Podcast appearances and mentions of John Landy

What happens when we can't stop looking backward? The historic showdown between Roger Bannister and John Landy—the first two men to break the four-minute mile—provides a powerful metaphor for life and faith. Landy's fateful glance over his shoulder cost him the victory and gave us a timeless reminder: "If I hadn't looked back, I would have won." Your next victory might depend on where you fix your gaze.We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text MessageSupport the show

What if the key to success was as simple as keeping your eyes forward? Join me, Danny Mac, as we uncover the compelling lesson from the legendary race between Roger Bannister and John Landy, where a single backward glance cost Landy the victory. This story serves as a vivid metaphor for how dwelling on the past can hinder our progress. Through inspiring passages from the Bible, such as those from Luke and Ecclesiastes, we explore the wisdom in embracing the present and future, rather than longing for days gone by.Each of us is on a path paved with new opportunities and divine guidance, so it's crucial to trust in God's plans as they unfold. We reflect on the power of stepping into a new life in Christ, leaving behind the nostalgia and regrets that do not serve us. As we walk this journey with faith, we can find joy and create a meaningful impact on the lives of others, moving forward with purpose and the assurance of God's unwavering support. Let's start this day by affirming that God has not finished with us yet, and the best is still to come.We would love to hear your comments. Send us a Text MessageSupport the show

(Philippians 3:12-21) Life's race is filled with distractions that can slow us down and lead us astray. Drawing from Paul's letter to the Philippians and the legendary race between Roger Bannister and John Landy, we'll explore how to stay focused on the ultimate prize—eternity with Christ. Join me as we dive into Philippians 3 to uncover Paul's coaching advice on how to run the race of faith without getting distracted, by following godly examples and keeping our eyes on the heavenly goal.

