3 Steps to Overcoming the Impossible.
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At some point in our lives, we have all come across something that seemed impossible; it could’ve been a particular task, activity, or even an entire project.
For me, It was a challenge in one of my projects. I know the task was possible, but to me, it seemed impossible due to lack of knowledge.
Because, in reality, the majority of tasks in this world aren’t impossible they are just perceived to be. It’s only a matter of changing what is making us think it is impossible to make them possible.
So, in today’s post, I’ll be sharing with you my three-step method for overcoming any task you are faced with that may seem impossible at first.
#1 — Knowledge.
At first, a challenge may seem impossible; as it did for me but in reality, it only appears this way because we lack the knowledge to understand the problem. Once we have the sufficient amount of knowledge to comprehend the task, it won’t seem impossible anymore.
For example, if I gave you a series of degree level math problems to solve and you haven’t done maths since high school, then these problems would seem to be impossible, wouldn’t they?
But, if you spent the time to learn the required knowledge, those maths problems wouldn’t seem impossible anymore.
So, this is why knowledge is the first step to making the impossible possible.
However, knowledge can only get us so far, once we have learnt a sufficient amount of knowledge we need to put it into practice to further our comprehension.
#2 — Practice.
After gaining the sufficient amount of knowledge to understand the problem, we need to put it into practice by trying to solve the problem in front of us.
Not only, will practising solving the problem help improve our comprehension of the existing knowledge; it will also help build improve our knowledge to a higher level.
There’s a difference between learning the theory and applying it in context. When we practice what we have learnt, we’re building links between different pieces of information that allows us to understand how everything fits together into one finished product.
Imagine striping an engine and rebuilding it, if you know how an engine works and the components within fit together, but have never taken one apart, then the task of stripping the engine will be more difficult. This is because the different pieces of knowledge about that topic haven’t been linked together by seeing the information in context.
It’s this link building that allows us to improve our comprehension of knowledge further to make the impossible seem more possible.
#3 — Perseverance.
The final part of overcoming the impossible is the same as it is for overcoming any problem, perseverance.
To ensure our level of comprehension is where it needs to be for the problem we’re facing. We need to first, learn the base knowledge, then practise the information in context and finally, we need to persevere on and not let the challenge overcome us.
If we are serious about overcoming the impossible and ensuring, we can solve it each time. Then we need to persevere while practising the knowledge we have learnt while also building upon that knowledge by continually challenging ourselves in new ways.
Picture a weightlifter, with the eventual goal of lifting 150kg, but, at first, they can only lift 50kg. They won’t be able to go straight in and lift 150kg as they’ll cause a series injury to themselves. So, instead, they need to progressively overload themselves by persevering with lower weight and slowly increasing the weight until they reach their goal.
The same applies to us but with knowledge instead of weights.
In Closing.
As I said at the beginning of this post, very few things in this world are impossible. But to overcome what we perceive to be impossible, we need to change our perspective, build a base knowledge, practice implementing that knowledge, and then persevere while progressively overloading ourselves until we achieve our goal.
I’d love to hear what you impossible tasks you have overcome over on Twitter.
I hope you enjoyed this article.
See you next time.
Thank you.
Coner
*This post was originally published on Conermurphy.com*
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