The Power of Limiting or Empowering Beliefs are at the very heart of us. They shape our world as we know it and who we are within the world. Beliefs are creeds and doctrines you hold about life, yourself and others. They are responsible for who you are, how you behave and who you will become. Your beliefs are your guiding principles, your faith or passion and provide meaning and direction in life for you. https://www.soulsymphony.de/ In essence, what you believe whether true or false, is your reality and you behave accordingly. Beliefs can if worked well, be a formidable force for good in your life. They can also limit your thoughts and actions and have devastating consequences. Anthony Robbins in his book "Unlimited Power", gives an example of a two groups of unfortunate people with bleeding ulcers. With the first group, they were told they were receiving medication that would provide complete relief. The people in the second group were informed that their medication was experimental and little was known about it's efficiency. As you might guess, 70% of the people in the first group experienced a major improvement with their ulcers. Sadly, only 25% of people in the second group reported the same relief. In fact, both groups received a placebo. What made the difference here was the belief systems of members in each group. Years ago, it was said that no human being could run more than a mile in 4 minutes. This was blown out of the water with Sir Roger Bannister aged 25 years at the time, running the first mile in less than 4 minutes. This historic event took place on 6 May 1954 during a meet at Iffley Road Track at Oxford University. It was watched by about 3,000 spectators. The claim that a 4-minute mile was once thought to be impossible by informed observers was and is a widely propagated myth created by sportswriters and debunked by Bannister himself in his memoir, The Four Minute Mile (1955). In a UK poll conducted by Channel 4 in 2002, the British public voted Roger Bannister's historic sub-4minute mile Number 13 in the list of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments. Incredibly, just 46 days later on 21 June in Turku, Finland, Roger's record was broken by Australian runner, Michael Landy. Michael was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run. And two months after that, during the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games hosted in Vancouver in Canada, Michael Landy and Roger Bannister competed against each other in a race billed as "The Miracle Mile". They both achieved it again with Roger winning and Michael Landy 0.8 s behind him. On February 20, 1994, forty years after Roger Bannister's breaking of the barrier, the Irish runner Eamonn Coghlan became the first man over the age of 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile. He was in fact 41 years old at the time. He ran more than a second faster than Roger. It was a different kind of mile of course - less significant perhaps. However, it was still the culmination of a near-impossible quest. And, beyond that, a race that will stand in the history books forever.
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