A tree grows, not because it wants to, but because it was created to.

It's a story about potential.

Right.

And about a decade ago, right when I started writing, speaking, creating content online,

I came across that message, and it was transformative for me, right? The idea that human

beings are the only life form that will do less than they possibly can. The full quote,

by no surprise, Jim Rohn, he says, every form seems to strive to its maximum, except human beings.

How tall will a tree grow, as tall as it possibly can?

Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice.

You can choose to be all, or you can choose to be less.

So why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what you can do? Beautifully said, right?

Imagine every night of your life going to bed knowing that there was more inside of you.

Imagine running a race, knowing there were other levels that you could have reached for, but didn't.

Imagine looking back on a life of infinite possibility in knowing you created finite parameters.

Now I'm not saying you have to live every waking moment obsessed with always being better than you currently are.

Right? I'm merely asking you a question. Aren't you curious? Don't you want to know what that ceiling is, that space for which excellence has been reserved?

I often think every time I hop on a rowing machine at the gym, that, you know, it highlights the gap in black and white between what I'm doing

and what I'm capable of. Love-hate relationship with that machine. It brings me back to my college

days, the days I first learned to truly push myself. I get on it now for one-minute sprints as part

of a sort of a workout program I'm doing.

And I just think there's no evading that concrete number the screen gives me.

Exactly how many meters I went in 60 seconds.

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