- There's a theory by Gay Hendricks called the Upper Limit theory. It postulates that we all have an internal upper limit for things in our life. Like the amount of happiness we're allowed to feel or the amount of success we can have. - This thermostat often controls how much we allow for ourselves. Sometimes we need to reprogram ourselves to get out of this. --- The big idea is that each of us has a gauge—like a thermostat—that measures how good things are, with a limit just shy of “too good to be true for me.” We have a limit for different areas of our lives: how much money we’re allowed to make, how much love or closeness we can feel, how much joy we can experience, how much fun we’re allowed to have. - [[The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership]]