“When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, HOWEVER
IMPROBABLE, must be the truth” - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four
I believe it's high time we got together and sent a strong petition for the removal of the word “impossible” from the English lexicon.
Imagine what we would have achieved as a people, a family, an
organization or even as individuals if we didn’t know that
"impossibility" never existed. The mere knowledge that something maybe
impossible sends a conscious or unconscious message to our brain, our
determination, or our abilities that there are things we shouldn’t even
dare. Yet history is replete with feats that were hitherto impossible,
until they were achieved. Automobile genius, Henry Ford, once came up
with a revolutionary plan for a new kind of engine which we know today
as the V-8. Ford was eager to get his great new idea into production. He
had some men draw up the plans, and presented them to the engineers. As
the engineers studied the drawings, one by one they came to the same
conclusion. Their visionary boss just didn't know much about the
fundamental principles of engineering. He'd have to be told gently - his
dream was impossible. Ford said, "Produce it anyway" They replied, "But
it's impossible." "Go ahead," Ford commanded, "and stay on the job
until you succeed, no matter how much time is required." For six months
they struggled with drawing after drawing, design after design. Nothing.
Another six months. Nothing.
