*“You cannot be greater than your environment”.*
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Today, we are examining the *LAW OF ENVIRONMENT.* This is one of the toughest laws of growth. It is because most people find it difficult to accept this truth that environment tells much about what we become. I was also surprised to see this truth at first instance, but a close look at it enlightened my knowledge, that it’s a natural law that cannot be broken.
Most people get potentials of different kinds. This is a programme that needs an environment to work. Environment defines or configures each person and the greatness in him. Therefore, if you are in a limited environment, it automatically limits your life. This is why some of us are to change our environment before we can enjoy adequate growth in life.
Your environment covers people that you keep around, the kind of books you read and what you see constantly. All these come together to form what your life will be. God took Abraham out of his land because He (God) wanted to grow Abraham. God realised that in as much as Abraham remained in that land he would not fulfil his potential. Honestly, think about you environment, observe the kind of growth you desire and see if you can attain your height. You must be in a conducive environment to have a positive growth. Therefore, take the following steps:
a. *Assess Your Environment:* Please, observe your environment. Check if you are in a positive environment. This boils down to the kind of people you keep around. If they are negative people, then you get a bad environment. Also, the church you attend, the movie you watch and the books you read need to be checked. If you find any negative trait, it’s an assurance that you must disconnect yourself from such environment.
b. *Change yourself and Your Environment:* If your environment is positive, you have to maintain it and keep growing. However, if your assessment signals a negative environment, you have to change yourself and change your environment. The first approach is to change yourself; your thought pattern has to be washed, your ways of life needs to be retuned so that you will create a normal platform for the change of environment. It’s possible to change your environment and your life still remains the same if you refuse to change yourself.
c. *Change People You Spend Your Time with:* At times what brings about our problem is not the location we are but the kind of people or things we expose ourselves to. You cannot be with wrong people always and be right in life. Your life moves in the direction of who and who are your intimates. If you desire to be great, journey with great people. Stop messing around with people who can’t add value to your life. Some of them you do alcoholics together, you womanise together and all sort of evils. You have to do mutual selection of the kind of people you are moving with. Let your focus correlate with your environment.
d. *Challenge Yourself in Your New Environment:* Your new environment will not help you to grow if you don’t help yourself. You have to make goals for yourself. Look for every opportunity to grow. Never sit and wait for growth to come. Great people go out to look for opportunities, they never sit and expect opportunities to come to them. Challengers are always achievers. *Always challenge! Challenge! Challenge!*
d. *Focus on the Moment:* There is nothing awkward as living in the past. If you are still idealising your past, you are tagging yourself to failure. Your new environment will never make any effect if you don’t sever yourself from your former life. The past is past, focus on the current opportunities and encourage your life to be better. The moment is what you have, use it well.
e. *Move Forward Despite Criticism:* “Do not wait for a change of environment before you act. Cause a change of environment through your action. You can act upon your present environment so as to cause yourself to be transferred to a better environment. Growth always comes from taking action, and taking action almost always brings criticism. Move forward anyway. Before making a major change, seek wise counsel if you can, but make your own decisions. You are ultimately accountable for the choices you make in your life.” John Maxwell.
Growth blossoms in advantageous environment, get yourself one of such environments. If you are in a positive environment, be grateful. But if you are not, do something to change your environment and yourself. You shall succeed.
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