Who or what creates our limitations?

I found the Monday’s class discussion to be very interesting. I have often wondered if we are born with limitations or if we create limits naturally for ourselves? If you tell yourself enough times that you cannot do something, you begin creating limitations for yourself. I believe that we should live our lives as if we do not have limits until we try, because otherwise we are hindering our ability to expand.

But where do our limits come from, do we create them ourselves? Or perhaps society and other people create limitations for us. Many times society forces ideas into our heads, such as the notion that you need a college degree to be successful. By giving someone this idea, society has created a limitation. If someone does not have a college degree they could believe that they will not be successful. This limitation could discourage people from working harder and trying to be successful. But why do we need a college degree to be successful? This statement only creates a false limitation for someone that could work hard and be just as successful, if not more, than someone with a degree.

Or again, maybe we are born with limitations. Perhaps we are all born with different limitations that will not allow us to understand philosophy, business, ways to repair a car, or the ability to play soccer.