GO BEYOND THE STATUS-QUO™

Have you ever heard the story of the impossibility of running a mile in less than four minutes? Several years ago, people believed that no man born of a woman has the strength and speed to run a mile in less than four minutes. Infact history has it that people went as far as drinking tiger’s milk and the Greeks even use lion to increase the speed of the runners so that they can break the record, but to no avail. They came to a conclusion after they have done all that was possible, but still could not break the record that it is impossible to run the mile in less than four minutes.

In 1954, a Physician called Roger Banister believed that he can run a mile in less than four minute. He refused to settle down for the status quo of the day. He ran the mile in less than four minute; he set a record of running the mile in 3:59:4 minutes. Roger Banister challenged the status quo and he indeed set the pace for people to believe that they can run the mile in less than 4 minute, and a lot of people have done just that after then.

Too often in life, we settle for less than we truly deserve, we settle for less than the best, we settle into a set way of thinking and accept limitations that need not be placed upon us. We help maintain the status quo. You can hardly become a champion in anything if you chose to settle for the status quo.

Psychiatrists say that there are only two fears that we are born with. One is the fear of falling and the other is the fear of loud sound. All other fears are learned. The fear of going beyond the status quo is a learned fear, we allow the society that we live in to determine how successful we can be. Remember the society can stop you temporarily, but you are the only one who has the sole right to stop yourself permanently.

For civilization to continue, people must be willing to break the status quo ante. Bill Clinton during one of his address to the American people said that “I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo: your time has come -- and gone. It's time for change in America” change is the only thing that is constant in life, so never nurse the thought that some things must remain the way they are. Paul Weyrich says “We are different from previous generations of conservatives. We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country.” And that is exactly what it means to progress as a nation or people.

Overtime we have heard of how experts and professionals established reasons why some things can not be changed but some people neglect their facts and establish a new order. Wilbur and Orville Wright did it, Christopher Columbus did it. Roger Banister did and a lot of people have done it. You can do it too.

Never allow anybody to place limits on your potentials and don’t tell anybody that they can’t. Learn to encourage people, tell them that they can do it. The truth is that you can do all things. One of my favourite quotes from the Bible is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:9 indeed not even the status quo or any established order can stop me from maximizing my potentials.

Laurence J. Peter is reported to have said that “Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.” Don’t be overwhelmed by any established order. You have all what it takes to prove that the world is wrong. Funny enough many people accept the status quo and never reach their true potentials. Remember the noise of the sea will not stop the fish from sleeping.

For you to get to where you are supposed to be in life and have the desires of your heart, you have to get beyond the status quo. Your biggest challenge is to break the status quo at your prospects if indeed you want to set a new record here on earth. Your ability to trust yourself, to test your limits is the courage to succeed.

En-route success unlimited™, we know that;

“According to aerodynamic laws, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan, ignoring these laws, the bee flies anyway.”

- M. Sainer- Lagu

“What are a person’s capabilities? No one knows. Therefore, no one should be consciously instilling life-limiting thoughts into others.”

- John C. Maxwell.