Best motivational story : Roger Bannister - four minute mile
The story of Roger Bannister ask a very simple question ... Are our greatest limitations physical or mental? Our thoughts form the limits of our world . When we change them , we open up with new set of possibilities for exploring new world.
Till 1954, running four minute mile was something beyond human capability and thus beyond human achievement. It was believed to be a real physical limit to run a mile in four minutes or less. In May 1954, Roger Bannister break this barrier by running the mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. It's a great achievement but what happened after that .....
Two months later , Roger Bannister's MIRACLE MILE was again broken by Australian rival John Landy. In next 3 years 16 other runners also broken this record.(This is something serious)
What happened in those 3 years? Was there a sudden growth in human evolution? was there any miracle or some new energy drink which created a new race of super runners?
Nothing changed except the thinking , except the mind set. Earlier runners held back by a thought that said that they could not break the barrier of four minute mile. When Roger Bannister break that limit , others believed that they also can achieve it.
In our business and personal life there are four minute mile opportunities that we just have not recognised are possible.
We have to challenge them and ask ourselves - What possibilities would be opened if these barrier were no longer here.
You can also watch the video of original race in video link above. if you like the story ... share it and spread positiveness.
Till 1954, running four minute mile was something beyond human capability and thus beyond human achievement. It was believed to be a real physical limit to run a mile in four minutes or less. In May 1954, Roger Bannister break this barrier by running the mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. It's a great achievement but what happened after that .....
Two months later , Roger Bannister's MIRACLE MILE was again broken by Australian rival John Landy. In next 3 years 16 other runners also broken this record.(This is something serious)
What happened in those 3 years? Was there a sudden growth in human evolution? was there any miracle or some new energy drink which created a new race of super runners?
Nothing changed except the thinking , except the mind set. Earlier runners held back by a thought that said that they could not break the barrier of four minute mile. When Roger Bannister break that limit , others believed that they also can achieve it.
In our business and personal life there are four minute mile opportunities that we just have not recognised are possible.
We have to challenge them and ask ourselves - What possibilities would be opened if these barrier were no longer here.
You can also watch the video of original race in video link above. if you like the story ... share it and spread positiveness.
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