Up
until Roger Bannister ran a mile in under 4 minutes in 1954, it was
collectively believed to be a physical impossibility.
So
few people bothered to try!
But
within six weeks of Bannister doing the “impossible,” John Landy broke the
record by nearly a second.
Most
of us have no idea about what is actually possible. Likewise, when we use
absolute terms as descriptors, we fall into what’s known as a “linguistic
trap”—confining ourselves to the walls our words create.
Hence,
words like always, never and impossible can be very self-limiting and
should be used cautiously.
-
Margie Warrell
(modified by Amr Badran)
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