Your limit is only the line you draw—the problem of setting limits on ability

With ability, the challenges appear in order.

First, there is the cognitive issue. Having something and being known are not the same thing. No matter how much power you have, if your existence is not known, the very opportunity to use it will not arise.

The next problem is the investment issue. To improve one’s abilities, one must prioritize time and resources. Moreover, the timing of recovery is unpredictable. Many people cannot withstand this uncertainty and abandon the project halfway through, leaving the point of departure as the final destination.

The third is a decrease in purity. When it is used, requests come in, rewards are earned, and reputation is built. All of these are appreciated, but things change from when you were only focused on the object itself. You start to move your hands while watching the reaction, and the quality of the emerging items gradually diminishes.

── And finally, the upper limit setting remains.

This is even more difficult to see. I don't remember asking for it. Still, requests outside the line are turned down before being considered. "It's still too early for me," "It's not that serious." There's always a reason to reject them, and they always seem humble.

Therefore, the surrounding environment does not stop either. Rather, it is even evaluated as a judgment that has taken into account the situation. This structure, which sociologist Merton called the “self-fulfilling prophecy,” is the one that works here. A certain perception shapes behavior, and as a result of that behavior, the perception itself becomes reality. By denying an opportunity beyond that level, the perception itself is built up into a correct prediction.

The lines drawn by oneself are invisible to oneself.

When we consider the perspective as a coordinate, the true nature of this line becomes clear. The perspective has a starting point, and from that point the axis extends, and the range of the axis becomes the range of sight. The upper limit is the edge of this range.

As long as you are within the boundary, the line cannot be perceived as a wall. That is because there is no sense of contact. There is only the sense that “from there on it doesn’t matter.” There is no interest in it, it doesn’t belong to me. In this way, it appears without being treated as a limitation.

This is why it is impossible to find it even when searching. The very sight we are trying to find is itself extending from the same starting point.

So, we're going to move it from the outside.

The number of players who can be used is limited. The goal is to keep raising the standard of those who can demonstrate their abilities.

When the opponent advances, the level of expectation increases. The opponent demands what is beyond their reach as a given premise. Only then does the line take on its true form.

Developmental psychologist Vygotsky called the areas where one cannot do it alone but can do better when interacting with more capable others the "near-proximal developmental areas." The growth of a person occurs in these areas; the key to opening those doors is not oneself but the level of the other.

A line is not something that is dug out from the inside; it is something that is pushed out from the outside. Every time it is pushed out, a new starting point arises. The fact that the upper limit is reset can also be said to be the update of this starting point.

── So, it’s best to use the power towards who it works best for.

Whom do you use your power against? That choice determines your own limits. There is a saying that changing your partner changes your life. It sounds like philosophy, but in essence this is the story.

Please list three "recent projects that I've given up on" that you can remember. Which of those three projects were truly impossible? Can you sense an opportunity for an expansion of the limit in that situation? By increasing the resolution in that area, it might change the decision-making criteria for future projects.

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