IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING

Have you ever noticed that your belief in attaining a goal is increased once you have witnessed somebody else successfully achieving the same feat? Or that something that was once considered ‘impossible’ is achieved more frequently following its initial attainment.

Like climbing Mount Everest and walking the moon, running a sub four minute mile was deemed a physical impossibility. That was until Roger Bannister ran the 1609 meters in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds on the 6th of May 1954. Following Rogers successful attempt, in only three years a further 16 athletes managed to break the four minute mile.

The confirmation that something can be achieved seems to be a strong positive influence when assessing our personal belief in attaining the same or similar success. It is as if we are given permission to excel and fulfil what is often a reserve of untapped potential.

Whether it is positive or negative, the beliefs we hold influence what we are willing to attempt or avoid; limiting or expanding the world around us as a result.

“What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what we are capable of.” ……Don Williams

Article by Mark O’Hara