My toothpaste tube is out of paste. Yesterday I squeezed the last bit out. But I didn’t throw it out. Today, I picked it up and started squeezing from the bottom and sure enough, another fat blob landed on my toothbrush.
There’s a motivational speaker (maybe Tony Robbins) that told the audience to raise their arms as high as they can. And then he told them to go higher. Was the audience able to do it? Sure they did.
Why is that?
We underestimate our limits. Most of the time when we push ourselves, it’s nowhere near our max potential.
I didn’t throw out my toothpaste tube today. I put it back on the shelf. Tomorrow I’ll find out if it’s still got more.