Identifying the habits which are holding you back is one important way to become conscious and recognize the cues that lead to the habit or "limitation" to allow you to overcome it.

It is climbing the often very large mountain that is made up of your self imposed limitations, so you get high enough to see your goals over the hill and can actually see them in the not too distant future. Getting that vision to help you rise above your excuses as to why you thought you couldn't move forward yesterday "