The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Progress happens quickly, and skeptics are often proven wrong by action.
- In plain terms
- People who say things are impossible are usually shown otherwise by those who do them.
- What can you take from it?
- Action beats argument in a fast-moving world.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What impossible thing are you waiting to try?
- Who is telling you to slow down?
Another view
Sometimes constraints do make things genuinely impossible.
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