WE SET OUR OWN LIMITS

One thing I've learned about people is that they like results. Whether it's kids or adults, we want to see improvement in things we think should improve. We also place limits on how far those improvements should go. Most of the time we do it without knowing it but we all do it in one form or another.

I like to remind myself of this fact every now and then just to shake things up. Having high expectations and pushing those expectations is a great way to improve our situations.

Have you ever heard about the guy that broke the 4 minute mile. Probably not. His name was Roger Bannister. In his day every "expert" had proved that running a sub 4 minute mile was impossible. Everyone thought running a sub 4 minute mile would kill you. Nobody had tested the body to the extent that would make running that hard possible. On May 6, 1954 Bannister recorded the first sub 4 minute mile with a time of 3:59.4. 46 days later John Landy ran a 3:57.9. 3 years later 16 runners had logged a sub 4 minute mile. The current world record is 15 seconds faster.

I relate this back to the subject of limits. We believe change takes time, so it does. Think about the limits you see around you. Keep in mind, some limits are set for our safety, while other limits do nothing but hold us down and keep us from reaching our potential. Can you tell the difference between the two? Do you have the courage to reach past your current limits?