You are wrong about a lot of things. Most importantly, you are wrong about your own abilities. Chances are you can do much more than you believe. The only way to improve then is to prove yourself wrong.

We plan every day more or less the same. The same workout schedule, the same work time, the same everything. Every day. The same. While routine is a great tool, we need to be careful not to trick ourselves. The danger here is assuming our method is also maximizing our effort. And while that may be true at first, we will always grow into the space we give ourselves. Before long, we’ve become comfortable. And comfort is the enemy of progress.

“I always run for 3 miles, so why run any more?” “I’ve never written more than a page.” “We only publish on Fridays, so there’s no way we could publish again on Monday.”

All of these are lies of comfort. When we start to talk like this, we know we’ve become complacent. The biggest impediment to growth and progress is what we tell ourselves. We are almost always more capable than we believe ourselves to be.

To get back on the path of progress, we need to break these patterns. We must prove ourselves wrong. Feel like going for a 30-minute run? Run for 35. Usually, write a page? Do a page and a half. A little more every day.

It’s going to be tough at first, but it’s going to feel amazing to conquer new territory. Before long, these further limitations will become comfortable again. And once again, we will need to prove ourselves wrong.

Don’t believe the voices in your head or the limitations you think you have. There’s always more in the tank if you dig deep enough.

Scared? Good. That means you are on the right track. Fight against your intuition and push yourself. You are wrong. And it’s worth everything to prove that.