Before 1954, it was believed that no runner could ever break the four – minute mile barrier. But
after Roger Bannister broke it, many more replicated his feat – within weeks. Why? Because he showed
people what was possible. They got a new reference point. And then armed with that belief, people did the
impossible.
What’s your four – minute mile? What bill of goods have you sold yourself as to what’s impossible?
What false assumptions are you making in terms of what you cannot have, do and be? Your thinking
creates your reality. Your beliefs truly become self – fulfilling prophecies (because your beliefs drive your
actions – and you will never act in a way that is misaligned with your thinking; the size of your life reflects
the size of your thinking). If you think something cannot occur in your life, then there’s no way you will take
the action required to make that goal a reality. Your “impossibility thinking” manifests itself our perceived
limitations become the chains that keep you from the greatness you were meant to be. And you are so
much better than that. Celebrated neurosurgeon Ben Carson expressed it so well when he said: “There is
no such thing as an average human being; if you have a normal brain, you are superior.”
If you think something cannot occur
In your life, then there’s no way you will take the
Action required to make that goal a reality.
Your “impossibility thinking” manifests itself.
23.
Push the Envelope
How big do you dream? How fast do you move? How relentlessly do you innovate? I think of Apple on the
subject of innovation and their devotion to offering the world “insanely great” products. I just bought my
daughter an iPod. She was extraordinarily persistent in her asking – smart kid. Such an array of iPods to
select from: the Shuffle, the incredibly sleek Nano, the U2 version of the iPod. Rather than resisting on its
laurels with the massive success of this product, Apple just keeps innovating, reaching for something even
better.