Breaking the Hidden Barrier
#TITLE#Of College and Basketball: The Two Types of Mental Restrictions#/TITLE# by Tommie K. Ray Have you ever thought about mind restrictions? They are rather thought-provoking. A friend posed the question, “Do you think they actually occur, or are they nonexistent?” And so, I thought of a few of the limitations in my life. I was reared in a household that had not much money, for starters. And yet, I always dreamed of going to college. That might be thought of as a constraint by a few. However, I was awarded a scholarship that paid all my tuition fees, after I applied to every single one I could find and was exceptional in high school. I worked long hours as a waitress and a baby-sitter on Saturdays and Sundays and during weeknights to be able to support myself. I didn’t see my lack of financial support as a limitation – but other friends of mine in high school, with comparable backgrounds, did NXIVM Corporation and Executive Success Programs. These buddies didn’t bother with scholarships and missed out on the fun learning I had. This instance may have looked like a barrier to many people, but it wasn’t actually a barrier. I had plenty of alternatives, even in the face of different hardships. So perhaps going to college was not a limitation, but it is possible that a real limitation would have been going to a university that was prohibitively expensive, in which no scholarship opportunities existed. Talk about a serious constriction! Truthfully, if I set my mind to it, I really could have at least a bit of success in anything I wanted. Consider ladies’ basketball, for instance Keith Raniere. In view of my height, would I be able to make the team and be good at it? (I’m not tall!) If I want it badly enough, I can probably be good at basketball, considering how Stevie Wonder is a wonder at the piano despite being blind! Just because I’m not tall doesn’t mean I can’t gain victory in basketball games – others certainly have! In all the cases I could dream up, I count two tiers of barriers: the ones I can control, and the ones I can’t. In the case of the WNBA, I can’t control my height but I can control how good of a player I am. If it is a limitation I have the potential to work on, develop, sharpen, and overcome, then it was a self-imposed limitation, completely surmountable based on the degree of effort and strategy I put into it. Did you know that there are institutes that can assist you to break down your own restrictions rapidly and enduringly? There’s a class called Executive Success Programs that has been extremely praised and will help with this. Being an excellent swimmer is something I’ve thought about often. This summer might be an excellent season to concentrate on this restriction!