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Runner Takes a Nasty Fall, But She Didn't Stay Down For Long [VIDEO]

Success and failure are not measured by how you fall, but rather by how you pick yourself up.

Here is a video that shows that beautifully. 

Heather Dorniden was competing in a 600-meter race at the 2008 Big Ten Indoor Track Championships. There was about 200 meters of the race to go when Dorniden tripped, landing hard on her face.

Instead of giving-up, she got up and continued the race.

 

 

(The fall happens around 1:10 into the video.)

"That last 50 meters, I hit a gear that I never knew I had," Dorniden said.  Incredibly, she managed to close the gap and finish first.

It is an inspiring show of perseverance.

Here Are Some Links to Start Your Week

Are the Olympics over yet?  No?  Here are some worthwile momements, in case you missed them.

For example, here, a woman tried to snap a picture of the hockey game between Russia and Slovenia — but instead she got an eyeful.  Call it a new form of 'Selfie'.

 

 

And here's one the Wide World of Sports would call the "Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat".

 

 

For more Olympic pictures, click here.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Why Big Data Might Be More About Automation Than Insights. (GigaOM)
• Better Than Human: Why Robots Will — And Must — Take Our Jobs. (Wired)
• Why Are We Here? Evolution’s Dirty Secrets. (Salon)
• How Roommates Replaced Spouses in the 20th Century. (The Atlantic)
• Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence. (Brain Pickings)

 

Trading Links:

• FED: "Lower Rates Don't Induce Investment." Wasn't That a Central Tenet of Monetary Policy? (BI)
• Are Trading and Gambling the Same? (FuturesMag)
• Statistics Done Wrong: A Guide to Common Analysis Mistakes. (Online)
• IBM Announces $1B Watson Group, Moves Jeopardy Ace Computer To NYC. (Forbes)
• DeathWatch 2014 - Companies on the edge of irrelevance. These five companies won’t die, but they may not escape 2014 in one piece. (ArsTechnica)

People Are Awesome - 2013 Video

People can do some pretty amazing things when they put their mind to it.

Here is a ten-minute video compilation that shows "awesome" comes in many forms.

 

 

 

Going to the gym or finishing a project doesn't seem quite as hard after watching this.

Of course, procrastinators (and the clumsy) may prefer the Fail Compilation instead.

Some Men Can Multitask - Solving a Rubik's Cube While Juggling

Rubik's Cube

I tried to tell my wife that multitasking was a myth (so she shouldn't expect me to be able to do it).

Sure someone could learn to juggle, or even to solve a Rubik's Cube ... but to do both at the same time?

Watch the video.

 

 

 via YouTube. 

Supposedly, the same guy can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 8 seconds, making him the 48^th fastest cube solver on the planet.

I still can't talk and type ...

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Guy Solves Three Rubik's Cubes While Juggling Them

Check-Out the "People Are Awesome 2013" Video

Watch this video.  Lots of it is amazing ... Some of it is inspiring.

You will witness flips, jumps, catches and feats that defy imagination (and certainly logic). 

  

What type of person thinks, 'I want to do that' ?

To see which of the segments might be fake, click here.

Have You Seen the Hula Hoop Video From Burning Man Yet?

Someone put a camera on a Hula Hoop and decided to call it a Hula Cam. 

They let a bunch of people at the Burning Man event try it ... 

  

Basically, a bunch of women at Burning Man are shown hula hooping from the hoop’s point of view.

Needless to say the video went viral.

It is a little bit "trippy" ... but somehow strangely interesting.

 

Expect Extraordinary - Here's a Video of Something Not to Try at Home

Sometimes normal isn't enough.

Playing safe is often a good strategy ... But, sometimes you have to expect the extraordinary.

Did you see the strange guy doing a modified tight-rope circus routine during Madonna's Super Bowl half-time performance.

 

 

 

 
Well, it was more than that ... did you see the guy bounce up and down as though that little rope was a trampoline?

What in the world was going on?

Well, the short answer is: slacklining. Or, if you want to get technical and specific, tricklining. According to California's Adventure Sports Journal , slacklining was invented in the early 1980s by two rock climbers.

