Helen Keller - "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done."

Welcome to The Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern.

It is Episode 777 today!Today's quote comes from Helen Keller, who became deaf and blind at 19 months old, yet learned to read, write, and speak – accomplishing what many said was impossible.She said:"While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done."While they were saying. It was done.Think about the timing there. Not after they stopped doubting. Not once they changed their minds. While they were still saying it couldn't be done.Helen Keller lived this. People said she'd never learn to communicate. Said it was impossible. Said she should be institutionalized.While they were saying that, she was learning. While they were debating whether it could be done, her teacher Anne Sullivan was doing it.This is the pattern of every major breakthrough. Every impossible achievement. Every "it can't be done" that became "it has been done."The Wright brothers built a flying machine while experts published papers proving human flight was impossible.Roger Bannister ran a four-minute mile while scientists said the human body couldn't do it.The doubters talk. The doers do. And by the time the doubters finish explaining why it's impossible, it's already been accomplished.Here's the critical insight: the doubters aren't necessarily wrong to doubt. The thing might actually be extremely difficult. It might have never been done before. It might seem impossible based on current knowledge.But while they're debating whether it can be done, someone else is just doing it.The doing happens while the doubting is still going on. You don't wait for permission. You don't wait for consensus. You don't wait for the doubters to change their minds.You just do the work. And when they look up from their debate, it's finished.So here's the question: What are people telling you can't be done? And what would happen if, while they're still saying it, you just did it?Because the doubters will always doubt. That's what they do. But while they're doubting, you can be doing.And when it's done, their doubts won't matter anymore.That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.