***Is it Impossible??!!??***

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I was reading a Napoleon Hill Book not long ago (Think and Grow Rich pg 50) and the word impossible was in parentheses as “impossible” My eyes focused in on that one word and I stopped reading. Suddenly the following words came to rushing into my head from within. I hope this helps someone.


"Impossible" has no strength or resolve. Thus I must break the word down in order to extract and exert actual power in the knowing of “I’m possible” Drawing only one conclusion, That which may seem “impossible” in the hearts and minds of many is “I’m possible” when given to me. The only difference is how you see the word.

The same word with the same letters in the exact same order with only a single space between two of the letters changes the word entirely.


Often in life we have found many great business men and inventors that were faced with a project in which their friends and family told them that it was impossible. Not taking defeat easily they will often reply in action or word, “that may be impossible but I’m possible.”

The impossible is an imposter in the light of understanding I’m possible.


If you need a higher power than yourself then break down the word I’m into its original meaning which is “I am”.


If you are faced with an “impossible” situation laugh at that imposter and say out loud “I’m possible” if you do not believe in yourself you are in a sad position but one can rely on a higher power which many do and you can say the “I am” is possible.

“Impossible” “I’m possible” or the I am possible” Choose your wording and embrace it well, and you will have your results if you do not grow weary in well doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author chelsean
    Great insight. Never thought of that before! Thanks.
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    • Profile picture of the author hardraysnight
      ever tried putting toothpaste back in the tube?
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by chelsean View Post

      Great insight. Never thought of that before! Thanks.
      I am glad you like it. It helped me stay focused and I shared it hoping it might help another.
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    • Profile picture of the author Giraz john
      One possible way is very long. You need to build your own credibility, then throw it in their face and gloat, "I was right, you were WRONG, now you're miserable and that's GOOD."
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
        That's funny and I guess one way to do it. Only problem with that is once you built real credibility you have also built quite a bit of integrity and end up not gloating.

        Credibility comes with work which builds integrity and with integrity comes wisdom and often understanding.

        With understanding comes the knowledge that the person you are trying to prove wrong has a real problem and weakness and it was not personal to you. Thus comes compassion and at times a willingness to help the very person that was the na sayer in the beginning.
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  • Profile picture of the author SavTJohnson
    That's true. Everyone thought it was impossible for people fly until the wright brothers came along.
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    • Profile picture of the author LindseyRainwater
      Ha! That made my head spin when I first read it. I had to go through it again to catch it all.

      That's an interesting way to look at a limiting word. "Impossible" really is bandied about WAY too much nowadays, and seems to have lost its meaning.

      Someone says, "It's impossible to have this report done in a week." or "It's impossible for me to get out of this rut I'm in." and what they really mean is "I'm scared of the effort that will require and choose to make excuses instead."

      I love it when someone says something is "impossible," because usually it is something so dumb. I reply with, "No. We've made it possible for humans to breathe in outer space, and I can make a brick fly with the right contraption. Compared to that, your situation is nothing. Think harder." :p

      So I like this new way of seeing this word. While it may not be something you could say out loud (since those around you would be completely confused) I think it could be a great little motivator. Just one more thing to set you apart and above the nay-sayers.

      Good post, Michael.
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  • Profile picture of the author webexperts666
    hmm I think if you can try again and again than you can make impossible to i am possible.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by webexperts666 View Post

      hmm I think if you can try again and again than you can make impossible to i am possible.
      One major key in not giving up. Often that is the only factor in ones failure.

      "you will reap in due season if you faint not"
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    yea ryt!!!i agree with u
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  • Profile picture of the author shaynjordan
    It made me confused too! But, I am thankful I reread it a few times and I know I'm possible.... anything is possible if I believe it. I always feel so good after leaving this website. There is so much great information here and I feel so thankful for it!
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  • Profile picture of the author ginnysclub1
    A question that has always puzzled me is, "How does someone decide when to give up and try another course of action/strategy?" Or, is it always a case of sticking with something until it works? Even when the evidence tells you to do otherwise.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by ginnysclub1 View Post

      A question that has always puzzled me is, "How does someone decide when to give up and try another course of action/strategy?" Or, is it always a case of sticking with something until it works? Even when the evidence tells you to do otherwise.
      When to give up? Well my friend the question is, are you trying something out? If you are merely trying to do something then the quitting point is up to you.

