You CAN Do It

The only thing stopping you… is you

Jimmy Misner Jr.
4 min readJul 8, 2021
Photo by Diego PH on Unsplash

The greatest enemy you will ever have is yourself. The only person who can truly stop you from achieving your dreams is you. There are people and circumstances that might cause you pause but you are the final word on whether or not you succeed.

The simplest way to succeed is to make yourself your greatest ally. Most people assume this is the truth from the beginning. For many, that simply isn’t so. We’re taught at a young age that failure is a bad thing. We’re taught at a young age that there are things that we just aren’t good at and we should accept it. We’re taught that it’s better to be safe than to dream big.

“There’s a time in your life where you’re not quite sure where you are. You think everything’s perfect, but it’s not perfect… Then one day you wake up and you can’t quite picture yourself in the situation you’re in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it.” — Tom DeLonge

You’re now at a point where you want to do more. You want meaning, money or love. You’re ready to succeed but you have all these baked in messages that all tell you to limit yourself. Well, if you want to be your own biggest ally, you need to stop doing that.

One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to say “I can’t do this”. When you…

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Jimmy Misner Jr.

I like to write about everything but mainly life lessons, relationships, and advice in general. I respond to comments so feel free to start a conversation!