Breaking Through Your Upper Limits: Why Success Is Holding You Back from Your True Genius

Have you ever felt that just when things are going well, your relationships are good, your career is booming, and you’re happy, something always gets in the way? Maybe you get sick, miss an important deadline, or experience an inexplicable drop in motivation. It almost feels like you’re hitting an invisible ceiling, right when you’re on the verge of a breakthrough.

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. This experience is what Gay Hendricks calls the Upper Limit Problem in his transformative book, The Big Leap. Many of us unknowingly cap the amount of happiness, success, and love we allow ourselves to experience. It prevents us from living in our Zone of Genius, where we feel fulfilled and perform our best.

The Upper Limit Problem — Your Biggest Roadblock to Success

The Upper Limit Problem (ULP) is an invisible barrier you create that restricts the amount of success, happiness, and love you let into your life. It’s that nagging voice that says, “This is too good to be true,” or “You don’t deserve this.” When we hit our upper limit, we unconsciously sabotage ourselves, either by creating drama, picking fights, or encountering mysterious setbacks. It’s as if we’re saying, “I’ve reached my quota of…