The counterbalance to negative self-motivation is not complacency but reaching for authentic purpose and meaning—'Man's Reach should exceed his grasp'—which comes from intrinsic motivation rather than fear.

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Speaker

Jerry Colonna

Evidence Quote

“Robert Browning the poet has a wonderful couplet he says Man's Reach should exceed his grasp or else what's a heaven for and I think that the the counterbalance to using I'm not enough as motivation is reaching for heaven okay”

Source

Jerry Colonna: How to Reboot Yourself— The Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:40:37 AM

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