Every Wednesday, I link around to five different blog posts that I’ve found on the Internet. Last week, for example, we had a look at everything from festivals to Inception. This week, have a similarly eclectic assortment of posts. Sit back, grab a coffee, and enjoy.

Chloe Gow-Jarrett is the founder of SHIFTED and now she is proud to announce that it is up and running. The movement aims to expose “the gritty truth of achieving success” by highlighting the success stories of five people, describing both the good and the bad moments.

Betshopboy may not have been in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, but it just so happens that the first ever Summer Youth Olympic Games are happening in his home country of Singapore. He has shots of the opening ceremonies, as well as other events from the last few days.

Stephen Hopson has finally returned to the world of blogging after a hiatus of over a year and a half! The site formerly known as Adversity University is being reborn as Overcoming Obstacle Illusions, because he feels it better reflects “the tone of everything I’ve written to date.” Welcome back, Stephen.

Elizabeth Perez unearthed an interesting survey conducted by the people at Nutrisystem. It asked what people were willing to give up for a flat stomach. Yes, some sacrifices need to be made, but can you do without a computer and TV for a whole summer? What about sex?

Susan Gunelius lets us know about a few careful strategies in building your brand. For instance, she recommends that you should have no more than one link per 125 words of blog content. Uh oh, looks like this speedlink goes way over that limit.