Thrill seekers and other adrenaline junkies could help you be creative in your own design. The limit is you, not life itself. I would like to write more in response to Paul Verge's letter. Paul, this is a good sign - that was a very thought provoking document. Let's assume that the life or death situation is upon us.
Most people have no problem knowing how to develop the first two.
I think Westerners excel in this area. However I believe that Westerners lag behind in the third category. Karate is not the only discipline that works to develop this state of mind one needs to deal with the crisis situation. In Uechi and other styles, we refer to this state as mushin - translated as empty mind. I think that the word is really untranslatable, as I can't seem to come up with a word or set of words that has the precise connotation that mushin implies.