I was listening to 'Thou Shall Prosper' by Rabbi Daniel Lapin on a drive back home today, and he spoke of an interesting thing he's observed in how our subconscious works.
He said that your subconscious puts things together faster than your conscious brain does. Sometimes certain children seem very accident prone when everyone around them doing the same thing doesn't get into scrapes. He says that this is often because they don't get a lot of discipline in their lives, and they get to act however they want. Their subconscious sees this and steps in as the parent and allows for mistakes to be made as a punishment.
When you get into a rut or hitting a limit of some sort that doesn't seem to make sense, it's often your mind that puts the barriers in place, not the real world. Most of the perceived limits are just that, limits we put up in our subconscious that tell us it's not possible to overcome them. Digging down into the deeper reasons why you aren't moving forward will help you better evaluate why your subconscious wants to put up the barriers.
Key takeaways:
1) Our subconscious tells us what's possible
2) Our minds are often the most limiting factor before getting ahead
3) Dive down into deep reasons as to why you're putting barriers for yourself