Habits and Hustle - Episode 566: Are You Limiting Your Own Potential?

Episode Date: June 26, 2026

Are you counting yourself out before you even give yourself a real shot? A lot of people have big goals, real ambition, and a clear idea of what they want, but they never actually try because deep down, they don't believe they could be the person who pulls it off. They look at other people who have succeeded and assume those people had something they do not, when the real difference is often much simpler: they tried, they kept going, and they believed it was possible before anyone else did. When you start asking “Why not me?” instead of assuming success is reserved for someone else, everything changes. You stop putting other people on pedestals, you stop disqualifying yourself before the game even starts, and you start building the kind of confidence that only comes from taking action. In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I share why the “Why not me?” mindset has made me feel unstoppable and how changing the way you see yourself can change the way you show up in every area of your life. What's Discussed: (00:34) Why we underestimate ourselves and overestimate the people we put on pedestals. (01:16) How the “Why not me?” mindset can change the way you approach success. (01:50) The real difference between the people who succeed and the people who count themselves out. (02:02) Why self-belief still requires hard work, grit, and repeated attempts. (02:46) Why advocating for yourself can feel uncomfortable or egotistical. (04:29) Why people need to stop counting themselves out before they even try. (05:51) Why some people are not lazy, they simply do not believe they are capable. (06:10) The myth that you have to be “special” to achieve big things. (06:50) How believing you are capable can become the thing that makes you capable. (07:10) Why repeating the “Why not me?” mindset can rewire the way you see yourself. Thank You to Our Sponsors! Momentous: Ready to try supplements that actually do what they claim? Head to livemomentous.com and use code JEN for 35% off your first subscription.  Therasage: Visit therasage.com and use code JEN to get 15% off your order. Your skin deserves this level of care. Magic Mind: Head over to magicmind.com/jen and use code JEN at checkout. AirDoctor: Head to AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code HUSTLE to get up to $300 off today! AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee, plus a 3-year warranty (an $84 value) FREE! Kion: Visit getkion.com/habits for 20% off. Pique: Go to piquelife.com/jenniferrsd to get 20% off for life plus free gifts Prolon: Prolon is offering listeners 30% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit prolonlife.com/JENNIFERCOHEN and use code JENNIFERCOHEN to claim your discount and your bonus gift. Manna Vitality:Try it now by using code Jennifer20 at mannavitality.com  Rho Nutrition: Go to RhoNutrition.com and try Rho's Liposomal Glutathione. Use code JEN20 for 20% off sitewide. Find more from Jen Cohen:  Website: jennifercohen.com Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

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else and to me that is why my entire philosophy is I I kind of turn it's on it I turn that whole philosophy on its head and I always go to everything with this idea of why not me you know like why not me you know I feel like that has made me honestly not to sound braggadocious because that's not what this purpose is, but it's made me kind of unstoppable because I've switched the idea from, well, it would never happen to me to, well, why not me? And once you do that, then you become unstoppable because you don't let things stand in your way and you don't count yourself out and put other people on a pedestal that's usually a lot of times not even deserved. The only difference between somebody else in you is that they tried and they never gave up. And

and they believed in themselves. And this is not one of these like self-help, you know, rah, raw, your amazing type of episodes. It's not. It's like really not because that's not really what I'm about. I'm about hard work, grit, you know, attempting over and over again. But I really feel like over time from all the people have been spoken to and interviewed, the only difference separating them from somebody else was that they just,

they believed in themselves and they just didn't give up. and they just went for it, regardless of what they had going for them. Like, you've got to kind of have that mentality. And I just want to really kind of talk about this idea of, like, why do we do that to ourselves? Like, why, instead of us being our own best advocate or our own best, you know, promoter, we feel like, I think that, like, part of it is that we tend to think that's frowned upon, that that's braggadocious, like I said earlier about me, or that it's, you know,

or is it really the fact that we just truly in our heart of hearts just have so much self-doubt that we just can't get out of our own ways? Boy, you're brilliant. Well, I just think that I don't know that I experienced this as much of, I don't know that I underestimate myself. I think I overestimate myself sometimes. I don't know that I. Okay, but I'm not saying, okay, this is not about you.

Okay, this is more to that the person listening who, you know, really idol, idolizes or puts certain people on this pedestal, like even with social media, like, wow, look what they've accomplished. Look what they can do. And quite honestly, like, if they did the work, if they truly like had the desire and interest and grit to actually do the work that that other person that they put on that pedestal did, there's no saying that they couldn't have got to that same place. That's my point.

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you and get 50% off your first order at of course magicmind.com. My point is people need to stop counting themselves out before even attempting to do whatever that thing is that they want to accomplish. Yeah, I see what you're saying. As in give yourself the chance. Like don't just like assume that you wouldn't be good or be able to get there. It's about not only giving yourself the chance. It's about changing your perspective on what it really takes.

But I think that's why people underestimate themselves because they know that it would take a lot of work and they don't want to do that work or they feel like it would be just too much. I think a lot of people kid themselves. Right. I think the work part becomes, that's maybe one element. I think a lot of times people are inherently sometimes lazy and so they just don't want to do the work. You were like, they think it's easier. And then when they get to doing the work and they realize how hard it is, they're like, well, I can't actually handle this. That's different. It's like at least then you don't want to do the work. That doesn't mean that you don't think you can attempt it or do it. It's just that you just don't want to do it. No, no, no. What I'm saying is that I think

because things take a lot of work, they therefore underestimate the fact that they can do it without even trying. Do you know what I mean? Right. Like as in, it's like a daunting task. Yeah, but I don't think it's not, this is not what it's about. This is not about being a daunting task. That's about like, you become overwhelmed with what it does take, so you just count yourself out. I'm not even talking about that. I'm talking about these, I think a lot of times, there are a lot of people who are not lazy who really want to succeed at something and they have this idea of what they want, but they don't even try to do the work. Not because they are lazy, it's because they honestly, in their, they don't believe that they are that special person. Like, it's like this ideology that you

have to be special to be it to achieve X, Y, or Z. And what I'm saying is I don't believe that has anything to do with being special at all. It just has to do with the mindset or a perspective of that individual thinking that they are special, that then makes them special. Does that make sense? Like you think that you're special and then you make yourself special versus this idea of like, oh, I'm not this. I'm not special. I'm not good enough. It's for that person. It's like turning that idea on its head and understanding that the only reason why that person became special is because they thought they were special in the first place. And you have to really come to something and really, you know, target and go for something with this idea and this and like with this

veracity of why not me. I enter everything I do with this why not me mentality. If it can happen to that person, it can happen to me. If that person can do it, I can do it. And the only reason why that was able to now become so ingrained in my neuroplasticity is because I've been saying it and doing it over and over and over again and now it's just who I am. And I feel like if someone just starts today, it's never too late, you can do it today, you could do it tomorrow, but you're not too old, you know, you're not an old dog that can't learn new tricks. All it takes is you making the choice and the decision that you are going to start thinking differently and just wake up every day with the idea of why not me. And I believe really wholeheartedly, if you start with the

why not me approach mentality, ideology, you will see your life shifting and changing in ways that you never even knew existed. And, you know, I really, in my heart believe that to be true.