Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The Truth About Human Potential

There's an awesome episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu available online. I try and catch an episode each week and highly recommend it for anyone trying to grow in every arena of their life. 

The co-founder of Quest Nutrition has remarkable guests ranging from Tim Grover (former trainer to Michael Jordan) to Lewis Howes.

On a recent episode he interviewed Jim Kwik, the popular keynote speaker, learning expert, and trainer. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjdDnCN9yyE

During the episode Kwik shared his belief that we're "living a lie" when it comes to the limits of human potential. He used the story of Roger Bannister, who in 1954 became the first man to break the 4-minute mile to illustrate a point.

"How he was able to do it was he would visualize himself crossing the finish line and looking at the clock and it says, 3:59. He knew that success is an inside out process. Dr. Wayne Dyer has a famous phrase: It's not I'll believe it when I see it. It's I'll see it when I believe it."

Nobody before Bannister had run a 4-minute mile but shortly after his remarkable achievement everybody started doing it. Why? Was it because of drastic change in training methodology or diet? 

No. It was a shift in belief.

Before Bannister's run the widely held theory was a 4-minute mile would literally kill you. Not only that, your heart would explode in your chest. A proclamation that would keep most people from running in general.

The point is, when you accomplish something you didn't think you could do it opens the flood gates to other possibilities. 

We have more power to influence our thoughts and beliefs than we realize. 

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