      There is a major difference between trying something and making a firm decision to make a life change you believe in.

      If you firmly believe in something you never stop until you attain that which you know to be possible. Many hurdles in life come as a seemingly impossible situation. However, evidence has proven that those who do not take failure as a defeat, and believe that it only equals one step closer to resolve are the champions of our world.

      Years ago Henry Ford went to his engineers and said I want to build an 8 cylinder engine. They told him it could not be done. It was Impossible! These were his professional engineers and one would think they knew what they were talking about.

      After much debate back and forth Henry Ford finally said I want it go to work on it. He checked with his highly educated engineers after 6 months and they told him they had not accomplished building a v8 engine and once again it was impossible. He says keep working on it. I want it.

      A year passes and he checks in again. The engineers said again we cannot do this it is impossible. After a year of spending who know how much money on engineers who produced nothing of Henry Ford's objective, he simply said, keep working I want it.

      During the next 6 months they had finally created the v8 engine, contrary to ALL the evidence that pointed toward it being impossible.

      So the quest is my friend, is whatever you are faced with something you are trying or is it a firm decision you have made.
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    • Profile picture of the author LindseyRainwater
      Originally Posted by ginnysclub1 View Post

      A question that has always puzzled me is, "How does someone decide when to give up and try another course of action/strategy?" Or, is it always a case of sticking with something until it works? Even when the evidence tells you to do otherwise.
      Michael has a good point about the difference between trying something and dedicating yourself to something, but I would like to add something to that.

      There does come a point when you need to step back and ask "why isn't this working?" Once in my business, and once in the business of a family member (about a year separated these,) we were struggling and struggling, and NOTHING was coming of all our hard work. We were barely making forward progress, and all we were doing was getting frustrated and further behind on the bills.

      People around us were telling us to give up, and we knew that wasn't the answer. But we did step back and look at the big picture as much as we could, and asked for guidance. For me and my family member, that was praying - asking for a pointer of some kind to show us what we were missing.

      I also got some Anthony Robbins books and started methodically going through my life and business, seeing if I could find anything that wasn't "jiving."

      Long story short (or as short as I can make this ) I found a new path for my business that just seemed to "fall into place" for me. I've been skipping merrily down it ever since. The SAME THING happened for my family member.

      So if things just seem to be stuck and they won't budge no matter what you do, see if you can redirect yourself a little. Maybe everything seems like an uphill struggle because that isn't the way you're meant to go. I moved from freelance writing to product development and everything changed. It doesn't seem like a big shift, but it made all the difference in the world.

      So, be dedicated to your dreams - but don't be afraid to see if your plans need changing occasionally. After all, "no battle plan survives contact with the enemy."

      There is just a very fine line between changing your plans to make things work smoother, and skipping from plan to plan, never actually sticking with something long enough to determine whether it is working or not. Watch that line carefully.
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
        I like your story my friend. It came to you not through any initial plan of yours but you were not sitting idol. you were trying everything you could and I believe that drew the answer to you regardless of where you were looking.

        I have one piece of advice to add to it. A very wise man once wrote in a very good book, "when you have done all to stand, stand."

        Just once in a while there is nothing left to do (seldom) but once you have done all to stand then just stand. Do not be weary in well doing, you will reap in due seaon if you faint not. Key words, if you faint not.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparke
    Wow! Cool things here. Like it! Thanks for sharing
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  • Profile picture of the author Drewry_Media
    the truth is,

    as long as we are living, there's always a chance to rebound from any adversity, as well as making the impossible possible. And most importantly, with God, all things are possible, even when the world slams every door in your face, and those who were closest to you start walking away. Faith paves the way to operate at full strength :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Illuminart
    Thanks for this great post. Napoleon Hill was one of the people who inspired me. A great man with a great legacy.
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  • Profile picture of the author magnates
    Everything that is possible or impossible lies in your mind . When i first started i was asking if it was possible to make money money online . i have made money and i am still making and i am challenging the impossible everyday and then i saw with my very own eyes $164k being made in one day . I know it is possible in one day .

    You got to keep challenging . Anything is possible . anything !!!! with right action and the execution , ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE .What your mind expects , you can achieve

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  • Profile picture of the author DanEitreim
    I like the "impossible" becoming "Im possible". Good insight that I had never considered.