On this day in 1954, British medical student Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to another episode of "The Secret to Success" podcast. In today's episode, we delve into the art of making yourself stand out in a crowded marketplace. Drawing inspiration from "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing" by Al and Laura Ries, we explore key strategies to differentiate yourself from the competition and establish a unique position in the minds of your customers.Here are key points discussed in this episode.1. Create a Distinct Category:  - Discuss the importance of creating a category in which you can be the first and foremost player.  - Emphasize the need for a category that is supported by a singular word, making it easier for customers to associate your brand with a specific concept.2. Be the Opposite of the Leader:  - Highlight the strategy of fighting against the market leader by positioning yourself as their opposite, rather than attempting to be better than them.  - Explain how this approach can help you carve out a distinct niche and attract customers who are seeking an alternative to the market leader.3. Avoid Line Extensions:  - Share insights from "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing" regarding the risks of brand extensions.  - Discuss the idea that your brand is not necessarily the one that works, but rather the association with something.  - Encourage listeners to focus on building associations and connections that resonate with their target audience.4. Study Customers, Market, and Trends:  - Emphasize the importance of conducting thorough research to understand your customers, market dynamics, and emerging trends.  - Discuss the concept of finding the "one move" that will have the greatest impact on your brand's success.  - Encourage listeners to analyze their customers' needs and preferences, identify gaps in the market, and adapt their strategies accordingly.In a competitive business landscape, it's crucial to make yourself stand out from the crowd. By following the principles outlined in "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing," you can create a unique category, position yourself as the opposite of the leader, avoid ineffective brand extensions, and make strategic moves based on customer insights and market trends. Join us next time as we continue to uncover the secrets to success in various aspects of life and business.Here are notes for this class:Day 2Making Yourself Stand Out The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al and Laura Ries     Create a category that you can be first in — and make sure that the category is supported by a singular word. Fight the leader by not being better, but being their opposite. Don't extend your brand through line extension; it rarely works. Plus, your brand is not the one that works, it's the association with something. Study your customers, market and trends to find the “one move” that works.The Law of Leadership – It's better to be first that is it is to be better.The first person to fly across the Atlantic was Charles Lindbergh. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. Roger Bannister was the first person to run the four minute mile.What are the names of the people who accomplished these feats second?Bert Hinkler was the second man to fly across the Atlantic. Buzz Aldrin followed Neil Armstrong onto the moon's surface. John Landy was the second man to run a mile in less than four minutes (only six weeks after Bannister did).While you may have heard of Aldrin, you're most likely not familiar with the names Hinkler and Landy.Similarly, the leading category in any brand is almost always the first brand into the prospect's mind. Hertz with rent-a-cars. IBM with computers. Coca-Cola in cola.After WWII, Heineken was the first imported beer to make a name for itself in America. Decades later, it's still number one. Advil was the first Ibuprofen and is still number one. Time still leads Newsweek. Coke leads PepsiIf you're second in your prospects mind you'll languish with the Buzz Aldrins, John Landys and Bert Hinklers of the world.In spite of the benefits of being first though, most companies tend to wait companies until a market develops and then they jump in.Chapter 1: The Law of Leadership It's better to be first than it is to be better. The basic issue in marketing is not convincing prospects that you have a better product or service. The basic issue in marketing is creating a category you can be first in. It's much easier to get into the mind first than to try to convince someone you have a better product than the one who got there first. The leading brand in any category is almost always the first brand into the prospect's mind. E.g Hertz in rent-a-cars, IBM in computers, Coca-Cola in cola. Not every first is going to be successful. The timing could be an issue — for e.g your first could be too late. Some firsts are also just bad ideas that will never go anywhere. E.g Frosty Paws, the first ice cream for dogs. The law of leadership applies to any product, brand or category. Imagine you didn't know the name of the first college founded in America. You can always make a good guess by substituting leading for first. What's the name of the leading college in US? Most people would say Harvard, and that is indeed the name of the first college founded in America. One reason why the first brand tends to maintain its leadership is that the name often becomes generic. Xerox, the first plain-paper copier became the name for all plain-paper copies. Kleenex. Coke. Scotch tape.The Law of the Category – If you can't be first in a category, set up a new category you can be first in.-Antonio set up a newer category when it comes to business and he is the first in it. Who else do you know that is doing what he is doing?While Bert Hinkler's name is not a household word, I'm sure you know the name of the third person who successfully flew across the Atlantic Ocean. Her name was Amelia Earhart. The first female to fly across the Atlantic.If you can't be first in a category, set up a new category you can be first in.Charles Schwab didn't open a better brokerage firm; he opened up the first discount broker. Lear's isn't the best selling woman's magazine; they're the best selling magazine for mature women. Dell wasn't the biggest computer company; they're the biggest computer company to sell their computers over the phone.Chapter 2: The Law Of The Category If you can't be first in a category, set up a new category you can be first in. Example: What's the name of the third person to fly the Atlantic Ocean solo? You probably don't know. Yet you do. It's Amelia Earhart. But she isn't known for that. She is known as the first woman to do so. IBM was the first in computers. DEC competed by becoming the first in minicomputers. Cray Research came up with the first supercomputer. Today, Cray is an $800 million company. Convex put two and two together and came up with the first mini super-computer. Today Convex is a $200 million company. You can turn an also-ran into a winner by inventing a new category. Commodore was a manufacturer of home PCs that wasn't going anywhere until it positioned the Amiga as the first multi-media computer. There are many different ways to be first. Dell was the first to sell computers by phone. When you launch a new product, the first question to ask yourself is not “How is this new product better than the competition?”, but “First what?” Forget the brand. Think categories. Everyone is interested in what's new. Few people are interested in what's better. When you're the first in a new category, promote the category. In essence, you have no competition.The Law of the Mind – It's better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.First personal computer was the MITS Altair 8800. Duryea was the first automobile. Du Mont is the first commercial TV set.What's going on? Is the just mentioned Law of Leadership wrong.Not at all. Here's the thing …IBM wasn't first in the marketplace with a mainframe computer, Remington was.However, IBM began a massive marketing campaign to get into people's mind first and when they did they won the computer battle early.Being first in the mind is everything in marketing. Being first in the marketplace is important only to the extent that it allows you to get into the mind first.Chapter 3: The Law Of The Mind It's better to be first in the mind than it is to be first in the marketplace. The law of the mind modifies the law of leadership. Being first in the mind is everything in marketing. Being first in the marketplace is important only to the extent it allows you to get in the mind first. Marketing is a battle of perception, not product, so the mind takes precedence over the marketplace. The problem for would-be entrepreneurs is getting the revolutionary idea or concept into the prospect's mind. The conventional solution is money. But it's not. More money is wasted in marketing than any other human activity. You can't change a mind once it's made up. The single most wasteful thing you can do in marketing is try to change a mind. Having a simple, easy-to-remember name helps get into prospect's minds.The Law of Perception – Marketing is not a battle of products, it's a battle of perceptions.Some marketers see the product as the hero of the marketing program and that you win and lose based on the merits of your products.Ries and Trout disagree – what's important is the perceptions that exist in the minds of your prospects and customers. They cite as an example the three largest selling Japanese imports, Honda, Toyota and Nissan.Most people think the battle between the three brands is based on quality, styling horse power price. Not true. It's what people think about Honda Toyota and Nissan which determines which brand will win.Chapter 4: The Law of Perception Marketing is not a battle of products, it's a battle of perception. It's an illusion. There is no objective reality. There are no facts. There are no best products. All that exists in the world of marketing are perceptions in the minds of the customer or prospect. The perception is the reality. Everything else is an illusion. Marketing is a manipulation of these perceptions. Most marketing mistakes stem from the assumption that you're fighting a product battle rooted in reality. What some marketing people see as the natural laws of marketing are based on a flawed premise that the product is the hero of the marketing program and that you'll win or lose based on the merits of the product. This is why the natural, logical way to market a product is invariably wrong. Only by studying how perceptions are formed in the mind and focusing your marketing programs on those perceptions can you overcome your basically incorrect marketing instincts.The Law of Focus – The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospect's mind.A company can become incredibly successful if it can find a way to own a word in the mind of the prospect.Federal Express was able to put the word ‘overnight' in the minds of their prospects. Xerox owns ‘copier'; Hershey owns ‘chocolate bar'; Coke owns ‘cola'; Heinz owns ‘ketchup'; Crest owns ‘cavities'; Volvo owns safety; Nordstrom's owns service.The word should be simple and benefit oriented. One word is better than three or four.Words can change ownership. In the early days of the personal computer, Lotus owned the word ‘spreadsheet'. Now it belongs to Microsoft thanks to ‘Excel'.Chapter 5: The Law Of Focus The most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospect's mind. Not a complicated word, or an invented word. Simplest words are the best, words taken right out of the dictionary. You “burn” your way into the mind by narrowing the focus to a single word or concept.Just Do It. The Best Part of Waking up…. Prime Membership.   The law of leadership enables the first brand or company to own a word in the mind of the prospect. The leader owns the word that stands for the category. For e.g IBM owns the word “computer”. If you're not a leader, your word has to have a narrow focus. Your word has to be “available” in your category. No one else can have a lock on it. The most effective words are simple and benefit-oriented. No matter how complicated the product, no matter how complicated the needs of the market, it's always better to focus on one word or benefit rather than two or three or four. While words stick in the mind, nothing lasts forever. There comes a time when a company must change words. You can't take somebody else's words. What won't work is leaving your own word in search of a word owned by others. The essence of marketing is narrowing the focus. You can't stand for something if you chase after everything. You can't narrow the focus with quality or any other idea that doesn't have proponents for the opposite point of view. For example: You can't position yourself as an honest politician, because nobody is willing to take the opposite position.Once you have your word, you must go out of your way to protect it in the marketplace.The Law of Exclusivity – Two companies cannot own the same word in the prospect's mind.When a competitor owns a word or position it's futile to own the same word. For instance Volvo owns the word ‘safety'. Many automakers have tried to wrestle that word away from them, but none have been successful.Energizer tried to wrestle ‘long lasting' away from Duracell. But Duracell got in people's minds first.Chapter 6: The Law Of Exclusivity Two companies cannot own the same word in the prospect's mind. It's wrong to think that if you spend enough money, you can own the idea.The Law of the Ladder – The strategy to use depends on which rungs you occupy on the ladder.The primary objective is to be first, but if you're not – all is not lost.Avis lost money for 13 years in a row when they used the slogan “Finest in rent-a-cars”. It wasn't until they changed it to “Avis is only No.2 in rent-a-cars. So why go with us? We try harder” that their fortune turned around. (Avis was later sold to ITT who ordered up the advertising theme “Avis is going to be number one” which bombed.)Another campaign that worked was when 7 Up, the leader in the lemon-lime soda category wanted to make inroads into the larger cola market. When they positioned themselves as “The Uncola” they climbed to the third largest selling soft drink in America.Chapter 7: The Law Of The Ladder The strategy to use depends on which rung you occupy on the ladder. All products are not created equal. There is a hierarchy in the mind that prospects use in making decisions. For each category, there is a product ladder in the mind. On each rung is a brand name. For e.g car rental. Hertz is on the top rung, Avis is on the 2nd rung, and National on the third. Your marketing strategy should depend on how soon you got into the mind and consequently which rung of the ladder you occupy. Example: Avis admitted it was #2. Told prospects to go with them because they tried harder. They made money. The mind is selective. Prospects use their ladders in deciding which information to accept and which information to reject. In general, a mind only accepts new data that is consistent with its product ladder in that category. Everything else is ignored. How many rungs are there on your ladder? Products you use every day tend to be high-interest products with many rungs. And vice versa. There's a relationship between market share and your position on the ladder in the prospect's mind. Sometimes your own ladder or category might be too small. It might be better to be a small fish in a big pond than to be a big fish in a small pond. It's sometimes better to be №3 on a big ladder than №1 on a small ladder.The Law of Duality – In the long run, every market becomes a two-horse race.In batteries, it's Eveready and Duracell. In photographic film, it's Kodak and Fuji. In rent-a-cars, it's Hertz and Avis. In mouthwash, it's Listerine and Scope. In fast food, it's McDonalds and Burger King. In running shoes, it's Nike and Reebok. In toothpaste, it's Crest and Colgate.Chapter 8: The Law Of Duality In the long run, every market becomes a two-horse race. Early on, a new category is a ladder of many rungs. Gradually, the ladder becomes a two-rung affair. E.g Coke vs Pepsi.The Law of the Opposite – If you're shooting for second place, your strategy is determined by the leader.If you're number two it makes sense to try and leverage the leader's strength into a weakness. An example of this is the campaign Pepsi Cola used to become the choice of the new generation (versus Coke-Cola being the old established product).Scope successful hung the “medical breath” label on market leader Listerine by becoming the good tasting mouthwash that kills germs.Other examples are Lowenbrau's “You've tasted the German beer that's the most popular in American. Now taste the German beer that's the most popular in German” and advertising slogan used to launch Tylenol in 1955 “For the millions who should not take aspirin” (when it was discovered that aspirin caused stomach bleeding).Chapter 9: The Law Of The Opposite If you're shooting for second place, your strategy is determined by the leader. Wherever the leader is strong, there is an opportunity for a would-be №2 to turn the tables. A company should leverage the leader's strength into a weakness. You must discover the essence of the leader and then present the prospect with the opposite. Too many potential №2 try to emulate the leader. This is an error. You must present yourself as the alternative. The law of the opposite is a two-edged sword. It requires honing in on a weakness that your prospect will quickly acknowledge. Marketing is often a battle for legitimacy. The first brand that captures the concept is often able to portray its competitors as illegitimate pretenders. A good#2 cannot afford to be timid.The Law of Division – Over time a category will divide and become two or more categories.A category starts off as a single entity. But over time it breaks up into other segments.Computers for example, you have: mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, personal computers, laptops, notebooks.Beer is the same way. Today's there's imported and domestic beer. Light, draft and dry beers. Even non-alcoholic beers.Each segment has its own leader (which is rarely the leader in the original category).Chapter 10: The Law Of Division Over time, a category will divide and become two or more categories Each segment is a separate, distinct entity. Each segment has its own reason for existence. Each segment has its own leader, which is rarely the same as the leader of the original category.The way for the leader to maintain its dominance is to address each emerging category with a different brand name.The Law of Perspective – Marketing effects takes place over an extended period of time.Does a sale increase a company's business or decrease it? Obviously in short term it increases it, but more and more there's evidence to show sales decrease business in the long term by educating customers not to buy at regular prices.Sales also say to people that your regular prices are too high. To maintain volume some companies find they have to run continuous sales. In the retail field, the big winners are Kmart and Wal-mart who are known for their everyday low prices.Chapter 11: The Law Of Perspective Marketing effects take place over an extended period of time      Many marketing move exhibit the same phenomenon. The long-term effect is often the exact opposite of the short-term effect. For e.g a sale. A sale increase in a business in the short-term, but there are increasing evidence that shows that sales educate customers not to buy at regular prices.The Law of Line Extension – There is an irresistible pressure to extend the equity of the brand.Here are two examples they give of companies harming their brand by overextending it:The introduction of Coors Light caused the collapse of regular Coors which today sells one-fourth of what it used to.Back in 1978, 7 Up had a 5.7 percent market share. Then they added 7Up Gold, Cherry 7 Up and assorted diet versions. In the early 90's, 7 Up's share had fallen to 2.5 percent.Chapter 12: The Law Of Line Extension There's an irresistible pressure to extend the equity of a brand. One day a company is tightly focused on a single product that is highly profitable. The next day the same company is spread thin over many products and is losing money. When you try to be all things to all people, you inevitably wind up in trouble. Line extension usually involves taking the brand name of a successful and putting it on a new product you plan to introduce. Marketing is a battle of perception, not product. In the mind, for example, A-1 is not the brand name, but the steak sauce itself. Less is more. If you want to be successful today, you have to narrow the focus in order to build a position in the prospect's mind.The Law of Sacrifice – You have to give up something to get something.If you want to be successful today you should give something up.The first area you could sacrifice in is your product line. The example they give is Federal Express who focused on one service: small overnight deliveries.The second is market share. Pepsi gave up part of their market when they focused on the youth market and it worked brilliantly – it brought them within 10% market share of Coca Cola. Here a few of the other companies Reis and Trout cite as having given up market share by specializing: Foot Locker (athletic shoes); The Gap (casual clothing for the young at heart); Victoria Secret (sexy undergarments); The Limited (upscale clothing for working women).The third sacrifice is constant change. One of the examples they list is White Castle whose restaurants look the same as they did sixty years ago and still sell the same frozen sliders, yet they still average over a million dollars per year per location.Chapter 13: The Law Of Sacrifice You have to give up something in order to get something This law is the opposite of Law 12. If you want to be successful, you have to give up something. There are 3 things to sacrifice: product line, target market and constant change.        The generalist is weak.The Law of Attributes – For every attribute, there is an opposite, effective attribute.The Law of Exclusivity says that two companies can't own the same word or position. A company must seek out another attribute (it's much better to find an opposite attribute, similar won't do).For instance, Crest owns the word “cavities”. Other toothpastes avoided “cavities”. Instead they focused on taste, whitening, and breath protection.Of course, all attributes aren't created equally. When it comes to toothpaste “cavities” is the best. If the best one is taken you must move on to an attribute and live with a smaller share of the market. And then dramatize its value and increase your market share.Chapter 14: The Law Of Attributes For every attribute, there is an opposite, effective attribute. Too often a company attempts to emulate the leader. It's much better to search for an opposite attribute that will allow you to play off against the leader. All attributes are not created equal. Some attributes are more important to customers than others. You must try and own the most important attribute. You cannot predict the size of a new attribute's share, so never laugh at one.The Law of Candor – When you admit a negative, the prospect will give you a positive.First admit a negative and then twist it into a positive.Examples:“Avis is only No.2 in rent-a-cars” (Avis tries harder)“With a name like Smuckers it has to be good” (We have a bad name, but a good product.)“The 1970 VW will stay ugly longer.” (A car that ugly must be reliable.)“Joy. The Most expensive perfume in the world.” (At $375 an ounce, it has to be sensational.)When you state a negative it's automatically viewed as the truth. When you state a positive it's looked upon as dubious at best.Another great example of twisting a negative into a positive is how Listerine reacted when Scope entered the market with a “good-tasting” mouthwash. They came out with “Listerine: The taste you hate twice a day.”Chapter 15: The Law Of Candor When you admit a negative, the prospect will give you a positive. It goes against corporate and human nature to admit a problem. Yet one of the most effective ways to get into a prospect's mind is to first admit a negative and twist it into a positive. Candor is disarming. Every negative statement you make about yourself is instantly accepted as truth (NOTE: This is a similar law stated in 48 Laws of Power.) You have to prove a positive statement to the prospect's satisfaction. No proof is needed for a negative statement. When a company starts a message by admitting a problem, people tend to almost instinctively open their minds. Example: Listerine used to advertise with “The taste you hate twice a day.” which set them up for selling the idea of killing a lot of germs. The Law of Candor must be used carefully and with great skill. Your negative must be widely perceived as a negative. It has to trigger an instant agreement with your prospect's mind. Next, you have to shift quickly to the positive. The purpose of candor isn't to apologize. It is to set up a benefit that will convince your prospect.The Law of Singularity – In each situation, only one move will produce substantial results.According to Reis and Trout “many marketing people see success as the sum total of a lot of small efforts beautiful executed. They think as long as they put the effort in they'll be successful whether you try hard or try easy, the differences are marginal”. They say the one thing that works in marketing is the single, bold stroke.An example they give is the two strong moves that were made against General Motors. The Japanese came at the low end with small cars like Toyota, Datsun and Honda. The Germans came at the high end with super premium cars like Mercedes and BMW.Chapter 16: The Law Of Singularity In each situation, only one move will produce substantial results (similar to 80/20 principle.) Many marketing people see success as the sum total of a lot of small efforts beautifully executed. They think they can pick and choose from a number of different strategies and still be successful as long as they put enough effort into the program. They seem to think the best approach is “get into everything.” Trying harder is not the secret of marketing success. History teaches that the only thing that works in marketing is the single, bold stroke. In any given situation, there is only one move that will produce substantial results. What works in marketing is the same as what works in the military — the unexpected. To find that singular idea of concept, marketing managers have to know what's happening in the marketplace.The Law of Unpredictability – Unless you write your competitors' plans, you can't predict the future.Marketing plans based on what will happen in the future are usually wrong. It's very difficult to predict your market. You can get a handle on trends, but the danger for many companies is they jump to conclusions about how far a trend will go.Chapter 17: The Law Of Unpredictability Unless you write your competitor's plans, you can't predict the future. Implicit in most marketing plans is an assumption about the future. Yet such marketing plans are usually wrong. Most companies live from quarterly report to quarterly report. That's a recipe for problems. Companies that live by the numbers, die by the numbers. Good short-term planning is coming up with that angle or word that differentiates your product or company. Then you set up a coherent long-term marketing direction that builds a program to maximize that idea or angle. Not a long-term plan, but a long-term direction. While you can't predict the future, you can get a handle on trends, which is a way to take advantage of change. The danger of working with trends is extrapolation. Many companies will jump to conclusions about how far a trend will go. Equally as bad as extrapolation is the common practice of assuming the future will be a replay of the present. One way to cope with an unpredictable world is to build an enormous amount of flexibility into your organization. NOTE: There is a difference between predicting the future and taking a chance on the future.The Law of Success – Success often leads to arrogance and arrogance to failure.Ego is the enemy of successful marketing. Objectivity is what is needed.Companies who became arrogant according to Ries and Trout are General Motors, Sears, Roebuck and IBM. Quite simply they felt they could anything they wanted to in the marketplace. And of, course, they were wrong.In my opinion, IBM's arrogance peaked back in the days of the IBM PC, XT, AT and the PS/2 line of computers. The difference between models was based more on marketing considerations rather than supplying their customers with a technically superior product. Compaq computers, on the other hand, focused on pushing the technical limits of their products and soon gained a reputation for building a superior computer, eventually outselling IBM.The bottom line being while ego can be an effective driving force when it comes to building a business – it can hurt if you inject it into your marketing.Chapter 18: The Law Of Success Success often leads to arrogance, and arrogance to failure. Ego is the enemy of successful marketing. Objectivity is what is needed. When people become successful, they tend to become less objective. They often substitute their own judgment for what the market wants. Ego can be an effective driving force in building a business. What hurts is injecting your ego in the marketing process. Brilliant marketers have the ability to think like how a prospect thinks. They put themselves in the shoes of their customers.The Law of Failure – Failure is to be expected and accepted.Too many companies try to fix things rather than drop things. For instance, American Motors should have abandoned passenger cars and focused on the Jeep. IBM should have dropped copiers and Xerox should have dropped computers years before they finally recognized their mistakes.Chapter 19: The Law Of Failure Failure is to be expected and accepted. Too many companies try to fix things rather than drop things. Admitting a mistake and not doing anything about it is bad for your career. A better strategy is to recognize failure early and cut losses.The Law of Hype – The situation is often the opposite of the way it appears in the press.Hype usually means a company's in trouble. According to Ries and Trout, when things are going well you don't need hype.For example, new coke had tons of publicity, but as everyone knows it bombed. Remember Steve Job's NeXt Computers? All the hype in the world couldn't turn NexT Computers into the next big thing in computers.History is full of failures that were successful in the press. Tucker 48, US Football league, Videotext, the automated factory, the personal helicopter, the manufactured home, the picture phone, polyester suits. The essence of the hype was not just that these products would be successful, but they would render existing products obsolete.For the most part hype is hype. The authors tell us that "real revolutions don't arrive at high noon with marching bands and coverage on the 6:00 pm news. Real revolutions arrive unannounced in the middle of the night and sneak up on you."Chapter 20: The Law Of Hype The situation is often the opposite of the way it appears in the press. When things are going well, a company doesn't need the hype. When you need the hype, it usually means you're in trouble. Real revolutions in the industry don't arrive at high noon with marching bands. They arrive unannounced in the middle of the night and sneak up on you.The Law of Acceleration – Successful programs are not built on fads, they're built on trends.According to Ries and Trout, "A fad is a wave. A trend is the tide. A fad gets hype. A trend gets very little. A fad is a short-term phenomena that in the long-term doesn't do a company that much good".A great example they cite is Coleco Industries Cabbage Patch Kids. They hit the market in 1983. Two years later they had sales of 776 million with profits of 83 million.Then in 1988 the bottom fell out. Coleco filed for Chapter 11. (In 1989, they were acquired by Hasbro where Cabbage Patch Kids with more conservative marketing are doing quite well.)Fads don't last. When everyone has a Ninja turtle, nobody wants one anymore. Compare that to Barbie which is a trend and continues to be popular.Chapter 21: The Law Of Acceleration Successful programs are not build on fads, they are built on trends. A fad is like a wave in the ocean, and a trend is the tide. Like the wave, the fad is very visible but it goes up and down in a hurry. Like the tide, a trend is almost invisible, but very powerful over the long-term.A paradox: if you were faced with a rapidly rising business, with all the characteristics of a fad, the best thing you could do is to dampen the fad and stretch it out.The Law of Resources – Without adequate funding an idea won't get off the ground.The best idea in the world needs money to make it happen. A mediocre idea and a million dollars is better than a great idea with no money.Chapter 22: The Law Of Resources Without adequate funding, an idea won't get off the ground. You need money to get into a mind. And you need money to stay there. First get the idea, then get the money to exploit it.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-secret-to-success/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

