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2025-09-21

Most Constraints Are Internal

By The Eat That Frog Team

Tracy's uncomfortable observation: about eighty percent of what holds us back is inside us, a missing skill, a habit, a fear, not an external obstacle.

This is good news. Internal constraints are the ones you can actually change, whereas external ones you can only work around.

Look honestly for your own limiting factor before you blame circumstances, and you'll usually find the frog worth eating first.

Put this into practice, start free

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