As you may have guessed, the Super Bowl halftime cameo was a big moment for the young sport of slacklining—and for the talented, curly-haired slackliner who got the spotlight: Andy Lewis, aka Sketchy Andy . You've got to watch what he can really do!

 

 

 

Imagine what went into developing this skill.  Was it thought ... or something you forgot you could exercise?

What are you committed to expecting extraordinary about ... starting now?

Related articles

• Acrobatic Urban Films - The 'Slackline Trickline Video and Project X' is Full of Stunts (TrendHunter.com) (trendhunter.com)
• About Slacklining (neatorama.com)

People Are Awesome [Video]

Start the New Year with a Wow! This will give you a different perspective on what's possible.

 

Worthy of full-screen mode viewing.

How committed do you believe these people were to to pursue and master such amazing ventures?

What could you do if you were willing to commit that fully?

Reminiscences of a Retreat

I just got back from a weekend retreat with a group of entrepreneurs.

It consistently surprises me how valuable it is to take time to get away from your daily routines, in order to focus on the bigger picture.

Part of the benefit is simply taking the time to do it.  Another part is listening to others, and hearing a fresh perspective.

Having fun helps too. 

I've watched my kids play Guitar Hero and Rock Band on their gaming systems; however, it was quite a different experience watching a bunch of middle-aged children play it at the retreat.

I was particularly embarrassed that I knew so few of the songs.  And when I tried participating ... I reminded myself more of my father, than of a rock-star. 

Yet, for what it's worth, it turned out to be a great group activity to loosen-folks-up at the retreat.

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• Silicon Alley Insider: Activision Sued Over 'Guitar Hero' Patent Claims (businessinsider.com)
• First Look: Universal Music's "Six String" Guitar Game for iPhone (mashable.com)
• Are you over Guitar Hero & Rock Band? (metalinjection.net)

How Much Is a Burger at the Cowboys' New Stadium?

"Everything's bigger in Texas" takes on new meaning while touring the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium. The stadium cost over $1.1 billion to construct; and it makes a big statement.  In addition to being massive (large enough that the Statue of Liberty would fit comfortably inside), the new structure is quite distinctive and technologically innovative.

From inside the stadium, with the roof closed, it was designed to look like the old Texas Stadium's roof (with its visual trademark hole).  However, it can be fully-shut or fully-opened.  Actually, it does a lot more than open; it slides back and then the end-zone entrances shift sideways to create the appearance of a totally open stadium, all the way out to the parking lots. My sons and I tried to figure-out how they did this ... and surmised that they spent a whole bunch of money and a lot of time to make this stadium act like a Transformer. 

Another technological marvel is the high-definition video screen hanging above the field. It is a massive, and currently the world's largest screen.  It measures more than 11,500 square feet (72feet tall and 160 feet wide) and weighs over 1.2 million pounds.  In addition to experiencing the event live, they've tried to make the multimedia experience in the stadium better than you'd get on your television set.  It will be easy to follow the action from any seat in the stadium.

By the way - that screen, alone, cost more ($40 million) than the entire construction of the Cowboys' previous home, Texas Stadium ($35 million).

In addition, the Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, has shown that he is an innovative business man as well. He focused on selling far more suites than stadiums before this had available. Moreover, even though the stadium is designed to hold approximately 80,000 people for normal events, it can expand to hold over 100,000 people for special events (like next year's Super Bowl).

He extended an olive branch to the common man. Not in the price of a pizza, which costs $60 at the stadium.  However, the Cowboys now offer a "Party Pass" that allows access to the game for $29, so long as you're willing to stand in the concession areas.  Believe it or not, that Party Pass idea is getting great press and opens the live game experience to a whole different range of socioeconomic backgrounds. At least until they see how much a burger costs of the stadium.  I cut off the price of the alcohol or you'd need a drink. 

Here is my impression of watching a game there.

Other Information:

• Here is a link to Cowboys Stadium site and its Wikipedia Entry.
• Here is a link to the Dallas Cowboys Football Club.
• Here is a link a multi-media Fly-Through of the Stadium and other to Videos.
• Here is a link to an Interactive Virtual Seat Map.