Bruce Lee - an amazing inspiration & legend during his time is a great reference for seasoned perspective & philosophy when it comes to setting goals, training, and succeeding in life. He was once quoted saying:

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." ~ Bruce Lee

The key to these wise words is "...you must go beyond them." Hitting plateaus during your training is inevitable. What is uncertain, but totally dependent upon reaching goals is how determined you are to push beyond adversity, plateaus, and frustrating set-backs. In the same way that negative thoughts & limitations can spread into your work and life, so too can cultivating a mentality and habit of pushing beyond perceived limitations. Some thoughts on taking the 1st steps towards going beyond limitations:

• Surround yourself with others aiming for the same positive achievements
• Keep positive reminders around you or in plain sight - it's easy to get distracted
• Be able to recognize the feeling and signs that you might be limiting yourself
  • Low energy, motivation, lack of excitement, longer than normal PLATEAUS
• Seek help/support from someone who's experienced or accomplished what your working towards
• Be open minded & embrace change - be ready to try different things or take new approaches
• Take risks & embrace failure:
  • "Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality" ~ Bruce Lee

Remember we create the limits & decide whether or not we're accepting defeat in our minds. So, doing the opposite also starts in our minds. But "knowing is not enough, we must APPLY. Willing is not enough, we must DO." ~ Bruce Lee