https://www.bible.com/events/49091013 Church of the Nazarene - East Rock Living The Jesus Life: Part 7 Philippians 3:12-21 Living The Jesus Life This series is a part of our annual practice of spending time focusing on one book of the Bible. In this case, the study is of Philippians – the letter Paul wrote from a Roman prison to the church at Philippi, the first church Paul started in Eastern Europe (see Acts 16). The people at Philippi were facing the resistance of Rome but remained a vibrant community of faith. Philippians is a letter that speaks to living life as a disciple of Jesus in 2023. That's why we've entitled the series, 'Living the Jesus Life'. Today's focus is Philippians 3:12-21 Last week we examined Chapter 3:1-12 and Paul's rather impressive trophy case from his past. Before he met Christ, you might have thought he had it all going for him. But for Paul, all those things he used to count on- Things that he thought made him in right relationship with God- he now considers them like garbage. Paul learned what we all must learn: Religion has no power to save anyone. As we continue in our text today, Paul also wants his readers to understand- He is not putting himself on a pedestal as if he has checked all the boxes. Quite the opposite. He makes it perfectly clear that he has not arrived, and he is not taking his eye off the prize.‭‭ Philippians‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬-‭14‬‬ Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Throughout chapter 3 Paul has been using his own life, his own story as a teaching example for his friends in Philippi. With all he had accomplished for the Lord, with all the suffering he had endured- it would be easy to imagine that he had just decided to take it easy. Nobody would blame him. But far from taking it easy- He's giving it all he's got, like an Olympic runner in a race. He has not arrived, he doesn't feel like he's made it to any superstar status, he is striving to fulfill his calling in loving and serving the Lord. “But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind” The Apostle boils it all down to ONE THING. That should speak volumes to us. Paul had gotten to witness enough track meets to know the truth that the Miracle Mile and John Landy proved in 1954 You cannot look back. “Forgetting what is behind” meant no counting of past achievements, and not being burdened by past failures. Focus forward! As necessary and true as it was for Paul, it is true for you and me. We cannot live the life God has calls us too, we cannot lean into the future, and we cannot hope to win the prize, if we are stuck or chained down by the past. The Jesus life Is not lived looking back. “Straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” As much conscious effort and decision it takes to forget the past- it takes that much more to lean into the future that God has for you. Paul likens himself to an athlete straining, stretching, pushing themselves to the absolute limit in competition. He is holding nothing back in pursuit of the prize And it's not a floral wreath, a trophy, or Nike endorsement that he's straining for- It's the realized hope of God's redemption plan in Christ Jesus. The hope of eternal life, of a new resurrection body, a new heaven, and a new earth, where the believer will be present with Jesus for all eternity. The beautiful and compelling truth for us today: We are running for the same prize as Paul! Why do we forget the past? Why do we give Jesus our absolute all? Because we are a people of hope, a people of promise. Paul is inviting his readers to look up! Don't quit! There's a prize ahead! Question for you today: Is that the prize you are living for?As you make decisions about school, work, relationships- is it with an eye on the prize of eternity? Or on the eye of security and pleasure? When you make decisions about what to do with your money, which prize is in sight? When you consider a conflict with someone close to you, which prize is in view? For all the encouragement in this passage, he also issues a warning- a life lived with a worldly mindset, is destined for a different prize.‭‭ Philippians‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬-‭19 ‬‬For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. Paul has set up a clear contrast between those who focus on Christ and those who focus on earthly things.A mind set on earthly things is governed by the pursuit of fleshly desires. Without an eye on the Lord, we lose sight of righteousness and right living- we take pride and glory in things we should be ashamed of. And the prize for living with a mind set on earthly things? Destruction. A far cry from the hope filled reality of life in Christ.The importance of this matter to Paul and for his friends becomes clear as he doesn't fail to warn them about running with a different focus. How would you say your race going today? Maybe you are running ok today- eye on the prize, leaning into the life God has called you to. We celebrate that today- Don't quit! Don't give up! Don't take your eye off the prize! Perhaps you started out that way, but a few laps in, you aren't so sure. Maybe sin has tripped you up again. Perhaps you have lost focus of why you are running this race in the first place. Life has gotten in the way, and you feel alone and left out. Maybe you imagine everyone else is running a better race than you, like it's not even worth it-Friend, will you hear the encouragement of our friend Paul today? Don't quit! Don't lose focus! You might be down but it's not over! The prize is worth it! Finish the race! Giving at COTN If you ever have questions or need help with online giving, please let us know: finance@cotnaz.org Thank you for your partnership in the Kingdom of Christ! https://www.cotnaz.org/giving/

