Many things that we take for granted today were once considered impossible. Visionaries know that what can be imagined can be achieved. Although people cross the world today in giant jetliners, one hundred years ago the Wright brothers had to first believe that human flight was possible.
On May 6, 1954, Roger Banister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. It had never been done before and was therefore considered physically impossible.
But since 1954, many runners have accomplished the same feat. Roger Banister’s legacy is that he had faith that this act was possible before anyone else dared to believe. No one ever thought that Buster Douglas would beat Mike Tyson.
The odds were 42:1. Prior to the sixties, no one ever thought we would land on the moon. Back when mail was delivered via the Pony Express, who could have imagined a machine that sends mail electronically in seconds?
- Patrick Bet David
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