YOUR GREATEST PRISON

Henry Ford reportedly once said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

I heard a statement years ago that has stayed with me ever since.

Henry Ford reportedly once said, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

He made that statement after he had already created the car, after he had built something the world did not even know it needed.

And honestly, The people were not wrong; they were simply limited.

They had known horses all their lives, cared for them, depended on them, built their entire rhythm around them.

So when they imagined progress, it naturally took the shape of what they already understood, a faster horse.

Not because the car was impossible,

but because the idea of a car was beyond the reach of their exposure.

And sadly, this is how many people live.

Not in darkness, but in dim light.

They dream within the boundaries of what they have seen,

never realizing their imagination has been fenced in by familiarity.

They want better, yes, but their definition of “better” is still built on the fragments of the familiar.

You see, exposure is the quiet sculptor of destiny.

It is not about wealth or travel, it is about expanding sight.

When your mind encounters something larger than its current frame, it cannot return to its old shape.

It grows, silently and insistently.

It rewires your sense of what is possible, stretches your desires, and makes small ambitions feel like chains.

That is why I say your greatest prison is not your circumstance, but your perspective. (lol, I just sounded like an aspire to perspire personnel here)

You can change your clothes, your job, even your address,

but if your mind remains unexposed, your life will keep returning to the same pattern.

Do not only work harder, walk further.

Read what challenges your comfort.

Speak with people who think in dimensions you have never considered.

Travel if you can, and if you cannot, travel through curiosity, through deep conversation, through imagination.

Because once your eyes have seen, your spirit cannot unsee.

Once your mind has tasted expansion, it will never again settle for smallness.

Sometimes, you do not need more time or miracles.

You need light.

And that light is called exposure.

Over the next few weeks, I will be writing a series titled “YOUR GREATEST PRISON”, a deep dive into the concept of exposure, what it really means, how it works, and how to use it to build an extraordinary life.

It’s time to BREAK OUT

-Boluwaduro Okunade

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