Utkarsh NarangFounder, IgnitedNeurons · Your best doers become your worst managers as you scale. I turn them into leaders so your best people don’t leave.

Embrace the ‘CAN’ mantra - you’re more capable than you think

23 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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A speaker breaks down the mantra CAN into Capable, Able, and Now, shifting focus from vague possibilities to what you can actually do right now. The key is simplifying your life to eliminate distractions and taking present steps instead of skipping ahead.

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I created a little mantra around the word can, and I took each letter from the word can. And, uh, and I remember asking myself, cuz it's not about like, oh, what can I do? It's, it's more about, okay, what am I capable and able to do right now? And so I took the word can and I said, huh, capable, able, now. What am I capable and able to do right now in this moment? And that changed everything for me because we can't skip all the middle stuff to get to the end thing, right? And So I truly had to simplify my life as much as possible to keep working toward well-being, 'cause that's what I decided to do on the couch that day.