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Self Limiting Beliefs

13 December, 2014 by James Lawther 7 Comments

Steve Prefontaine 4 minute mile

What do you believe? Here is an interesting little sports story for you… At the start of 1954 the world record for running a mile was held by Gunder Hägg.  He ran it in 4 minutes 1.4 seconds in 1945 and his record had stood for 9 years. It was widely believed that it was impossible for a […]

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