Roger Bannister: Breaking The 4-Mile Barrier

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The story of Roger Bannister becoming the first to break the 4-minute mile barrier in 1954 is proof of positive thinking. He also used textbook application of goal setting and self-leadership to overcome this barrier. With the race being a long-term goal, Roger begin setting short-term goals to help him accomplish his goal. He starts with a workout consists of ten 440-yard sprints with 2-minute rest intervals in between. For each 440, he and his training partners set for 60 seconds. Over months of hard training, they were able to get close to 60 seconds with the average time of 61. By the end of April, they were able to beat the time by averaging 58.9 seconds over ten 440s. After this, Roger knew he was ready to break all odds. Roger also

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