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<\/a>60\u00a0years ago, on May 6, 1954, Englishman Roger Bannister did something many thought was impossible. \u00a0He pushed the limits of the human body and ran the Mile in under 4 minutes. In all of recorded history, no human being had ever run a mile that fast.<\/p>\nAlthough Roger Bannister’s accomplishment is indeed extraordinary for many reasons (he was an amateur, student, trained little, went to school full time etc…) what is also astonishing is what has happened since.<\/p>\n
46 days\u00a0after he broke the 4 minute mile, another runner (from Australia) broke it.<\/p>\n
Since that day, over 1,300 people have run the mile under 4 minutes. \u00a0Two people have run a sub 4-minute mile over 100 times each, and 5 HIGH SCHOOL students have now run the mile in under 4 minutes.<\/p>\n
Yet for well over one thousand, nine\u00a0hundred and fifty three\u00a0years, NO ONE had ever done it.<\/p>\n
By the way, 23 days after Bannister broke the 4 Minute Mile, a woman from England broke the 5 Minute mark, something no woman had ever done before, and the current world record for women stands at just over 4 minutes 12 seconds.<\/p>\n
The Impossible is simply something possible that has not yet happened.<\/em><\/p>\n In the sports-crazed society we live in most people believe that winning is everything. \u00a0As the saying goes, ‘Winning isn’t everything, it’s the ONLY thing.’<\/p>\n I’m not sure that’s true. \u00a0People confuse winning with being first. \u00a0They’re not the same thing. \u00a0VERY FEW people are the first to accomplish something. \u00a0Most people give up. Sadly for many of them, they give up just before the moment they might have succeeded. \u00a0They stop one corner short of the prize or give up one failure before the triumph.<\/p>\n It’s not easy to keep going, but it’s worth it. \u00a0The one adage I find to be true one 100% of the time is that those who are successful simply don’t quit.<\/p>\n Yet, for most people, it’s much easier to achieve their success once someone else has done it first. \u00a0Now it’s no longer a matter of faith, they have proof. \u00a0And yes, when you KNOW it can be done, sticking with it becomes easier, not easy necessarily, but easiER than doing it when no one else has ever done it.<\/p>\n It’s why Entrepreneurs should be lauded, because more often than not, they are creating something new, trying to be the first.<\/p>\n 1,300 sub 4-minute miles is impressive but it’s not a lot considering the time frame, and, the current world record hasn’t been broken in 15 years. In 1997, however, two miles were run in under 8 minutes!<\/p>\n There’s always room for another first. \u00a0Chances are you may not even be trying to do something that is a first. \u00a0For many of us we’re just trying to reach a goal or a dream for ourselves, but likely as not, someone else has already done it. \u00a0If they can do it, so can you.<\/p>\n If, however, you’re one of the few who is trying to do something no one else has done, you are in good company. \u00a0It will likely be hard. \u00a0You’ll probably be tempted to quit. \u00a0Don’t. \u00a0It might be around the next corner, or the one after that. \u00a0Keep putting one foot in front of the other. \u00a0Step on one stone at a time. \u00a0Just don’t quit. We need you to be first. \u00a0Others will follow but they aren’t able to be first. \u00a0It’s up to you. \u00a0We’re counting on you. \u00a0You can do it, and we’ll be there to cheer for you when you cross the finish line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 17 Days to Book Launch\/Signing! 60\u00a0years ago, on May 6, 1954, Englishman Roger Bannister did something many thought was impossible. \u00a0He pushed the limits of the human body and ran the Mile in under 4 minutes. In all of recorded history, no human being had ever run a mile that fast. Although Roger Bannister’s accomplishment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}