In this episode:Mike and Ed discuss how to pronounce “Madam Macabre”. Is she a villain or just a Giant-Man competitor? Can we trust Giant-Man on this? How fast will growing/shrinking technology proliferate? And why is everyone with a superpower a hero or a villain? Why not just use your abilities to save some money or become an entrepreneur?Behind the issue:This is the first and only appearance (so far) of Madam Macabre. Part two of this issue is a Hulk feature, which is not covered in the podcast. The only public fact of the Hulk feature is that Bruce Banner is in the Soviet Union, and it is unclear if he is defecting or kidnapped again.In this issue:Giant-Man and the Wasp storyMadam Macabre is able to use technology to shrink inanimate objects. She is envious of Giant-Man's ability to shrink himself. And so she sets up a meeting with Giant-Man. She explains at the meeting that she was mentored and tutored by the supervillain the Mandarin. She then makes the pitch for Giant-Man to quit the Avengers and to partner with her in some vague plan to take over the world. Being the hero that he is, Giant-Man rejects the offer. She returns to her lair and schemes to defeat the Giant-Man. The step in this scheme is to kidnap the Wasp, which lures Giant-Man to her lair. He is trapped in a shrinking room, but the Wasp breaks free and rescues him. The Wasp then successfully defeats Madam Macabre and frees Giant-Man.Hulk storyThe Hulk is trapped in the Soviet Union. A kindhearted Soviet scientist helps him out, but he is killed. This causes the Hulk to become very angry. He goes on a rampage at the Soviet base, where he is stuck for a while, and eventually escapes.Assumed before the next episode:People are starting to wonder about all of the superheroes and supervillains with similar powers.This episode takes place:After Madam Macabre has been soundly defeated.Full transcript:Edward: Mike first there was giant man, then there was the wasp, and now is there. There is mad. Mc, oh my gosh. I can't even say the word. You can't say it, eh, I can't say it. Madam Mc mc macur mebrak. Madam. I can't, I can read the word Mike. I just can't say it out loud.Micheal: I think you need to start watching some old films. Macra describes like some old classic film noir, if I'm thinking of it correctly, but certainly it's a word. MaccaEdward: Mac. But here's The Thing. You should do so. So say the. First person who can shrink ant man, first person that can grow. Giant man. Very descriptive names. The wasp also like descriptive as in small animal. You'd think that Spider-Man could also shrink, but no, he doesn't. But this new person who has the ability to grow and shrink things, Madam Mak, uh, has nothing to do with, with changing size. Like what type of name?Micheal: Well, it's not descriptive, but, I would award points for originality. I think the intention behind calling yourself Madam Mac is that you're suggesting some malhi days. You know, you're suggesting some mallin, some malicious intent. Right. And, certainly some, darkness to her. And she was according to giant man, she was, Villain who could shrink. Just like him, right?Edward: And according to giant man, she was like stealing something that, like a art gallery or something. She was breaking in and stealing stuff and they caught her. To be fair though, we only have giant man's word on that. We have No, I don't, I dunno if there's any evidence that she was actually doing that other than giant man say so.Micheal: Other than name, other than the word of an unknown vigilant, master vigilante who happens to have captured someone with the exact same power set as him. It seems, if I was being cynical, I would say that I would question whether a giant man is trying to take out the competition. But we know he is, he's been a hero. It's just that, that he's also human, I think, and so maybe he just felt threatened by having somebody with the same power. Being out in society?Edward: I would think so. You can look at the timeline of it, right? So the timeline was Madam Mebrak. I'll look at that. I can say it now. Thank, thank, thank you for this education. Madam Macabre, she becomes semi-famous. So she's in the papers. Mm-hmm. , she has this special ability, she's not committing crimes. She's just advertising her ability to say, Hey, I figured out this technology. I too have the ability to grow and shrink. And then shortly afterwards, giant Man comes out and. . Yeah, but she needs to go to jail cuz she's a criminal. So the timing is a little bit suspicious in terms of him shutting her.Micheal: Yeah, it is. And the adventures have all had, they've recently had some issues that we've observed when they appear to be acting in their own interests after a few years of acting heroically. So we just don't know what to make of it. And I would assume people will find out more at the criminal trial, but much like any trial you need to have, you need. Evidence for witnesses who could be identified. And so Thank you. I would imagine she go, she might go, she might go free, you know, like, cuz it's just the word of a vigilante. So an Avenger's,Edward: an official, he's an official vigilante though. He's working for somebody. We're not exactly sure who, but he's working for somebody. We think he's like at least semi-official. I think what, to me, what's interesting about this is two things. One is that, sooner or later this technology is going to get out, right? We know, we've seen from other evidence that giant man's powers don't come from the fact that he was experimented on or some sort of magic radiation, it's some sort of pills that he was taking, and so mm-hmm. , it's a technology that he has that's able to go and do this. And we know from the past that once someone has the technology, it gets spread, right? Like the Americans were the only ones with the nuclear bomb in 1945. And like by 1950 there was at least four or five countries with the nuclear bombs. And so, it feels like this technology is gonna get out there. Once we know it exists, someone's gonna be able to d.Micheal: But I don't think there's any evidence that, Madam MCC Abra had got the technology. You know what I mean? It's more. I wonder if it's just it's more the idea that gets out there.Edward: That's right. That's right.Micheal: Where she learns that somebody can shrink through some kind of process and so she creates it or duplicates it in her own way because there's historical precedent for that as well. At least when it comes to people, meeting challenges and surpassing.Edward: Yeah, I'm not claiming that she stole his abilities. And as far as I know, giant man isn't even claiming that she stole his abilities. And so, no, he has reason to claim that she is and he's not. So it suggests that no, she came up with it independently. But we've seen that happen again and again in different technological situations like both in scientific theory and in technology, right? So, like Isaac Newton is credited with inventing the theory of gravity and calculus, but if he hadn't, there was, there were a number of other people that were waiting in the wings who would be publishing the same things soon afterwards. It's very rare that a scientist is doing it, and if they weren't around that nobody would've ever come up. .Micheal: And it suggested inevitability to the scientific process, but also even just with respect to humanity and people. Remember that people thought the four minute not be run and then as soon as Roger's Banister, broke that record, ran the four minute mile, what was it a month and a half later, someone beat that record and then people thereafter continued beating that record, just suggests that as soon as people could see that it was possible, it became possible for.Edward: That's right. It was Landy or something. It was 46 days after Banister broke the four minute mile. It was, John Landy came out and beat it. Mm-hmm. and, and, and, and, and banister just barely beat it. Like he was point happened to be half a second faster than the four minute mile. And then Landy came in and like blew past him, was Two seconds faster, like a few days later. And since then a number of people have break broken the four minute mile. I think it's interesting before Banister did it, doctors were saying that anybody who's going to be able to break, anyone who attempts to break the four minute mile will die. I think that was the quote. They will die. It is so hard on the human body. If you ever run that fast, you will die. And now we've no, absolutely not true. And other people are training for it, and they know that it's possible. They know that it's something that you can achieve. And now we know shrinking the human body down to the size of an ad is something that we can achieve.Micheal: That's it. And I think that's the take home message really. And the question lends itself to whether other superpowers are gonna be, duplicated and we're gonna start seeing more. But you gotta wonder sometimes, have we. I don't think we have, but have we hit maximum powers? You know, we have people that can grow large, they can grow small, they can get strong, they can uh, theyEdward: can fly. We talked about Thor last week. He'd fly really fast.Micheal: They can fly really fast. And I are we gonna see a lot of different powers, you know what I mean? Or is this just that we've hit the max powers and our, we're gonna see versions of it come out, with more shrinking and whatever.Edward: Could be, could be, I dunno. But it feels like we're still seeing a significant amount of variety happening, right? It wasn't that long ago that Sandman popped up and he's, the ability to turn into sand like that seems pretty unique and different from everybody else. Spider-Man's power different than other people. I guess some things, like he being really strong or flying seems to be common, but we're also getting we're still seeing lots of variety. Just because we have somebody else shrinking doesn't mean that this is it. It's not the end of, it's not the end of the beginning, Mike. This is just not even the beginning of the end.Micheal: We're continuing on. Here's the other question that I had though I have to admit, it's been bothering me. So, you know, when you, when youEdward: tell me your therapist today,Micheal: my therapy session, so Dr. Ed, here's what's been on my mind, and it might just be because it's unreported, but it seems that when people developed a technology or developed powers, they go one of two ways in quite a binary sense. They either become superpowered Adventurers or they become criminals, and you know what, I'm just like, well, wait a minute, isn't there like a third path where let's say for instance, I was inspired to develop technology, to learn how to grow taller or shrink Maybe I wouldn't decide to quit my job as a lawyer and become an adventurer, or certainly become a criminal. I just decide well, I gotta reach that can, on the top shelf in my kitchen, I'm just gonna grow. Instead of grabbing, going in the step ladder or I, I move in, I decide like, you know what? I wanna maybe downsize a little bit. Literally, I get a smaller apartment in New York and I can fiddle up more furniture, or I can get around more easily in my own apartment. It just fiddle. I don't know.Edward: It's like that you have like a very spacious apartment. All of a sudden. Your television is enormous. You have the biggest screen television in the whole world.Micheal: You know, or maybe I wanna save on food and maybe, I dunno if this is how it works, but I shrink cuz I, I could just order small portions everywhere, and just like nibble away for like a week on something. You know, this loaf of bread, one loaf of bread fills me up. Maybe eating a lot of bread isn't a good idea, but you know what I mean? , and so, but I just gotta wonder. And there's not just, there's other technologies. Like if I had the power to turn Invisible again, would I join a super team or break into a bank or would I more likely turn Invisible so I can, when I'm walking home in the evening, I don't want to pop,Edward: I don't wanna hear who you're spying on. Mike, I don't want to hear, I don't want, this is not time replace . Hey, I think, I think you're coming onto something right? Of like, Hey, you have these, if you had these abilities, if this technology was out there, you don't have to go and fight criminals and you don't have the best way to help society is not necessarily to go and help criminals. Maybe if you had this power to grow and shrink instead of stealing art, you could just start a moving. Imagine how efficient your moving company would be. They could just, you go to someone's house, you're like, no problem. We'll just shrink your whole house down. Bang, we'll throw it into an envelope. We'll ship it to the new place and then we'll just grow it again. And we can be the most efficient, fastest, we can charge a much lower rate and make much higher margins. And like all of a sudden we have a nice little business going.Micheal: Yeah, exactly. Or what if I could be like a Human Torch, I could just, save money on my heating bill every month.Edward: so like, here's The, Thing, . Every time you get a power, you're looking for a way to, to save some sense. I think the better look for growth opportunities. Look for ways to increase your revenue. Don't just cut your cost. You can't shrink yourself into success, Mike.Micheal: You know what? That's a good point. And this is why we're buddies. So this is, I'll bring the pessimism. You bring the optimism . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.superserious616.com

Today we've chosen to re-air our episode with one of the great pioneers of Canadian women's running, Diane Palmason. Sadly, Diane passed away over the Thanksgiving weekend in Courtenay BC and we feel so fortunate to have had this delightful conversation with her back in July 2021.Diane recalls how she discovered her love of running at a Sunday school picnic when she was just seven years old. By 12 she was recruited to train with the Mercury Athletic Club, a women's only track club coached by the legendary 1928 Olympian Myrtle Cook. Diane's career dates back to before women were allowed to run anything longer than 220 yards in competition, but in 1954 at the age of 16 she proudly represented Canada at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver BC. This was the same competition where both Roger Bannister and John Landy ran under 4-minutes for the mile in the same race, so Diane even got to witness the “miracle mile.”With no more opportunities to pursue, Diane retired from running at the age of 17 and carried on with her life. She went to university, became a teacher, married and had four children. Over 20 years went by before she burst back onto the scene, inspired by Eleanor Thomas' win at the inaugural National Capital Marathon in 1975. Since then Diane has broken Canadian records in every age group from W40-W70 and at every distance from 100m to 80k. In 2003 Diane broke seven Canadian records from 100m to the marathon all within five months, some of which were also world records.  This conversation is a history lesson delivered through amazing storytelling. We owe Diane and the female runners of her time a debt of gratitude for spearheading a revolution and changing the commonly held beliefs about what women are capable of, particularly into their masters years. Resources we discussed in the episode:Margaret Webb's book, Older Faster Stronger, where Diane is featured.Roger Bannister and John Landy's "miracle mile"Jim Peters marathon collapseKathrine Switzer's book, Marathon WomanAge grading calculatorConnect with Carolyn & Kim:Kim's InstagramKim's FacebookCarolyn's InstagramCarolyn's FacebookCarolyn's website (sign up for her free weekly newsletter on the homepage)We love hearing from you! Connect with us on Instagram @inspiredsolescast or email guest ideas to inspiredsolescast@gmail.com. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend, subscribe or leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.

In 1954, Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes. The following month John Landy bettered Bannister's time which led to a showdown in August at an event in Vancouver, Canada.  It was quite a race.Support the show

Over our last two podcasts, we interviewed two really different runners: ultrarunner Coree Woltering and 800m runner Sadi Henderson. This week, we reflected on our big takeaways from our time with each of them. We also caught up on a lot of missed news, like the performances at USA Indoor Nationals, the Tokyo Marathon, Grant Fisher's new American records, the new 50K world record, and the death of John Landy.

