Take The Lid Off The Jar (Chapter 3 - Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success)

Don't allow anybody, including yourself, to put a limit on your life, your dreams, and your potential.

Have you ever looked at what happens to a flea when you put it in a jar?  The flea jumps only high enough so that its head no longer hits the lid.  Over time, the flea conditions itself to only jump as high as the lid.  Even when you remove the lid, the fleas still won't jump any higher than the lid; they don't even realize that they are free.  When the fleas have children, their offspring are also conditioned to jump no higher than the lid.

Just as the fleas were created to jump and fly much higher than the lid of a jar, we were clearly created and destined to climb, jump, and soar two hundred times our size and even greater.  We can't let the actions, experiences, and perceptions of those around us to stunt our own growth.  Don't get caught up in the trap of comparing yourself to someone else.  

We were designed to jump so high and so hard that we can literally break the lid off wherever we are.