Who Gets to Decide Your Potential?

What if someone told you that you aren’t allowed to become who you’re meant to be? Would you accept it? Or would you rise up and prove them wrong, fueled by sheer determination and a touch of defiance?

The reality? Often, it’s not “them” holding us back—it’s us. Without even realizing it, we become our own naysayers, convincing ourselves that we can’t step into our full potential. We let our current work define our worth, consciously or not. And then society swoops in, slapping labels and parameters on us to make sense of who we are and what we do.

And here’s the rub: those labels? They shrink us. They confine us to the small, neat box of other people’s expectations. And because clarity and comfort are oh-so-tempting, we settle. We live the story others assume for us instead of the one we were born to create—the one where we push boundaries, break molds, and step into the expansive, breathtaking truth of who we can be.

So, which story will you choose?