226: Chris Wardlaw | Vale John Landy This episode of the Inside Running Podcast is brought to you by PILLAR Performance – Australia's leading sports micronutrition brand – providing high-strength formulations to support recovery, elevate energy and relieve joint inflammation for endurance athletes. Available online now at pillarperformance.com.au     John Landy, the second man ever to run a mile in under 4 minutes, passed away on 24th February 2022, aged 91. John Landy set the world record for the mile 3:57.9 in 1954, setting the 1500m world record enroute and set the stage for “The Miracle Mile” in the 1954 Vancouver British Empire Games against his rival Roger Bannister. Landy represented Australia in the 1952 & 1956 Olympics, and won Bronze in the 1500m in Melbourne. One of the most iconic moments in Australian sporting history happened in the 1956 Australian National Championships where he stopped to pick up a fallen Ron Clarke, before catching the field ahead to ultimately win the race. John Landy also served as the Governor of Victoria from 2001-2006. https://www.runnerstribe.com/features/vale-john-michael-landy-ac-cvo-mbe-12-april-1930-24-february-2022/    Brad finds a new lease on life training like an Ingebrigsten. Julian puts his knee post-surgery through its paces on the Breakfast Creek Handicap. Brady once again gets pulled up on the lack of hills. Catriona Bisset took the win by .03 in the World Indoor Tour 800m in 2:00.16 at Copernicus Cup Torun, Poland. Linden Hall ran 4:07.56 in the Women's 1500m. World Athletics Results https://www.instagram.com/p/CaSo5wqslbN/    Run The Bridge 10K in Hobart was won by Brett Robinson and Rose Davies, with the winners crossing the line within seconds of each other after women set off 3 minutes ahead. Andy Buchanan and Joel Tobin-White came second and third in the Men's race while Charlotte Purdue and Natalie Rule joined the women's podium. Results https://www.instagram.com/p/Cafw2msB3XB   Listener Question asks about controlling the effort when the gun goes off, then Training Talk goes into the nuances of structure to the training and what type of workout intensities should feature in a typical month. Moose then makes a big announcement regarding a big purchase.   Chris Wardlaw, a two-time Olympian, multiple representative and coach to runners such as Steve Moneghetti, Kerryn McCann & Craig Mottram and a stalwart legend of Australian distance running is this week's guest. “Rab” as he's known as, talks with Brady about how he identifies himself, and recounts his his personal bests and the stories behind them, playing to the crowd for his 5k PB, equalling Ron Clarke's 10k record and tying with Bill Scott to 2:11:55 at the 1979 Fukuoka Marathon. Talking with Brady about the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, where he ran two 10Ks (as was the style at the time) and then the marathon, the significance of running down Prefontaine Drive, then getting the team to the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow to maintain Australia's uninterrupted run through the Olympics and the legacy that left, while recounting the heat and the humidity of the marathon in Moscow and watching the dawn of De Castella's career. Rab takes it back to his days at Monash Uni, having the epiphany to get back into running and training again, then going on to develop a system of training with coach Pat Clohessy incorporating mental relaxation, high volume and quality workouts as well as the power of the critical mass. The talk then changes about his career as a coach, as the rightful creator of Deek's Quarters and Mona Fartlek, Chris gives his observations state of marathon running in Australia, coaching Craig Mottram in the end of career, learning how an athlete thinks and the experience of Sydney Olympics as the head athletics coach. This conversation rounds up on the possibility of an autobiography, balancing his athletic life with his current responsibilities on education boards, reflections on our performance in the Tokyo Olympics and taking that momentum forward.     Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com For shoes or running apparel contact Julian at: https://www.facebook.com/therunningcompanyballarat/ Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

Steve Monaghetti pays tribute to the Australian athletics great and former Victorian governor who sadly passed away on the weekend aged 91

Australia joins Western nations in imposing sanctions targeting Vladimir Putin, the first African-American woman appointed to the US Supreme Court; and in sport, Australia mourns the death of legendary Australian runner John Landy.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this episode mentions the names of people who have passed away. Governor Macquarie uses military force to effectively end the Sydney Wars. We also wrap things up and conclude that the history I learned at school was not accurate. We also pay tribute to John Landy, the second person to break the 4 minute mile, who has passed away.  He is also famous for helping Ron Clarke to his feet in the 1956 Australian mile championships. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LZK5YbJkYQ   

The second man to break the four-minute mile barrier has been hailed for performing one of the most extraordinary acts of sportsmanship in athletics history, as well as his contribution to the community over several decades.

======================================== ==SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1======================================== == DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA ADULTOS 2022“NUESTRO MARAVILLOSO DIOS”Narrado por: Desde: Una cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church 01 DE ENERO«NO MIRARÉ ATRÁS»«Nosotros también, teniendo en derredor nuestra tan grande nube de testigos, despojémonos de todo peso y del pecado que nos asedia, y corramos con paciencia la carrera que tenemos por delante, puestos los ojos en Jesús, el autor y consumador de la fe» . Hebreos 12: 1-2PRIMERO LA LLAMARON «La milla milagrosa»; luego recibió el calificativo de «La milla del siglo». Eso fue exactamente lo que resultó ser la competencia que enfrentó a los dos hombres más velocidades del planeta en la carrera de una milla: Roger Bannister y John Landy.El año, 1954. El lugar, Vancouver, Canadá. El escenario, los V Juegos de la Mancomunidad. Para ese entonces los dos atletas consiguió romper la de los cuatro minutos, el récord para la distancia. El primero en lograrlo fue Bannister, con una marca de 3: 59.4, en mayo de 1953. Poco después, en junio de ese mismo año, Landy logró detener el reloj en 3:58, convirtiéndose así en el dueño de la nueva marca. ¿Quién de los dos prevalecería?Cuando se dio la señal de partida, Landy salió al frente, como de costumbre. Barandilla, lo seguía de cerca. Pronto los demás contendores quedaron lejos. Mientras tanto, en las gradas, una multitud de 35 000 fanáticos observaba, expectante.Al entrar en el último cuarto de milla, Landy iba al frente. Cuando apenas faltaban unos ochenta metros para la meta, Landy escuchó un gran alboroto proveniente de la multitud. Eso podía significar solo una cosa: que Bannister se estaba acercando peligrosamente. Entonces, justo antes de la línea de llegada, Landy miró hacia atrás, a su izquierda. Quería asegurar de la posición de su rival. En ese mismo instante Bannister lo superó por el lado derecho, ¡justo cuando llegaban a la meta! Una estatua en Vancouver se erige hoy en recuerdo del dramático final.El nuevo año ha comenzado. El mundo nos observa. ¿Cómo correremos «la carrera que tenemos por delante»? He aquí un plan con resultados garantizados.Teniendo en cuenta:Que no estamos solos en esta carrera, y que tenemos ante nosotros «tan grande nube de testigos» --los fieles hombres y mujeres que nos precedieron y que vencieron gracias a la sangre del CorderoResolvemos: (1) Que nos despojaremos «de todo peso y del pecado que nos asedia». (2) Que no miraremos hacia atrás; a menos que sea para recordar la manera como Dios nos ha guiado hasta aquí. (3) Que correremos la carrera puestos los ojos en Jesús, el autor y consumador de nuestra fe. Gracias, Padre celestial, porque estás, no solo al principio, sino también al final de nuestra carrera. Ayúdanos, en el año que comienza, a despojamos de todo lo que deshonre tu santo nombre. Por, sobre todo, ayúdanos a mantener nuestros ojos fijos en Jesús, ¡Con él de nuestro lado, nuestra victoria está garantizada!

"Jadi akhirnya, saudara-saudara, semua yang benar, semua yang mulia, semua yang adil, semua yang suci, semua yang manis, semua yang sedap didengar, semua yang disebut kebajikan dan patut dipuji, pikirkanlah semuanya itu." (Filipi 4:8) Renungan: Roger Bannister adalah pelari pertama yang berhasil memecahkan rekor lari dalam jarak 1 mil dengan waktu kurang dari 4 menit, setelah ratusan tahun orang percaya bahwa sangat tidak mungkin bagi manusia menempuh jarak itu. Rekor dunia lari 1 mil mulai tercatat pada 26 Juli 1852, ketika Charles Westhall mengukir prestasi 4 menit 28 detik. Rekor ini terus bertahan hingga 4 September 1942 oleh Gunder Hagg dalam waktu 4 menit 1,3 detik. Itu berarti hingga tahun 1942 belum ada satu orang pun yang bisa lari 1 mil di bawah 4 menit. Hal ini juga dibuktikan dengan satu fakta, di mana pada masa Mesir kuno, orang percaya bahwa dengan melepaskan beberapa singa lapar yang akan mengejar mereka, seorang bisa lari 1 mil kurang dari 4 menit. Tapi ternyata mereka hanya mencapai waktu terbaik 4 menit lebih 6 detik. Sejak itu tidak ada pemecahan rekor. Para ilmuwan, dokter ahli menyatakan bahwa tidak mungkin seseorang bisa lari 1 mil kurang dari 4 menit dan mengatakan, "Jika ada orang yang berani mencoba, jantungnya pasti akan pecah." Tetapi Roger dengan keyakinannya membuat konsep dalam pemikirannya bahwa ia pasti bisa memecahkan rekor tersebut. Pola pemikiran seperti itulah yang membuat ia berlatih secara sistematis. Pada tanggal 6 Mei 1954, ia mengukir sejarah dengan rekornya 3 menit 59,4 detik. Setelah Roger berhasil, 46 hari berikutnya, 21 Juni 1954, John Landy seorang pelari Australia, mampu memecahkan rekor Roger dalam catatan waktu 3 menit 57,9 detik. Itulah kekuatan pikiran yang akan memengaruhi tindakan dan hasil yang akan kita capai dalam hidup ini. Rasul Paulus pun menasihatkan agar kita senantiasa memikirkan hal-hal yang positif dan berkenan pada Tuhan. Pikiran kita sangatlah rapuh. Ia begitu rentan dengan hal-hal negatif. Maka tugas kita adalah memastikan bahwa yang masuk ke dalam pikiran kita hanyalah hal-hal yang positif, optimis dan sesuai kebenaran firman Tuhan agar kita menghasilkan hal yang baik pula. Mari senantiasa melangkah dengan pikiran positif untuk meraih tujuan yang sudah Tuhan rancang dalam kehidupan kita. Tuhan Yesus memberkati. Doa: Tuhan Yesus, aku percaya Engkau sanggup menolongku untuk senantiasa mengarahkan pikiranku pada hal-hal yang positif, benar dan berkenan pada-Mu. Amin. (Dod).

