Identify Your Limiting Factors

What Is Holding You Back? What sets the speed at which you achieve your goals? What determines how fast you move from where you are, to where you want to be? Why haven’t you achieved your GOAL already?


Whatever you’re looking to accomplish, there is always a ‘limiting factor’ that determines how quickly and well you will achieve it. Study the objectives you’re looking to accomplish and identify the ‘limiting factors’ or constraints you’re facing—then focus all of your energy on alleviating that factor (s).

The 80/20 Rule applies to the constraints in your life and in your work: 80% of the constraints—the factors that are holding you back from achieving your goal—are internal. They are within yourself, your own qualities, abilities, habits, disciplines. Only 20% of limiting factors are external. In your own life, you must have the honesty to look inward for the limiting factor or limiting skill that sets the speed at which you achieve your personal goals.

How Can I Get There?

Identify your most important goal in life today. What is it? What one goal, if you achieved it, would have the greatest positive effect on your life? What one career accomplishment would have the greatest positive impact on your work life? Once you are clear about your major goal, ask yourself—What sets the speed at which I accomplish this goal? Why don’t I have it already? What is it within me that is holding me back? Whatever your answers, take action immediately. Do Something. Do Anything. But get started TODAY!