The Chicken and Bird Theory.

We've always been made to believe that chickens are the kind of animals that stay on the ground and don't fly. Birds, on the other hand, can fly high and ride the wind like it's nothing. Of course, there are different kinds of birds with different abilities... But that's not the focus right now. The chicken grows up knowing that flying isn't really its thing.The bird grows up knowing that flying is simply part of its nature. So which one is more likely to attempt flying?The bird. Even when it's young, it will spread its wings and fly without needing anyone to convince it that it can. A few days ago, I took a break from my gadgets.Well... not exactly.I was charging my phone, so the break was kind of forced.😹 I went outside to think and just do anything I could without my phone. Then I found myself staring at a group of chickens trying to get on top of a cage to sleep.There were quite a number of them, and the flying attempts were chaotic. Exactly how you'd imagine a chicken to fly. 😭They'd flap, Jump, Miss.Try again. Some would make it.Some wouldn't. I was enjoying this little chicken Olympics when a bird suddenly perched on the fence close by. It looked around for a while...Then flew away. Just like that. And I started thinking. Who actually decided that chickens can't fly? Yes, there are physical reasons chickens aren't built for sustained flight like many other birds. Their bodies are heavier, their wings are different and most domestic chickens aren't particularly good flyers.But then I started thinking about the other kind of limitation. The one in the mind. Imagine a chicken that grows up surrounded by chickens that never attempt to fly. Nobody around it flies.Nobody tells it to fly.Everywhere it looks, everyone is walking. Would it even think about trying? Now imagine that same chicken growing up around birds. Watching them spread their wings.Watching them rise above the ground.Watching them do something it never thought was possible. Would it look at them and think,“That's for birds. I'm a chicken.” I don't think so And I also don't think it would be as simple as that. And that's where humans come in.We are not so different. The environment we grow up in can quietly teach us what is possible and what isn't. Sometimes nobody actually tells you that you can't do something.You just never see anyone around you doing it.So you don't attempt it. That's how some people spend their entire lives shrinking themselves. Not because they lack ability, but because they've become too familiar with the ground. They've spent so long around people who don't try that trying starts to look strange. You enter a room where nobody is building anything and suddenly having big dreams makes you look unrealistic. You enter a room where nobody thinks beyond survival and ambition starts looking like arrogance. You enter a room where everyone has already decided what is impossible and eventually, without noticing, you start using their limits to measure yourself. That's how powerful your environment can be. If you've never been around people who fly, you might genuinely believe flying is reserved for a selected few. Just like the chicken looking at the birds and thinking,“That's their thing.” I'm convinced that if a chicken grew up around birds, attempting to fly would probably come much more naturally to it. And if a bird spent its entire life surrounded by chickens that never flew, who knows how often it would even think about spreading its wings? That's the point. A person with a flying mindset can still start thinking like a walker if they stay too long in a room where everyone is afraid to move. That's how powerful the environment is in shaping a person's mindset So...Change your circle if they don't influence you to want more.Change your circle!!! And also,Be conscious of who you listen to.Because people don't only influence your decisions. They can influence what you believe is possible for you. Be firm about what you stand for.Be intentional about the future you're building. Get into rooms with experienced 'flyers'Watch how they think.Listen to how they talk.See what they consider normal. Expose yourself to people who have already gone where you're trying to go. Build a flying mindset.Try something different.Enter unfamiliar rooms. Learn something you've never learnt before. Move.Attempt flying.... And you might be surprised by how much your capacity for more starts to expand. This, I call The Chicken and Bird Theory.~ Ealo, 2026Hehehe. 😹 Y'all bear with me.I've been spending more time with animals than humans lately.Brrr, I need to go outside.😭😹<img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1002968351.jpg"/>

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