Today we're honoured to be speaking with one of the great pioneers of Canadian women's running, Diane Palmason. Now in her 80s and living in Comox, BC, Diane recalls how she discovered her love of running at a Sunday school picnic when she was just seven years old. By 12 she was recruited to train with the Mercury Athletic Club, a women's only track club coached by the legendary 1928 Olympian Myrtle Cook. Diane's career dates back to before women were allowed to run anything longer than 220 yards in competition, but in 1954 at the age of 16 she proudly represented Canada at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, BC. This was the same competition where both Roger Bannister and John Landy ran under 4-minutes for the mile in the same race, so Diane even got to witness the “miracle mile.”With no more opportunities to pursue, Diane retired from running at the age of 17 and carried on with her life. She went to university, became a teacher, married and had four children. Over 20 years went by before she burst back onto the scene, inspired by Eleanor Thomas' win at the inaugural National Capital Marathon in 1975. Since then Diane has broken Canadian records in every age group from W40-W70 and at every distance from 100m to 80k. In 2003 Diane broke seven Canadian records from 100m to the marathon all within five months, some of which were also world records.  This conversation is a history lesson delivered through amazing storytelling. We owe Diane and the female runners of her time a debt of gratitude for spearheading a revolution and changing the commonly held beliefs about what women are capable of, particularly into their masters years. AddendumWe can tell Diane has so much respect for the sport and its athletes because she immediately followed up with the name of the older woman who had run the National Capital Marathon multiple times...Judith Kazdan. Born in 1920, Judith was a barrier breaker much like Diane, running 38 marathons in total at a time when it was regarded as unacceptable and even dangerous. In 2010, the year after her death, she was inducted into the Canadian Masters Athletics Hall of Fame.Diane also provided a correction for an error she made in the recording. She said that by the 1976 Olympics women were still only running 200m but in actual fact they were running 1500m by then.Carolyn also made an error when we were talking about Malindi Elmore. She said Malindi represented Canada at the Olympics in the 1500m twice, but it was once...2004 in Athens. After narrowly missing making the 2008 and 2012 teams, she essentially retired from the sport only to make a huge comeback at the marathon distance 17 years later. Resources we discussed in the episode:Margaret Webb's book, Older Faster Stronger, where Diane is featured.Roger Bannister and John Landy's "miracle mile"Jim Peters marathon collapseKathrine Switzer's book, Marathon WomanAge grading calculator

Today's inspiration is from the story of John Landy and how John stopped to help a competitor he collided with and what that meant to history.Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/the831livingyourbestlifepodcastFind us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/the831podcast/Check out the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBFnOjbZ4FSbKwi1y1aZYjQContact Jim at junglejimhunter.com#podcast #newpodcastalert #buzzsproutpodcasts #teamcanada #inspiration #motivation #wellness #yyc #yycpodcast #alberta #saskatchewan #canadianpodcast #albertapodcast #junglejimhunter #831 #leadership #leadershipquotes #coaching #lifecoaching #alpine #alpineskiing #15minutesorless #johnlandy #australia #mile #4minmile #landy

Court on the FlowFM Sporting Fix's 'Sports Express' reviews some significant sporting achievements, and Clayton recognises the birthday of John Landy, an NRL champion and Aussie tennis hero Jelena Dokic

Polymaths have belief in themselves. Whether it is well-placed or delusional, they believe that they will reach their goal. Many people are their own worst enemies when it comes to learning. But this speaks to something even more fundamental: the belief in agency, or the ability to act and achieve. This means that output equals input, within reasonable expectations. One cannot reach a goal if they don't believe they are capable of it first. Questions or comments regarding the podcast? Email the show at HollinsPodcast@NewtonMG.com or let us know what you think at http://bit.ly/hollinscomment Hear it Here - https://bit.ly/polymathhollins Show notes and/or episode transcripts are available at https://bit.ly/self-growth-home Peter Hollins is a bestselling author, human psychology researcher, and a dedicated student of the human condition. Visit https://bit.ly/peterhollins to pick up your FREE human nature cheat sheet: 7 surprising psychology studies that will change the way you think. For narration information visit Russell Newton at https://bit.ly/VoW-home For production information visit Newton Media Group LLC at https://bit.ly/newtonmg      #HelsinkiSummerOlympics #HichamElGuerrouj #JohnLandy #PeterHollins #TheArtandScienceofSelf-Growth #RogerBannister #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #SirRogerBannister #FourMinuteMile #Polymath #Polymathy Helsinki Summer Olympics,Hicham El Guerrouj,John Landy,Peter Hollins,The Art and Science of Self-Growth,Roger Bannister,Russell Newton,NewtonMG,Sir Roger Bannister,Four Minute Mile,Polymath,Polymathy,

Do you remember the four-minute mile? Athletes had been trying to beat this time since the days of the ancient Greeks. Someone found some old documents of how the Greeks tried to accomplish this. They had wild animals chase the runners, hoping that would make them run faster. They tried tiger's milk: not the stuff you get down at the supermarket, I'm talking about the real thing.Nothing worked, so they decided it was physically impossible for a human being to run a mile in four minutes. Our bone structure was all wrong, the wind resistance was too great, our lung power was inadequate. There were a million reasons.Then one day, on May 6, 1954, a 25 year old man named Roger Bannister proved that the doctors, the trainers, and the athletes themselves were all wrong. On a cold wet track he ran a mile in 3 minutes 59 seconds. 46 days later at man named John Landy ran it in 3 minutes 58 seconds. A year later three more people did it. To date, more than 1400 people have done something that was said to be impossible.Because it was said to be impossible, people believed it was impossible. They believed it for hundreds of years. It's amazing what we think is impossible. Sadly, we demonstrate this lack of faith towards God. We'll often speak of a situation that looks bleak that it's impossible. Yet, my Bible says something different. Matthew 19:26 says, “But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”Jeremiah 32:17 - “Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.”Genesis 18:14 - “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”Matthew 9:23 says, “All things are possible for one who believes.”Are you catching it? Our God is in the business of turning the impossible into possible.I talk to so many people who are facing situations that seem impossible.  I can't change my marriage, my health doesn't seem to be getting any better.  My career is stuck, it's impossible with this economy to get a better job.  Another year has passed, and I'm still not married.  There is so much dysfunction in our family, pastor, you don't even know.  I can't stop smoking or I can't stop overeating.  Maybe you hear the vision of your pastor and you feel that things won't change.  It's too hard.  People are not interested in the gospel.  Our church will probably always be like it is now. That is impossibility talking.  Did you know that impossible is not in God's vocabulary?  My Bible tells me that nothing is impossible with God.  He doesn't know what it's like to face a situation and not know what to do.  He doesn't know what it's like to confront an issue and feel powerless.I believe this is a spiritual issue. We need to exercise the faith God has given us and once again believe that God can move mountains. He can restore marriages. He can bring lost sons and daughters home. He can open new doors of opportunity. He can bring revival to churches. He can heal sick bodies.As we serve God, it may be confusing, it may be challenging, it may be difficult, but with God, nothing is impossible.Up until 1956 people believed a 4-minute mile was impossible. They were proven wrong. What is it that you believe is impossible? What have you said that God cannot do? I believe he delights in doing the impossible. Will you ask him? Will you trust him?Today's Challenge: Determine where you have given up in believing God? Have you stopped praying about a particular need? Reaffirm your faith in our great God. Believe him once more. Reignite your prayers and your faith and let's believe God to do the impossible in 2021.

Many of you Daily Hustlers have heard about the long and arduous quest to break the 4 minute mile... Roger Bannister is likely a name that rings a bell unless you just so happen to be living beneath a rock with Stevie SuperSoft completely ignorant to significant historical events that have had a lasting impact on the human psyche. Yes, Bannister was the one to eventually break the 4 minute mile barrier but it was a series of events, an arch rival and a little help from a couple friends that ultimately made the incredible feat possible. John Landy was an Australian runner who had become set on becoming the first person to go sub 4... In 1954 Landy ran 3 consecutive 4:02's in January, February and April... Knowing that it was only a matter of time before Landry went below 4, Bannister knew he had one shot at it on May 6th, 1954 in a meet between Oxford and Bannister's AAA running club. Originally the winds were gusting at 25 plus MPH and Bannister was not going to run, but the breeze died down and at 6pm sharp a field of runners including Bannister and 2 pace setters, Christopher Chataway and Chris Brasher, were off to the races (pun intended).  Brasher went to the front of the pack and led at the quarter mile and half mile marks before Chataway took the lead in the 3rd lap... Chataway led until there were about 275 yards left in the race and Bannister seemingly got shot out of a cannon and distanced himself from the pack and crossed the finish line in a record 3:59.4. For 9 years the mile record stood at 4:01.4 and the thought of going underneath 4 minutes was thought of by many people as not humanly possible...  Ironically, just 46 days later John Landy ran a 3:57.9 and within the first 2 years after Bannister beat the 4 min mark, it was done 50 other times!!!  What we believe is possible is created in our minds and our bodies tend to follow... The bottom line is that our minds are forever creating our reality and our thoughts are forever dictating our actions. Where those actions take us is 100% dependent on where our mind allows us to go...  As Matt Fitzgerald so brilliantly pointed out in his book How Bad Do You Want It, our mind will always quit before our body physically shuts down.. The only question becomes how close to that threshold are we willing to go?

In 1954, Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes. The following month John Landy bettered Bannister's time which led to a showdown in August at an event in Vancouver, Canada.  It was quite a race.

John Landy epic mile race.

Muchas veces nos preguntamos ¿Qué va a pasar en mi vida? ¿Qué va a suceder? ¿Por qué estoy luchando? Entonces yo te pregunto: ¿De qué depende de qué algo suceda? Las cosas no suceden por suerte ni por el destino, todo sucede por dos factores “creencias limitantes y fe”, ya que de acuerdo a estás nosotros operamos y así generamos resultados. Para poder tener una vida sin límites es necesario romper paradigmas; estos son todas aquellas creencias, experiencias, vivencias y valores que repercuten y condicionan en cómo una persona ve la realidad. Para explicar esto mejor, escucha la historia de Roger Bannister y John Landy; cómo ellos dudaron y desafiaron paradigmas y crearon récords mundiales. Así como estos ejemplos puedo compartirte muchos para que te inspires, veas dentro de ti y desafíes todas esas creencias limitantes que has ido a lo largo de tu vida adjudicando, piensa por unos segundos, todo lo que has querido hacer en toda vida y lo que alguien alguna vez te dijo para que no lo cumplieras, ¿recuerdas eso que te decían? Pues la buena noticia es que está en ti el poder de seguir viviendo limitadamente o libremente.

Kevin and Lincoln break down the 1954 mile race between Roger Bannister and John Landy, dubbed "The Miracle Mile," which took place in Vancouver at the Empire and Commonwealth Games.

