People have a way of making you limit your abilities. Anybody can look at you and see your capabilities based on their perception about you.
You are the owner of your life. Hence, you are to set your goals on your standards. Don't just set the goals on your standards, but make sure your standard is the best version there is.
A man can be talked into thinking failure.
A man can be talked into thinking mediocrity.
Anyone can come into your life and breed any kind of thoughts if you are not properly guarded.
It's high time you understand that you are the pilot of your destiny. You are your own destiny driver.
No one has the right to come into your life and take over the control. Their standards might not be up to the ones you've set and laid down for yourself.
If you have to control and pilot your destiny effectively, you'll need God to be the one to give you the instructions on the directions to take and the decisions to make. If God is not in the equation, there's no doubt that your plane would soon crash.
Whatever standards you set for yourself, ensure that you're on the right track and don't forget to aim high.
Set the best standards there is, because at the end, you'll be the one who would have to live and spend your life with yourself.
You'll be the one who would have to lay down on your bed.
You'll be the one who would have to drink of your cup.
It'll be just you taking the responsibilities for your actions.
Remember, don't set your standards based on what people's thoughts would be.
If there'll be an award, you'll get your award yourself.
If there'll be someone to blame, only you would be available to take the blame.
If there'll be a reprimand, I assure you, you would be the only one available to feel the pains. It'll be just you on the line.
Whatever it is you're deciding to do, just remember to aim high and set the best standards.