{"id":187,"date":"2009-12-15T01:56:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T06:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=187"},"modified":"2009-12-19T02:26:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T07:26:32","slug":"impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"Impossible &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common problem to setting &#8212; and successfully accomplishing &#8212; goals is the word &#8220;impossible&#8221;. Most people get hung up thinking, &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this.&#8221; Or, &#8220;It&#8217;s too hard.&#8221;  Or, &#8220;It&#8217;s too impossible. No one can do this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if everyone thought that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.  Early on, scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, fortunately for the bumble bee, no one ever told it this.  So, the bumble bee flies!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Quite on the contrary, some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>Has this been your fate?  Have you limited yourself with self-doubt?<\/p>\n<p>If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you hamper yourself.  You stand in your own way &#8230; and render yourself unable to break past what you deem impossible.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can you do?  (Hint:  Read our next post for the answer!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common problem to setting &#8212; and successfully accomplishing &#8212; goals is the word &#8220;impossible&#8221;. 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