129: Steve Jones part 2 Brad continues to hit his stride and gets to his 100 day running streak.Julian literally, almost goes on the wrong side of the tracks.Brady sorts out his achilles problems and tries to reset post marathon training. 2017 London Marathon winner Daniel Wanjiru provisionally suspended for violating doping sanctions.Athletics Weekly Report Listener Question of the week from Zach asks about how to go about integrating hills with training and then Moose on the Loose gets stir crazy in isolation and then takes it out on relief teachers   Scott Nicholas returns with the final first-round introducing the last group performances in the 64 nominated and the previous week’s winners.   Ralph Doubell 800m victory and world record in the 1968 Mexico CityVSMelissa Rollison takes Silver Medal in the 2006 Comm Games Steeplechase in Melbourne-Dave Chettle’s dramatic victory in the 1978 Choysa Auckland “Marathon”VsGeorge Blake finishes 6th in both the 5 Mile & Marathon in the 1906 Intercalated Olympic Games in Athens  - Craig Mottram’s 12:58 2006 Commonwealth Games Silver Medal VSLee Troop breaks Ron Clarke’s 5000m National Record in Melbourne Track Classic in 1999 - Kerryn McCann wins the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games MarathonVSPeter Bourke wins the gold medal at the 1982 Brisbane 800m Comm Games - Lisa Martin wins solo at the women-only 1988 Osaka MarathonVSPat Carroll wins the 1995 Beppu-Oita Marathon in 2:09:39- Margaret Crowley runs 4:01.34 in the 1996 Bislett Games, OsloVSAndrew Lloyd wins the 5000m in the 1990 Auckland Comm Games - Ryan Gregson sets the 1500m National Record 3:31 in 2009VSMerv Lincoln runs the second fastest mile of all time in Dublin 1958 - John Landy is the second human to break the 4 minute mile in Turku, FinlandVSGen Gregson sets the Australian Steeplechase Record, at the Paris Diamond League 2016   Steve Jones and Sophie pick up from where they left off last week, seeking redemption after pulling out of the Chicago Marathon in 1983 by returning the next year by breaking Rob De Castella’s World Record while still working full time for the RAF and running the 10 000m in the Los Angeles Olympics along the way.Steve goes into his “recovery” after that iconic Chicago Marathon, his training philosophy at the time and partnership with coach Bob Wallace before going into the much-hyped 1985 London Marathon where he raced against Charlie Spedding and a dodgy quiche to take out the win in a course-record time.Steve and Sophie then recount the famous 1985 Chicago Marathon where Steve obliterated the field, breaking both the pacer and out of Deek’s shadow to a comprehensive victory and then witnessing Deek’s best performance at the 1986 Boston Marathon.Steve then recounts 1987 Boston Marathon where he faced off on a stacked field and the 1988 NYC Marathon where he ran 2:08:20 going into a typical training week of that era. This great conversation concludes with his role in modern running passing on his coaching philosophy and experiences, what he would change looking back and what he’d relive. 1985 London Marathon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipG2VJx4II4   Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com For shoes or running apparel contact Julian at: https://www.facebook.com/therunningcompanyballarat/ Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

Whilst the dust was settling after the Second World War there was an optimism for a better world. A world where people could focus on human endeavour instead of human destruction. Roger Bannister found himself at the centre of a worldwide battle to be the first athlete to break the four minute mile. Australia's John Landy had come excruciatingly close but Bannister gained the assistance of his friends to assist him on a wet Oxford afternoon to attempt breaking this four minute benchmark. The outcome set up a race between the two men where they would truly find out who the greatest miler of all time was. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! Before you commit to your 2020 goals, make sure that you aren't limiting yourself by what you think is impossible. In this episode, I discuss the impact of Roger Bannister who on May 6th, 1954 was the first person in history to break the 4-minute mile barrier. While this was certainly history-making, what followed changed the way we look goal setting and what is possible for us all. You see, 46 days later Roger's record was broken by John Landy. And in the decades that have followed, beating the goal of running a 4-minute mile has been done more than a thousand times. Runners didn't miraculously start training better, nor did they find faster shoes... they simply BELIEVED they could do it because it had been done, so they now knew it was possible. What goal have you not gone after, because it's your version of the "impossible 4-minute mile"? Take a second look at what you think is just out of reach and reconsider what is possible. By summoning up our own internal Roger Bannister, we have the ability to change our entire reality. Start visualizing, by thinking AND feeling what it will be like to accomplish your greatest goal. Roger knew that if he did this every day, breaking the 4-minute mile would undoubtedly happen. We all have this ability. Let's make 2020 the year of unlimited possibility! Cheers to making the 20's your best year and decade ever! Michelle Dutro Thanks for Listening and Subscribing! Also, for my blogs (my take on every episode) go to: www.innernorthstar.com and receive my free eBook with my appreciation for joining the tribe! Thank you so much for joining me on this episode. If you have some feedback you'd like to share, leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see to the left of this post. Also, please leave an honest review for The Game Changer Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And while you're there, don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates!

Happy New Year! Before you commit to your 2020 goals, make sure that you aren't limiting yourself by what you think is impossible. In this episode, I discuss the impact of Roger Bannister who on May 6th, 1954 was the first person in history to break the 4-minute mile barrier. While this was certainly history-making, what followed changed the way we look goal setting and what is possible for us all. You see, 46 days later Roger's record was broken by John Landy. And in the decades that have followed, beating the goal of running a 4-minute mile has been done more than a thousand times. Runners didn't miraculously start training better, nor did they find faster shoes... they simply BELIEVED they could do it because it had been done, so they now knew it was possible. What goal have you not gone after, because it's your version of the "impossible 4-minute mile"? Take a second look at what you think is just out of reach and reconsider what is possible. By summoning up our own internal Roger Bannister, we have the ability to change our entire reality. Start visualizing, by thinking AND feeling what it will be like to accomplish your greatest goal. Roger knew that if he did this every day, breaking the 4-minute mile would undoubtedly happen. We all have this ability. Let's make 2020 the year of unlimited possibility! Cheers to making the 20's your best year and decade ever! Michelle Dutro Thanks for Listening and Subscribing! Also, for my blogs (my take on every episode) go to: http://www.innernorthstar.com/ (www.innernorthstar.com) and receive my free eBook with my appreciation for joining the tribe! Thank you so much for joining me on this episode. If you have some feedback you'd like to share, leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see to the left of this post. Also, https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-game-changer-podcast/id1045184666?mt=2&ls=1 (please leave an honest review for The Game Changer Podcast on iTunes)! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And while you're there, don't forget to https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-game-changer-podcast/id1045184666?mt=2&ls=1 (subscribe to the show on iTunes) to get automatic updates! Support this podcast

110: Steve Thurston Ben St Lawrence gets through a week in bushfire smoke in the lead up to Zatopek:10. Brad’s trying to manage his body and very nearly hangs up the shoes. Brady gets the surprise announcement that he’ll be lining up for Zatopek:10.   Zatopek:10 2019 announces it Starting Lists and the boys sort through deep fields to see who could take it out   Joshua Cheptegei runs a road 10km World Records 26:38 in Valencia, which also shows off the depth in the marathon event.https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/ugandas-cheptegei-smashes-world-10km-record-in-valencia/   The boys are joined by Dom Godfrey to give a preview Steigen #1  at John Landy field on December 21 talking about the teams, coaches and most importantly the athletes set to star on an exciting new concept in athletics.   Listener question asks about whether the pathways from little athletics to seniors provides a clear enough direction to succeed in the current sporting landscape. Steve Thurston recounts his lifetime trials and tribulations with Brad, talking about getting into running via cycling and holding the titles for the 1500m, 5000 and 3000m Steeplechase. Steve recounts the winning the Olympic trials Steeplechase for the Sydney Olympics, only to watch it from the sidelines explaining the selection process at the time and then his first major setback dealing with surgery and around osteitis pubis. Steve then talks about his comeback, running on the roads and gearing up to run the Gold Coast Marathon in 2012 before talking openly about his battle with testicular cancer, heart and mental issues while celebrating the birth of his son, putting his running career on hold again, all the while imploring the importance of reaching out for support when it’s needed. In the next chapter of his life, Steve finds motivation in doing the Kokoda Track before joining Team Tempo and getting his fitness back on track to make his debut at the Melbourne Marathon in 2:26, closing with his observations on the running culture of South Australia. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com For shoes or running apparel contact Julian at: https://www.facebook.com/therunningcompanyballarat/ Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

Have you ever noticed that there’s something satisfying about seeing a car’s odometer roll over from 99,999 to 100,000 miles? Or maybe more likely, looking at a clock right when it hits 12:00 on the nose? What’s so special about these moments? In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at quirk of human behavior that can lead, in some cases, to superhuman achievement. Katy brings you the story of Roger Bannister’s quest to break the four-minute mile—a centuries-old psychological barrier—and the great leaps in athletic achievement that followed his feat. You’ll hear the history of the four-minute mile from Jason Beck, author of The Miracle Mile: Stories of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and a curator at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame. You’ll also hear documentary interviews from Roger Bannister and John Landy about their famous race. You can see a photo of the stopwatch used in the Miracle Mile race here. The watch is permanently stopped at Roger Bannister’s sub-four-minute time. Next, we visit the rather more humble setting of a gas station to demonstrate how a preference for round dollar amounts is common, even when cash is not involved. Then, Devin Pope of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business joins Katy to discuss the psychological costs and benefits of goals and how round numbers can affect your motivation in different contexts. Finally, Katy provides some actionable intelligence on how you can use round-number goals to improve outcomes, whether that’s getting into college, saving for retirement or running a faster marathon. Choiceology is an original podcast from Charles Schwab. For more on the series, visit schwab.com/podcast If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating or review on Apple Podcasts. Important Disclosures: All expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market conditions. The comments, views, and opinions expressed in the presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Charles Schwab. Data contained herein from third-party providers is obtained from what are considered reliable sources. However, its accuracy, completeness or reliability cannot be guaranteed. ( 0419-93J5)

A good start doesn’t guarantee a good finish.  I learned that lesson by running distance events in high school.  The runners that sprinted the first couple of hundred yards and gained an early lead were not necessarily (nor even likely) to be the ones that finished the race well.   This is illustrated well by a couple of world-class milers.  The first man ever to run the mile in less than four minutes was Roger Bannister.  He did so in 1954.  Later that same year, a second runner accomplished the same feat and set a new world record.  His name was John Landy.  Soon enough those two runners met in a long-awaited duel.  It was dubbed the “Miracle Mile.”  100 million people listened via radio to see who would win their match.                 At the gun, Landy had a strong start.  In fact, he led the race until the final curve. Because of the way the sun was set in the sky, he could clearly see his shadow and Bannister’s cast on the track.  He estimated that he was some 15 yards in the lead.  To confirm this, he turned his head to gauge Bannister's position. Bannister took that opportunity to pass him on his blind side.  In doing so, he edged out a victory over Landy.   A sculpture of the race-deciding moment stands near the spot where the duel was held.   Landy later said, “I would have won the race if I hadn’t looked back; if I hadn’t taken my eyes off the goal.”   He had a good start, but that doesn’t guarantee a good finish.  To win we have to keep our eyes on the goal.   Landy reminds me of the biblical character whose story we will revisit over the next couple of weeks.  His name is Samson.   Samson started well, but finished poorly.  He fought the Lord’s battles by day but broke the Lord’s commandments by night.  He was strong before men, but weak before women.  His name meant “sunshine” but he ended his life blinded by the very enemies he was sent to conquer.    Our consolation is that though Samson did not finish as well as he could have, God was not finished doing His work.  As we will see, God is going to carry through to completion what neither Samson, nor any of us, can do on our own.  He is going to save us from our sins and make possible an abundant life that stretches from now to eternity.    Carousel: The Broken Heroes of Judges “Samson: A Good Start Doesn’t Guarantee a Good Finish” Judges 13   A good birth   And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson(13:24a).   Divine plans   Dedicated parents   A good blessing   And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him (13:24b).   The blessing of growth   The blessing of grace   A good burden   And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol (13:25).   Source of his burden   Stirring of his burden

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Over the last several years, Brandon has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to start, and scale, successful digital marketing businesses. As Creator of the RankDaddy training platform, his concept of “outsourcing everything” allows his followers to scale at a pace never before thought of, giving his students, freedom to get their life back! So now it's in the minds of these people and now it's a reality that is totally possible. And here's what happened, forty-six days later, John Landy did it again. He beats the first record, he runs another sub four minute mile. Forty-six days. It'd been centuries before that and never been done. Now, today, thousands of runners have a four minute mile. So it's a total reality. Yes, it's a difficult thing to attain, you've gotta train but it's totally reachable, right? So let's apply this to our business. Are there things in your business that maybe you seem to think are impossible for you to do? Maybe you don't think they're impossible period but you may be wondering, looking at other people reaching the same goals you are and you're wondering how is this possible? How are you being able to do it but I can't? So maybe say you want to reach a $10000 a month residual income in your digital marketing business and you just can't seem to get there. You struggle, you fight, you have a hard time landing clients. You'll land clients and a couple you'll lose, You can't get to that $10000 a month period, that mark. So Anthony Robbins put it great, he said, "The fastest way, the absolute fastest way to success is through simply model someone who's already achieved success in the area that you're after." So if you're in he digital marketing space, SEO space, you have an agency and you wanna reach that, all you have to do is find someone else in your industry that is doing that. Same thing for any niche, it doesn't matter what industry or what business you're in, if you wanna reach a certain level, find somebody who's already mastered that level of success and model them.

