Release your brakes!

Release your brakes!

„Life is a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.“ – Charles Schulz

Do ever have the feeling that there is more to you than you appear?  Something in you that not even you have experienced –yet.

Most people don’t live up to their potential. They take the easy way. Blame it on rotten genes, poor family, no breaks, bad luck. Why try?

“When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.” –Charles Schwab

Your potential is a picture of what you could become. Add to that the belief that you have what it takes, it becomes the concept of what you CAN become. Inventor Thomas Edison remarked, “If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.” It might even be that if you looked in the mirror and could see yourself in terms of your true potential, you wouldn’t recognize yourself!

Self-imposed limitations hold us back as much as real ones. Yet belief alone is not enough.

With belief comes action.

Up until 1954, the four-minute-mile was considered impossible. But Roger Bannister set out to prove the opposite.  

Bannister achieved this on May 6th 1954 at Iffley Road Track in Oxford. When the announcer declared "The time was three...", the cheers of the crowd drowned-out the details of the result, which was 3 min 59.4 sec.

Bannister's record only lasted 46 days. And THAT is the most interesting thing about the whole feat! This notable act has been repeated time and time again. But why not before Bannister? Because it was considered impossible and everyone bought into that limit.

What most people don’t know is that Bannister went on to become a doctor. Bannister himself considered his achievements for mankind through his work in medicine much more notable than the 4-minute-mile!

The deliciousness of being alive

When someone is pursuing their dream, they’ll go far beyond what seems to be their limitations. When people think of their limits, they create them!

It’s a matter of psychological strength. It’s about what lies within you and whether you can bring it out. Wishing is not a strategy. Hope is not a plan. Results come from action.