Optimize With Brian Johnson | More Wisdom In Less Time

At this point, most of us know that Roger Bannister was the first person to break the 4-minute mile. Very smart people of his era said that it was impossible. Period. End of story. He, of course, wasn’t so sure.   But here’s what’s awesome: Do you know how Roger trained to do the impossible?    Hint: He broke down his goal into bite-sized pieces.   Here’s how: First, he trained until he could run a quarter mile in a minute. (Nice job!) Then he trained until he could run half a mile in two minutes. (Well done!) Then he trained until he could run three-quarters of a mile in three minutes. (Sweet!) Then he trained until he thought he could run the full mile in less than four minutes.   And, voila!!    On May 6, 1954 at Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England, the time keeper looked down and saw these magic numbers: 3:59.4.   Roger achieved the impossible by breaking his “impossible” goal into little bite-size, do-able pieces—which is always a very good idea. (As Henry Ford once said, “Nothing is par