid and long term that you can take to developing those skillsets further. Most people want the results but they don’t want to do the work to get there.

Ever heard the saying “The more you read, the more you learn. The more you learn, the more you earn?” I have and you probably have too. If you haven’t until now – just take it with a grain of salt. Rather than endless social media scrolling, go forth and consume vast amounts of knowledge. Read about whatever you love until you love reading. Thus knowledge is an important pillar in your journey of becoming limitless.

Another important pillar is leverage. Most people under-estimate the power of leverage. It is huge. Leverage allows you to do things at a phenomenal pace. eg. Say I had an Idea for an App that I think would work great. If I had some beginner coding skills, assume that it would take me approx. 3 months to build by myself. If I sourced it out say 3 expert programmers (leverage), I could probably have the App built in 2 weeks as a MVP (minimum viable product) ready for launch and testing on the market to see if it gained any traction. I could then pursue my idea further or more onto something else in a shorter time span just by applying leverage. Note: leverage can occur in various forms, some of which include Capital ($), human capital (resources/personnel), time and so on.

The final pillar is action. Without action, all the knowledge and leverage in the world would be uneventful. You have to take action to convert the knowledge into wisdom. Action applied to leverage is work taking place.

***Becoming Limitless = Not caring what others think x skillsets x knowledge x leverage x action ***

“Just remember to be impatient with the actions but to have patience with the results.” (Credit: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant) – I highly recommend anyone with a bit of time to read this book, its a life changer!