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Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was
impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in
1954.
What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What
happens when someone, who doesn't know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who
has not learnt swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while
the animal doesn't.
Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might
have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system
was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam if the operator typed too
fast.
These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human
behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your
nervous system.
I used a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are.
Students of a school in India, said snakes are slippery and slimy and poisonous. After doing an exercise for
changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only
three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.
Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to
change?
1. In the author's opinion, if a person in deep water doesn't know how to swim, he will drown because _____. [ ]
A. he is afraid of water
B.he believes he will drown
C. he hasn't learnt to swim before
D. he doesn't want to live in the world
2. The author thinks that the letters organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to _____. [ ]
A. save more space
B. satisfy the operator
C. reduce one's typing speed
D increase one's typing speed
3. The main idea of this passage should be that _____. [ ]
A. Beliefs are very powerful
B. Beliefs make us seem stupid
C. Changing your beliefs now is necessary
D. People should always believe in themselves
