Stretch to your greatness

IT is easy to fit, blend and do the ordinary. Your thoughts matter. Your dreams matter. You are born to stand out and not just to fit in. 

Greatness requires that you stretch beyond your current grasp and resources. Do not give too much respect to your limitations.

Think of possibilities and not deficits. Stretch beyond the past hurts, failures and limitations. Stretch beyond the limits set for you by other people.

Stretch and you will soon, like a giraffe, be eating higher-level leaves that others only dream of. The further you stretch, the longer your neck will grow. 

Dreaming does not need any guts. Wishing does not require courage. Talking does not need any stretch. Many people dream of greatness and then park. They want to succeed and wish to one day stand on the pedestal of greatness.

Stretch by transforming your wishes into goals. Do not let what you do not have stop you. Do not let the failures of the past blind you. Just stretch. 

Transform your dreams into visions with form. Stretch your imagination.

Give clothes to your thoughts by turning them into things. Transform your hopes into plans.

Stretch what is on paper into reality. Be on the offensive and refuse to be limited, or stopped. Stretch and attack your fears with action. Stretch beyond doubt. 

Stop dwelling on limitations and misgivings. Stop parking on what others have called impossible. Stop only looking at your budget and resources. Stretch your ambition beyond your resources. Do not let lack of resources stop you from thinking creatively and stretching. Dare to take stretch actions. 

Systems of thought and organisation are at play all around you. Systems control everything you do. Do not let apparent chaos deceive you or discourage you. Do not let any unexpected surprise event dumbfound you. 

Pause a little before stretching. The unexpected can be modelled, understood and changed. Never assume that where you see chaos, there is no system in place maintaining, sustaining, giving life to and feeding the chaos. Look beyond surfaces and simple solutions. Some things are not what they seem. 

There is a branch of Mathematics and Statistics that is gaining momentum. It is called Chaos Theory. It states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are structured underlying patterns, interconnected elements, ongoing and constant feedback loops, repetition, models, self-similarity, fractals and self-organisation. 

When you confront any chaotic situation, always look for the organising logic behind it. Stop behaving like a limited victim and thinking that nature has selected you as a victim.

Stretch beyond games of self-pity. Move out of the drama triangle. What looks confusing can be understood. You will understand what is confounding now if you are willing to stretch. What seems not to have structure is structured. What looks shocking is not random. Keep looking a little beyond the surface for the organising logic. Stretch a little and you will see what happens and how fast you grow. 

Success and greatness, like anything else, are driven by systems and not just mere luck or random events. 

Belief systems are among the most important and powerful agents of greatness is. 

A belief is something that you assume to be true, even if you do not have any facts or evidence to back it. You assume it to be a fact, even though you do not have the evidence to back it. 

Some experts urge us to accept their untested beliefs because they speak about them with authority and defend them with eloquent arguments. 

The belief systems you embrace affect your world view, emotions and thoughts. As you believe so you are. As you believe, so you do. As you believe, so you attract. 

Belief systems shape your life, business, institutions and communities. They affect your motivation, emotions and personal drive. You can never perform beyond your belief. A widespread belief in an area is called a stronghold. 

Beliefs are like the pedals fitted in your car. There are empowering and accelerating beliefs, as well as braking and limiting beliefs. Beliefs do not just form, they are embedded and embraced. As you repeat, so you strengthen and give power to any belief. 

Positive and empowering beliefs are like the accelerator in your vehicle. They fuel you forward and inspire you to take massive action against all odds. 

Stretch what you believe you can do and become. Regrettably, doubt, despair,  despondency, fear and negativity are all disempowering beliefs. 

These are brakes. To stretch forward, challenge your limiting beliefs and the sources that planted the seeds. Doubt your disempowering beliefs. 

Believe and stretch to your greatness. Stop rehearsing the limitations and rhetoric of the past.

You can stretch — do it now. You can achieve – go for it now. You can do the impossible — stretch and dare. You can take on bigger challenges and go beyond where you have been. 

Press the accelerator in your life and not the brakes. You cannot move forward speedily with the brake pedals engaged. Dump your disempowering and debilitating beliefs. 

You can press the accelerator, but if the brakes are on, you only go as far as frustration lingers. 

Dare to stretch from being a mere participant in life to being a leader. Unless you doubt your doubts and unshackle your disempowering beliefs, you can never move to the next level. 

Untangle yourself. Speak words of faith because words become flesh. Start speaking a new language to yourself and to everyone you know. 

When you are stretched, you grow. When you stretch, you know. Stretch beyond your limitation. 

Do not just have a plan strategy. Make it a stretch strategy — reaching beyond your current limitations to possess something bigger and bolder. Stretch daily. 

Committed to your greatness.

Milton Kamwendo is a leading international transformational and motivational speaker, author and a virtual, hybrid and in-person workshop facilitator. He is a cutting-edge strategy, team-building and organisation development facilitator and consultant. His life purpose is to inspire and promote greatness. He can be reached at: [email protected] and his website is: www.miltonkamwendo.com