Best of the INTENTernet: Getting Inspired, Overcoming and Kicking Butt!

In celebration of this week's theme on overcoming challenges, we have gathered the best content around the web that will make you believe in yourself and start kicking some serious butt. We are all vulnerable to some really scary challenges and we may all sometimes feel like giving up, but at the end of the day, we have so much more potential than we give ourselves credit for.

So soak up some inspiration and start scaling those metaphorical and literal mountains of life. If these people can do it, so can you.

Watch athlete, activist and actor Aimee Mullins speak about her many prosthetic legs and how she has essentially redefined what it means to take advantage of all the joy and gifts the human body has to offer.

My Sister Verna, a Lesson in Overcoming by Renegade Coach . A heartbreaking but ultimately life-affirming essay on the author's sister Verna, who had Down's Syndrome and went through many painful surgeries, but always kept her sunny disposition and loving spirit.

The New Power Girls -- How to Know Your Value - And How to Stand on It - In Business from The Huffington Post . A big part of overcoming challenges is knowing your inherent value and knowing how to use it. Read it and live it.

40 Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes . The title to this epic YouTube video above speaks for itself.

Starbucks Unveils Eco-Friendly, Neighborhood-Tailored Store Designs from Seattle Times . Starbucks, which has been closing down stores in light of the ongoing Great Recession, still is being ambitious in going green and supporting the neighborhoods they are a part of.

Papergirl Street Art Project . Decreasing the emotional distance between people in cities, one rolled piece of artwork on a doorway at a time.

Have cool articles or links you want to share with us relating to overcoming challenges and kicking butt? Feel free to share them in the commentes below!