# Boundaries and Limits ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Delaware Law Weekly]] - Full Title: Boundaries and Limits - Category: #articles - Summary: Boundaries provide safety and space for innovation, like a fence near train tracks. Limits, such as an electrified rail, mark the danger zone to avoid. Creativity flourishes with boundaries, but living without them can lead to abrupt endings. - URL: https://archive.feedblitz.com/1081591/~16522097/87038296/e04e8cb6a7896fa5d2bc630fecf834d7 ## Highlights - [Boundaries and limits](https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=284994590&f=1081591&c=16522097&u=87038296) They serve different purposes. The fence near the train tracks is a boundary. You can go near it without risk. The electrified third rail, on the other hand, is a limit. If you touch it, you’re done. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0c3jmprvgbgsh99tm136n42)) - Boundaries can give us room to innovate and thrive. Budgets, schedules and specifications all exist to show us where the safe areas are. Sure, go to the edges and challenge the boundaries, that’s why they’re there. But limits aren’t boundaries. Limits are the end, the danger zone, the thing to avoid. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0c3jsk14hkn8q61c68tqyqj))