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Your hosts, Marie-Claude, Terry, Lynn, and Carmel  (video of show at bottom). ListenEN_Interview_2-20180309-WIE20 Logging scarred the landscape of the Kumdis Slough area of Haida Gwaii off Canada’s western coast and illegally damaged a stream rich in salmon. (Haida Laas-Graham Richard) Haiida Gwaii, the archipelago off Canada's west coast is covered in old growth forest and a rich ecosystem. But in one area, known as the Kumdis Slough, (slew) poor logging practices had left serious damage in a salmon stream. Canadian law protects fish habitat and the  three companies involved were brought to court. The judge heard the case and imposed a creative sentence in the hope of restoring and protecting the land. Lynn Desjardins spoke with Tanya Wahbe of the Nature Conservancy of Canada to hear how the case was resolved with the help of local indigenous people. FCKD UP, the sweetened beverage that's 11.9 per cent alcohol, has been sold in Quebec since last fall. (Radio-Canada) Alcoholic beveragaes, mixed with sugar and stimulants are the latest trend in teenage binge drinking. The problem is this combination can prove lethal. Hubert Sacy is the director general of Educ'alcool, a non-profit group that educates people in Quebec on the dangers of alcohol. He had been warning, along with several other experts, about the danger associated with an American drink called Four Loco, and its Quebec version, known as FCKD UP. Last weekend the death of 14 year-old Athena Gervais, found near her high school in a suburb of Montreal. stunned the community, and had the producer, Geloso Beverage Group, removing all the product from Quebec shelves. Carmel Kilkenny spoke with Hubert Sacy to find out why this concoction is so dangerous. Dr. Roger Bannister of England, supported by handlers as he was near collapse after running the British Empire Games mile, in a time of 3:58.8 on Aug. 7, 1954 in Vancouver. Bannister defeated Australian school teacher John Landy, who also finished under four minutes. It was the first time two runners had ever broken the once thought-to-be impossible four minute mile barrier in the same race. Three months a day previously, no single runner had ever done it once. (AP WIREPHOTO) Roger Bannister, the man who ran the "miracle mile" in 1954, died last weekend at the age of 88. Terry Haig honoured his memory in recounting the riveting experience it was, to watch Bannister run. It was 64 years ago in Vancouver, British Columbia, at what became the Commonwealth Games. Roger Bannister, then a medical student at Oxford in Britain, against a school teacher from Australia, John Landy. Sports historian, Bruce Dowbiggin joins Terry to remember the moment and the evolution of track events it heralded.

Sir Roger Bannister, one of the all-time greats of athletics and sports died today at his home in Oxford. Sir Roger was a great British hero and the first break the four-minute mile barrier that many said was impossible. They said the human body could not survive such a feat. Yet in the year that followed several other athletes also ran a sub 4 minute mile, and the Australian runner, John Landy, beat Bannister's record by 2 seconds the following month with a time of 3:57.9. This goes to show that when we have the belief that something is possible we go after it with a different attitude and more often than not achieve it. There are two things to remember about Bannister’s achievement. Firstly, it was no accident or stroke of luck. He set a goal to break the record, planned and worked his training regime and record breaking race down to the smallest detail. Secondly, it was his ironclad belief that help push him through that tape at under 4 minutes. In my forthcoming book, Yes, Money C

Fantastic Fridays-#419 February 23rd The Strong Within Daily Affirmation Podcast I Keep My Eyes Straight Ahead “The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” ~Roger Bannister In the mid 1900s, there was a story that began circulating in the running community. The world record for running a mile at the time was 4:01.4 seconds—a record that stood for nine years. And so a mammoth story was born that it was impossible for any human to run a mile under 4 minutes. One reason records weren't being broken was from World War II interrupting people training or focusing on sports.   A man named Roger Bannister began his running career in 1946 at age 17, and even on a light running schedule compared to other runners, in 1948 he was considered for joining the Olympic team, which he turned down because he felt he was not qualified to compete at that level yet. And after watching the 1948 Olympics, that set his resolve to make it to Helsinki, Finland in 1952.   In the 1952 Olympics, the race he competed in was the 1500m (the equivalent of .932 miles). Roger was disappointed as he finished fourth…thus not being able to place and win an Olympic medal, but he did set a British Record in the process of that race.   After his setback in 1952 Bannister began to question whether he should continue his running career or give up, and he decided he was going to be the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. So he began training harder, as his previous training regimen was quite light to other distance runners in his field.   On May 6th 1954, Roger reached his goal as running a mile in 3:59.4 seconds.   And only 46 days later a rival of his, John Landy, surpassed the record.   On August 7, 1954 a historic race was set to take place as Bannister and Landy were set to race each other in what was deemed the “Miracle Mile” race. The reason the race garnered that name was because the only two people to run a mile in under four minutes ever we set to race against each other.   Landy was in the lead for most of the race until the last bend when Roger passed Landy and never gave up his lead. And later on both runners admitted the reason Roger took the lead was because when Landy was looking over his left shoulder to see where his followers were Roger blew right past him on his right side and never looked back.   The story of Roger Bannister comes up in a lot of self-development books or speeches about how a belief can determine what we do with our lives. A paradigm shift happens, and what was once deemed impossible is now within reach with alarming breakthroughs from many other people.   After Roger beat that impossible record, the next year four other men had run a sub four minute mile and the year after that 4 more to make it a total of 8 doing what was deemed impossible.   And I want to bring up the Miracle Mile race one last time to display a point the reason Bannister won was due to not worrying about who was behind him. Which makes me wonder how many times we have sabotaged ourselves worrying about other people's progress by taking our focus away from our own efforts.   So question, where is your nose? Is it in someone else's business, or is it only in your business? You will not go far by measuring yourself to what others are doing. Yes, we can always benchmark; but a good portion of the time when we look back, it's to see how hard we should be going. Instead of living your life dictated by how hard other people are going, work to go your own pace, work to go a little further for yourself each time. Don't judge your merit or your effort by what another person is doing.   We go to our jobs, our schools, or even our family life comparing what others are doing and then falling into place with that standard. We cripple our progress by looking for a norm, looking for what's acceptable, when we should go all out creating our own standards. And if we settle for average, we will be left wondering why we always feel so unfulfilled.   There was a story told to me about teachers who were told that the new class coming in were students who needed to be challenged because they were smart. And if you didn't ask more of them, or expect more of them, they would get bored and slough off in school. What the teachers didn't know is that all of these students were below average students. And so the teachers made sure to challenge and believe in these students more than anyone had believed in them before…and you know what? All of these kids got better grades, in fact they as a whole became part of the top percentile of students in there districts. These kids were no longer failing out and doing poorly in school. In fact, they enjoyed that someone cared enough about them to ask more of them.   So are you asking enough of yourself, or are you falling in line with what's expected? One pathway will lead you to being comfortable and being hidden by the pack of everyone else…and the other way will help bring a fulfillment you've never known.   What if you decided to focus less on what others were doing, and you decided to focus on what you were capable of? How different would your life be?   Today's Personal Commitment:So, the question is begging to be asked…what are you capable of?   And if you aren't reaching your capabillities, why?   As with Roger Bannister, breaking the old myth of what was humanly possible, was because he set his mind to making it happen, and then kept his eyes forward in his pursuits. What are the myths you've been holding onto for the things you desire in your life?   And what are you willing to do to make your goals and dreams a reality?   I believe two crucial questions need to be asked to become the people we want to be: How organized are we in working towards our goals And what's our pain threshold?   Greatness comes by being deliberate in working towards something, and it also is reached by stepping out of our comfort zones. It doesn't have to be huge leaps at one time either. Vincent Van Gogh said, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”   I sent out a newsletter to my Strong Within subscribers... As I have decided to call this community the Strong Within One Percenters…so are you willing to be one percent better than you were yesterday? Are you willing to lean forward just a little more in your efforts? I hope so…And if you would like to be part of The Strong Within One Percenters go to my site www.chrisohearn.com and sign up for my newsletter. It will inform you of all the things I will be up to in the future. If you're on a computer you will see a pop up come up when you go to the URL box. And if you are on a cell phone just click on my daily affirmations page at my site and then click the orange box that says subscribe.   Thanks for being a part of my life guys. I am excited to see how all us One Percenters are going to change the world together.   I Keep My Eyes Straight Ahead   Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together, Personal Development Life Coach- Chris O'Hearn Contact info- email: chris@strongwithin.com  phone:865-219-3247     Music by: - Zest by basematic (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. - I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

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In 1954, Roger Bannister did the previously unthinkable. He ran a mile in under four minutes. Six weeks later, his chief rival John Landy, did the same thing, and bettered Bannister's performance. Thirteen months later, three other runners broke four minutes. Bear in mind that this had been considered impossible for as long as there had been time-keeping at track meets.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1954, Roger Bannister did the previously unthinkable. He ran a mile in under four minutes. Six weeks later, his chief rival John Landy, did the same thing, and bettered Bannister's performance. Thirteen months later, three other runners broke four minutes. Bear in mind that this had been considered impossible for as long as there had been time-keeping at track meets.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Show Notes Freestyle - Dr. Bill Thierfelder, you host. We have been asked many questions on topics we have already covered. We thought it would be a good time to go back to some of our best segments and hear them again. So, this week we are going talk with Andy Panko, look at Chariots of Fire, knocked me dead, when you make your move - how do you make it?, jumping higher, precision with your eyes closed, Living like Landy and much more. Listen Up - Interview with Andy Panko. What's Hot - Chariots of Fire and through Amazon. Soundtrack by Vangelis Praying Twice - 'Knocked Me Dead' by Gene Reynolds It's Your Call - How do you know when to make a move? Send you questions or comments to feedback@reclaimthegame.com Skills & Drills - How do you jump higher? Iron Will - Mental aspects of sport - taking your shots with your eyes closed. Soul Food - Pursuing victory with honor website. Australian sportsmanship. Here's the story: John Landy. With two laps to go in the final of the 1,500-meter run at a 1956 Olympics qualifying meet in Melbourne, Australia, the runners were setting a world-record pace. Then Ron Clarke accidentally clipped the heels of another runner and sprawled on the Landy and Clarktrack. World record-holder John Landy was just behind Clarke and had to leap to avoid him. As he did, he spiked Clarke on the shoulder. The crowd looked on stunned as Landy sacrificed his chances for making the Olympics and setting a new record by stopping and rushing back to the fallen runner to apologize. Clarke said he was okay, got back up, and resumed the race with Landy following him. By the final lap, Landy amazingly had made up most of the ground. On the final turn, he took the lead. He won in 4:02, four seconds off his world record of 3:58. Witnesses estimated his sportsmanship cost him at least seven seconds, meaning if he hadn't stopped, he would have shattered the mark. Closing - Send your feedback and questions to feedback@reclaimthegame.com