Think of the thing you want to do the most. Maybe it’s traveling to a foreign country, signing up for acting classes or leaving a job you hate to do something you love. Now imagine someone you know, who may not even have the same level of passion as you, unexpectedly doing that thing.

If you’re fortunate, that scenario may produce a feeling of , “If you can … maybe I can too?” And on a more unfortunate level it may create the illusion that, “If you can … maybe I can’t?”

Either way, if you think you can, you can – sometimes seeing someone playing with our favorite toy produces that feeling in us. And if you think you can’t, the good news is, you could be wrong.