This is a short excerpt from a keynote by Kenny Chapman that urges listeners to expand their vision and act from clearer self-worth. Chapman contrasts physical incarceration he experienced with the metaphorical ways people imprison themselves—through habits, self-doubt, and limited vision—and encourages naming what you don’t want, choosing differently, and uncovering the greatness already within.
I got more than that and I'm willing to do more than that now. Although I didn't have the exact clarity of what I did want, I got very clear about what I don't want. So if it's a stretch for you, my friends, to get to that vision of yourself as we talk about expanding your vision, as we talk about seeing the greatness within you, and it's already there, you've just got to uncover it. If that's a stretch, then say, I don't want that and I'm willing to make a different choice. It's all about your clarity, first and foremost. It begins with you and it begins with your self worth. And when we think about our lives and self worth and I was physically incarcerated. I was behind bars. Now many of you can't relate to that and I'm glad for that. That's a very positive thing. But what I want you to think about is the analogy or the metaphor that that jail represented in my life. Because you might not be in a physical jail, I get that. But are you emotionally incarcerated? Do your habits have you handcuffed? Are you shackled with self doubt? See, it's not about physically being in prison. It's about what we live our lives like. It's about what we stand for. It's about digging in and saying, I can do this, I've got this.
