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From the Web<\/h2>\n

It’s only life or death<\/a> – Chris Guillebeau does a fantastic interview with John Unger about pulling yourself out from a personal crisis. Here’s the interview-inspiring article<\/a>. Some of the best parts:<\/p>\n

“The best thing that ever happened to [John] was nearly being killed in a diner by a crazed taxi driver who held a gun to his head. (It taught him perspective, he says.)<\/p>\n

“See if there is some way to leverage the force of the disaster itself to provide a solution<\/strong>. I regard this as a form of Tai Chi. … the core concept of [Tai Chi] is redirecting an external force rather than meeting it with an attack. … Any real disaster has some momentum, and if you can find a way to leverage that force, or turn it to your benefit, you may be able to accomplish a solution more quickly or easily.<\/p>\n

“Almost nothing is impossible but many things are less than obvious.<\/p>\n

“Mere optimism doesn\u2019t pay the rent. When you come to the point of desperation, you do more than just hope for something.<\/p>\n

“Disasters suck. No one thinks the recession is good. But sometimes the best things arrive in disaster form, and it\u2019s up to you to decide how to respond.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Beast Skills: taking fitness to the next level<\/a> – Recently I posted about my desire<\/a> to be able to do a handstand pushup. (Update<\/strong>: I’m able to do 2-3 against a wall, but my balance is a long way from doing them freestanding.) This website goes a step further, with detailed tutorials to do such amazing physical feats as one-arm chin ups, handstand clap push-ups and flag levers.<\/p>\n

From the Archives<\/h2>\n

Stop Checking Your Web Stats Every Day!<\/a> – I’m on Day 2 of another 30-day internet diet, so this piece from the archives is especially timely for me.<\/p>\n

Information addiction is a disease in the blogging community, and unfortunately I know a lot of good people who are users. I can imagine the mental rationale goes a bit like this:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Measuring is good.<\/li>\n
  2. Therefore, more measuring is better.<\/li>\n
  3. Therefore<\/em>, I should check my Digg ranking, AdSense earnings and web traffic every five minutes!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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