    Here's another...the word "can't" is NOT in the dictionary!

    Re the post about when to give up...consider, if ANYONE is able to do what you are trying to do, then you know there is a way! Look at what they are doing and figure out how to replicate it.

    If you haven't found it yet, just keep trying new things until you find the path.

    Modeling successful people is a tried and true route to success.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      I like it dan. The one thing I have to say about giving up comes from a old bryan duncan song. "Im givin up givin up". I always have liked that line.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by DanEitreim View Post

      I like the "impossible" becoming "Im possible". Good insight that I had never considered.


      Modeling successful people is a tried and true route to success.
      Thomas Edison Said " I have not failed I have just found 10,000 ways it wont work."
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by DanEitreim View Post

      I like the "impossible" becoming "Im possible". Good insight that I had never considered.

      Here's another...the word "can't" is NOT in the dictionary!

      Re the post about when to give up...consider, if ANYONE is able to do what you are trying to do, then you know there is a way! Look at what they are doing and figure out how to replicate it.

      If you haven't found it yet, just keep trying new things until you find the path.

      Modeling successful people is a tried and true route to success.
      This is true, my current success is a mix of my previous mentors over the years. Now I get paid well over the average person for a days work.
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  • Profile picture of the author D Alishouse
    Words are powerful. It's fascinating how you became so focused on that one word and transformed it in your mind. I imagine you are a person who has learned to never give up and that your brain was in a unique position at that moment to look at the word "impossible" and, in essence, reject it.

    That's a great place for your mind to be! Thank you for sharing this. I am not going to be able to look at "impossible" ever again without thinking that I'm possible, and that's a great gift to have given everyone!
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by D Alishouse View Post

      Words are powerful. It's fascinating how you became so focused on that one word and transformed it in your mind. I imagine you are a person who has learned to never give up and that your brain was in a unique position at that moment to look at the word "impossible" and, in essence, reject it.

      That's a great place for your mind to be! Thank you for sharing this. I am not going to be able to look at "impossible" ever again without thinking that I'm possible, and that's a great gift to have given everyone!


      To be honest my friend this kind of thinking is a gift to me as well. You see I grew up poor just as many people have. I now help many many sales people grow to the point of self reliance. The whole time I do this there is that voice in the back of my head saying you cannot do this you grew up poor you can't help others.

      I ignore the voice and move on because there is a second voice in my head saying to many others came from your back ground they can do it and so can you. I am telling you this to say in the midst of success even the successful people have hidden struggles inside. I am not successful and I have them as do many I know.

      The only difference is we work past them and keep working in spite of how loud they get.
      This opens our minds and spirits up to things like reading a book then suddenly looking at a word totally different than before.
      I say all that to say. Let no one tell you that you are any less or any more than another. You may think well Michael seems to have it all together. I have no more gifts than any other person. I just have learned how to focus in on mine and now help others to do the same.
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  • Profile picture of the author rayzh
    well my friend that I'm possible thing has been discovered by me as well one day, but there's more insight to it.

    "I'm Possible" implies that I am the only one who can excute this, whether I have great friends, connections, or families, it's me who has to make the final decision,s which makes it great
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  • Profile picture of the author HypeText
    In my book "Impossible" is just an abbreviation for "Immensely Possible"
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by Michael Milken View Post

      There's no such thing as "impossible," there are only things we don't know or fully understand how to do yet.
      Originally Posted by HypeText View Post

      In my book "Impossible" is just an abbreviation for "Immensely Possible"
      Great minds think alike. I like it fellas.
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  • Profile picture of the author OO
    Exactly, impossible is whatever you define it as. In other words, your limits are your own.
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  • Profile picture of the author devonm
    Because my skills were formerly locked up in my brain and unable to announce themselves, I thought 2K a week was UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE for me. I tried other things and wasted valuable time as my skills didn't surface in my mind to be allowed to be used.

    One day a few days back, the memories of the skills resurfaced in detail. I went to oDesk and by today MAY have 1745 dollars in money by the end of the week! Kicker is, THIS IS SANDWICH WEEK, the SLOW week between TWO major holidays, where everyone is usually on break!
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by devonm View Post

      Because my skills were formerly locked up in my brain and unable to announce themselves, I thought 2K a week was UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE for me. I tried other things and wasted valuable time as my skills didn't surface in my mind to be allowed to be used.

