Comments on: Letting Go: Lessons from a Slacker’s Toy

By: Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:25:16 +0000

I know, I am awful at proofing. If you’re actually volunteering, drop me an email. I’ll pay you in books or something.

By: Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:24:19 +0000

Is Revolver worth seeing?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:50:55 +0000

The Tao that can be named is not the real Tao.

Go with the flow man.

By: Ryan Holiday

Ryan Holiday — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:51:22 +0000

I just started it–and I promise I won’t write any notes in it.

By: Johnny C

Johnny C — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:38:37 +0000

Great post. You hit the nail right on the head and using golf was a perfect example. It’s so true, isn’t it? The ball goes significantly further and straighter when you slow down and focus on perfecting your technique.

I strongly agree with another one of your points, too: letting your subconscious do what it has to do yielding better results. Getting the feel and dynamic of a room or a crowd or a situation is much more effective than trying to force your interpretation of it onto reality. The most vivid example I can think of are the guys (sometimes girls) you see at parties, trying excruciatingly hard to be the alpha, the center of attention. Even though its not who they are, just who they think they should be. When, really, if you want to meet interesting people (or even just pretty girls… or, better still, a combination of the two) letting the momentum of the moment naturally take you in the direction of your goals works infinitely better.

By: Derek Kreindler

Derek Kreindler — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:23:38 +0000

One of my favorite race car drivers said “You drive as slow as possible to win the race”. If you examine one, you’ll see the guys going hard at all times make mistakes, have nasty bouts of oversteer, spin out, lock their brakes up. And the winners drive fluidly, always on the knife edge but a bit below, with that bit of finesse and grace that seperates them from the rest. Take it for what its worth.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:50:41 +0000

Love the posts Ryan, but PLEASE, have someone proof them before you put them up, hell, send it to me first, I’ll proof it!!! I’m getting the meanings in your posts, but the mistakes are a distraction. Keep up the good work.

By: w7e

w7e — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:35:03 +0000

wow… seriously.. I should hire you and stick you in my head to whisper stuff like this to me when I do stupid things. Not pushing but flowing… yeah baby, I should reeeeally do that sometimes… *sigh*

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:25:34 +0000

great post. have you seen the movie revolver? this post made me think of it because it shows that always, at some level, you are your own greatest enemy.

By: Tucker Max

Tucker Max — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:50:48 +0000

You better give me my copy of Inner Game of Tennis back when you’re done.