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The Art of Impossibility

By Umair Haque
January 17, 2011 at 1:08pm

Here’s a thought to chew on while you’re considering your new year’s resolution: if it’s not laughably impossible, hopelessly impractical, preposterously insurmountable—stop. Start over. You’re not doing it right.

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