"It’s not human.."

This what an Icelandic language coach said * of a young Englishman who set himself the challenge of learning to speak Icelandic is a week and succeeded.  Apparently Icelandic is an extremely complex language and hard for anyone to learn, but doing so in a week is unheard of. 

Now there were many interesting things about Daniel, but what ‘grabbed’ me was this lady’s comment.  I know that this is an extraordinary feat, but one of the uplifting thing about people is their ability to go beyond any reasonable limits and achieve the ‘impossible’. 

I’m wondering if you have any stories like this of doing the impossible?  Also maybe it is a good time to be reminded that we don’t have to subscribe to others views of our limitations

“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”  Henry Ford

“Man is what he believes.”  Anton Chekhov

Resources:

1. Youtube clip
2. * Discovery Channel “The boy with the incredible brain”

Tags: boundaries, limitations, limits, the impossible

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