Roger Bannister - The Four Minute Mile
Channel: The Mindset Mentor Podcast
Date: 2019-03-05

This is story of Roger Bannister breaking the four minute mile. Every major breakthrough in this world was once thought to be impossible. How are you limiting yourself? What are your self limiting beliefs? See, everything in this world was once impossible until someone proved it to be possible. What is your "impossible?"

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The doctors told him “your heart will explode, please don’t do it!” That is what Roger Bannister heard when he decided to try to break the world record for running 1 mile. See, doctors said that it was physically impossible to run a mile in under 4 minutes and yes, they told Roger Bannister that his heart would explode in the process. Why? Because no one had ever done it before, it seemed like an impossible feat, one that was more than the human body was capable achieving. And for the longest time, no one even tried to run a mile in under 4 minutes, because they ACCEPTED it was impossible. That was until May 6, 1954 when Roger Bannister ran the mile in just under 4 minutes and guess what? He didn’t die! And on that day, made the impossible, possible. Do you want to know the most amazing part about that story though? Within 4 years of running that 4-minute mile, 20 more people recorded a mile in under 4 minutes. Think about that… For thousands of years, not one human ran a mile in under 4 minutes and then once one person proved it is possible, 20 more people did it. Now, did the human body magically evolve over those 4 years so that people could run faster? No, people finally BELIEVED it was possible because someone else had done it. And in their minds the switch flipped from impossible to possible. Proving that people were LIMITING THEMSELVES based on what others had said or based on what others had done. It all starts up in your mind before it can happen out in the world. This is very important for us to realize this because how often do we not go after what we truly want for ourselves because of what we THINK is possible for ourselves or because it seems impossible based on what we have done in the past? And how often do we not even go after our big goals because of other people telling us what we can or cannot do? See, in order for us to do something we have never done, we have to first believe that we can in our minds. We have to focus on the goal we have for ourselves and block out all the people who try to tell us what is “possible.” So, what is it that you want to do? What is it that you have been holding yourself back from doing because of what others have said to you or because of your own self-limiting beliefs? Because just like the 4 minute mile, everything in this world was once im-possible, until someone proved it was possible. So, what is your impossible? Because your limit is a decision, not a fact.