{"id":67363,"date":"2022-05-31T19:09:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T23:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=67363"},"modified":"2022-06-14T22:12:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T02:12:50","slug":"the-upper-limit-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-upper-limit-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Upper Limit Problem: Why You Feel Stuck in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/stuck-in-life\/\">feel stuck<\/a>? Do you feel as though something is missing in your life, even though you can&#8217;t put your finger on what exactly it is? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people are plagued internally by a sense that there\u2019s something missing in their life. If this sounds like you, you may be unconsciously limiting yourself by the \u201cUpper Limit Problem\u201d\u2014an internal threshold for the maximum degree of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/happiness-and-success\/\">success and happiness<\/a> you\u2019ll allow yourself to experience. According to Gay Hendricks, you get closer to this threshold as you progress further through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/levels-of-success\/\">levels of success<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how Hendricks defines levels of life success and how progressing through them moves you closer to the Upper Limit Problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-levels-of-success\"><strong>Levels of Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hendricks defines four distinct levels of success people occupy. As we accomplish more in life, we move through subsequently higher levels, nearing the Upper Limit Problem. These levels can be described as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stagnancy\">Stagnancy&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this level of life, Hendricks explains, <strong>you accomplish little to nothing, because you waste time and energy on doing things you\u2019re not good at, rather than on things you excel at<\/strong>. You\u2019re continually frustrated and spinning your wheels, because you aren\u2019t homing in on your skills and talents, and you stubbornly refuse to admit that there are just some things you aren\u2019t cut out for. For example, you may be stuck in a dead-end job you hate, or unable to hold down jobs, and you feel like a failure. In fact, the problem may be that you\u2019re just not pursuing what you\u2019re good at. You might be achieving much more in a different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/career-path-development\/\">career path<\/a> that\u2019s more aligned with your natural abilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adequacy\">Adequacy&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At this level, <strong>you appear to be doing fine; you\u2019ve achieved some level of success and are making progress.<\/strong> You may be on par with your peers, but not really excelling beyond them. For example, if your friends and family think you\u2019re \u201cdoing well\u201d but you still feel like you\u2019re falling short of your potential, or you find you\u2019ve hit a wall in terms of advancement, you may be stuck at the level of adequacy. To go beyond adequacy, Hendricks advises that you may just need to re-focus and re-prioritize, thinking a bit outside the box to imagine how you could aim a little higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-high-achievement\">High Achievement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At this level you\u2019ve reached a degree of accomplishment that others admire. You\u2019re good at what you do, and you\u2019re solidly \u201csuccessful\u201d according to society\u2019s standards. You can get very comfortable in this zone, because on the surface you may look and feel like you\u2019ve reached your highest potential. But Hendricks warns us that there are two potential problems when you reach this level of achievement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. You still have a nagging sense that something is missing in your life.<\/strong> Deep down something tells you there must be <em>more<\/em>, but you can\u2019t put your finger on what it is. This is your inner calling to true fulfillment beckoning you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. This is also where you\u2019re in danger of encountering the Upper Limit Problem, which acts as a barrier to reaching that state of fulfillment. <\/strong>These two forces\u2014your call to fulfillment and your upper limit\u2014work against each other at this level. When you feel the satisfaction of this much accomplishment, you\u2019re likely to begin to engage in self-sabotage, to ensure you don\u2019t go beyond that. This is due to deep-seated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/feeling-unworthy\/\">feelings of unworthiness<\/a> or other limiting beliefs we\u2019ll discuss in the next section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-happiness-trap\"><em>The Happiness Trap<\/em><\/a>, Russ Harris explains that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-happiness-trap#humans-em-arent-em-naturally-happy\">humans aren\u2019t hard-wired for happiness<\/a>, and the pursuit of that often has the opposite result. We\u2019re driven to accumulate as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/protective-instinct\/\">survival instinct<\/a>, but in the modern world, this relentless drive to acquire more material wealth keeps us in a vicious cycle because we never know when enough is enough. 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When you transcend the limitations of your upper limit, you reach your highest potential, and there\u2019s no boundary on the amount of love, wealth, and joy you can experience. <strong>In this state, you\u2019re not just achieving, but thriving.<\/strong> Hendricks describes this as breaking out of all the \u201cboxes\u201d of the previous levels and living a life of limitless expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/living-a-fulfilled-life\/\">Fulfilled Life<\/a><\/strong><br><br>Psychology researchers created a measure for assessing fulfillment in life called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.795931\/full#h5\">Fulfilled Life Scale<\/a>. Using this scale, they found that a fulfilled life was most associated with a high degree of self-actualization and realization, meaning the ability to live as your true authentic self, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/pursue-your-goals\/\">pursue goals<\/a> that are personally meaningful to you, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-make-an-impact-on-the-world\/\">make a positive impact<\/a> on others or society. This research also showed that<a href=\"https:\/\/therapytips.org\/articles\/what-makes-people-feel-fulfilled-in-their-lives\"> those who considered finding fulfillment important and spent time consciously pursuing it were more likely to feel fulfilled<\/a>. These conclusions align with Hendricks\u2019s advice later in the book to envision your state of fulfillment by uncovering what kinds of life work and activity enliven you, and to make this a central focus of your life.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you feel stuck? Do you feel as though something is missing in your life, even though you can&#8217;t put your finger on what exactly it is? Many people are plagued internally by a sense that there\u2019s something missing in their life. If this sounds like you, you may be unconsciously limiting yourself by the \u201cUpper Limit Problem\u201d\u2014an internal threshold for the maximum degree of success and happiness you\u2019ll allow yourself to experience. According to Gay Hendricks, you get closer to this threshold as you progress further through levels of success. 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