Nothing Is Impossible — If You’re Willing to Practice

I’ve just finished presenting at a conference in the United States, and I want to share something simple but powerful with you.

It’s an exercise I often use to demonstrate the power of focus, repetition, and mindset. All you need is a pen and a piece of paper. Draw a line down the middle. On the left-hand side, give yourself 20 seconds to sign your normal legal signature as many times as you can. Go as fast as you can. No cheating. It must resemble your proper signature. Add up your score.

Now here’s where it gets interesting.

Transfer the pen to your other hand. Now try to beat your score by just one. Suddenly, what felt easy becomes awkward. Slow. Frustrating.

You might even think:

“This is impossible.”

And that thought right there — that’s the lesson.

Why We Label Things “Impossible”

When we attempt something in a completely different way, our brain resists.

It feels unnatural. Difficult. Inefficient.

But think about this:

• You once couldn’t walk.

• You once couldn’t talk.

• You once couldn’t ride a bicycle.

• You once couldn’t swim.

Every single skill you possess today was once “impossible.”

The only difference?

Repetition.

Mastery Is Built Through Practice

If you practised signing your name with your non-dominant hand thousands of times — just as you did with your dominant hand — you would become proficient.

That’s not motivational fluff.

That’s neurological fact.

Skill is built through:

• Focus

• Repetition

• Consistency

• Determination

The problem isn’t that something is impossible.

The problem is that most people quit too soon.

Apply This to Your Career and Life

In business, in sales, in leadership — I constantly see people abandon goals because progress feels slow.

They try once.
They struggle.
They stop.

Imagine if you had done that when learning to walk.

Nothing is impossible.

It’s simply unfamiliar.

And unfamiliar becomes comfortable through repetition.

The Real Secret to Success

Success isn’t about natural talent.

It’s about taking an idea and practising over and over again until you get it right.

That’s the difference between average and extraordinary.

The next time you catch yourself thinking:

“What’s the point?”
“This isn’t working.”
“This is impossible.”

Pause.

And ask yourself:

Have I practised this enough?

Because nothing is impossible — if you’re willing to stay with it long enough.