      One day a few days back, the memories of the skills resurfaced in detail. I went to oDesk and by today MAY have 1745 dollars in money by the end of the week! Kicker is, THIS IS SANDWICH WEEK, the SLOW week between TWO major holidays, where everyone is usually on break!
      That is great my fellow warrior. This is what great warriors are made of, right when in life something seems impossible the I'm possible or the I am possible comes to surface. Well done well done.
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  • Profile picture of the author webworm
    Great thinking! I really appreciate your view.In this world almost nothing is impossible as impossible= I'm possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
    You are welcome fellow warrior. Truth is more important than what is true. Things may be true but truth is a higher power and has more resolve than something that may be true.

    It may be true that something in life may have never had a break through or been resloved therefore the conclusion has been that it is impossible. That may be true, but the truth is nothing or no thing is impossible.

    Truth trumps what is true everytime.
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  • Profile picture of the author hireava
    You got an amazing post! It made me think and analyze the word impossible. I didn't knew that there's a lot of meaning behind this word. Great insight indeed!
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      I know what you mean my friend. Its not often one comes accross insite but when one does it is our duty to share.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by hireava View Post

      You got an amazing post! It made me think and analyze the word impossible. I didn't knew that there's a lot of meaning behind this word. Great insight indeed!
      Thank you fellow warrior. I had to stop and think and analyze myself as a matter of fact the last part came two days later.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
    As far as I know, we have no real proof that anything is truly impossible.
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    • Profile picture of the author DGFletcher
      My favorite quote is "Things are only impossible until they're not", from Star Trek.

      Yeah, it's from Star Trek... oh well.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by Michael55555 View Post

      As far as I know, we have no real proof that anything is truly impossible.
      Originally Posted by DGFletcher View Post

      My favorite quote is "Things are only impossible until they're not", from Star Trek.

      Yeah, it's from Star Trek... oh well.
      "All things are possible to those who are called according to his purpose. "
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
    I have a quote extracted from a blog I had once upon a time, it fits this thread as well. Once you understand that "I'm Possible" you must also be able to say believe the following.

    "The question is, are you ways of value enough to sustain the alone without regret.."
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  • Profile picture of the author tylerjaysen
    ah great thread man. Yeah Henry Ford was the man for sure. He also created Kingsford charcoal as a side business from elements left over from his production line.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by tylerjaysen View Post

      ah great thread man. Yeah Henry Ford was the man for sure. He also created Kingsford charcoal as a side business from elements left over from his production line.

      Nice, I did not know that piece of info. I just used his charcoal the other night hosting a christmas party dec 9th at my home. What do you know good ole Ford.
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  • Profile picture of the author Phoenixfk
    Impossible? I don't think so! If there is someone who has done it, i'm possible! What makes me unable to achieve something that someone else has been able to achieve? We all came into this world with nothing and these people were just able to use what they had to succeed... and so will i. 'Imposible is nothing'
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Bucker
      Originally Posted by Phoenixfk View Post

      Impossible? I don't think so! If there is someone who has done it, i'm possible! What makes me unable to achieve something that someone else has been able to achieve? We all came into this world with nothing and these people were just able to use what they had to succeed... and so will i. 'Imposible is nothing'
      Impossible is exactly that....nothing and since they are synonymous if you let something become impossible you will in that achieve nothing. One comes hand in hand with the other.

      Truth brings out the fact that impossible is an imposter that binds one in fear while once again having no strength or resolve. Thus giving it is such strength or resolve is indeed insanity.
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  • Profile picture of the author sethczerepak
    Everything is impossible until you do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author clarajames
    Great view! Impossible is nothing in this world and Allah has give every person a unique strength to do something ordinary.
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  • Profile picture of the author stopper
    impossible I know of a few friends that tore off that word from their dictionaries other altered its meaning. It really seemed to work for them most of the time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aileen Phang
    well its all depends on how you see your problem i think..
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  • Profile picture of the author therenegadeleader
    I'M POSSIBLE! I like to share to my people. Thanks a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author eternalsongbird
    To man, nothing is impossible in this world. This creation has been given an splendid power.
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