Comments on: Never Enough http://www.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/ Meditations on strategy and life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MaxBro http://www.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11241 MaxBro Sat, 02 May 2009 18:50:08 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11241 What's worse is that some of these young couples are willing to tether themselves to a giant mortgage just to get a big house they can't afford just so they can impress friends who don't really care. Isn't that why we're in the mess we're in for the most part? How many McMansions devoid of furniture and personality does America need before it splits open at the seams like a bloated corpse from a crime drama? It's okay to be particular about things. But is it worth risking foreclosure in the near future just to get a house with a master bathroom with a jacuzzi? What’s worse is that some of these young couples are willing to tether themselves to a giant mortgage just to get a big house they can’t afford just so they can impress friends who don’t really care. Isn’t that why we’re in the mess we’re in for the most part? How many McMansions devoid of furniture and personality does America need before it splits open at the seams like a bloated corpse from a crime drama?

It’s okay to be particular about things. But is it worth risking foreclosure in the near future just to get a house with a master bathroom with a jacuzzi?

]]> By: Hal http://www.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11240 Hal Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:32:50 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11240 Anyone unable to accept flaws in people, perceived or actual, should look to live in a hermitage. As for complaining about "things" I've noticed a strange phenomena over the years. Example: I knew a man who survived the the Bataan death march, yet years later, a middle class ordinary citizen, complained about his coffee "...not exactly right." It is always the little things that get us. Is it a matter of degree what we would accept in people or things in regards to accepting them? I think it is. Anyone unable to accept flaws in people, perceived or actual, should look to live in a hermitage. As for complaining about “things” I’ve noticed a strange phenomena over the years. Example: I knew a man who survived the the Bataan death march, yet years later, a middle class ordinary citizen, complained about his coffee “…not exactly right.”

It is always the little things that get us.

Is it a matter of degree what we would accept in people or things in regards to accepting them? I think it is.

]]> By: Vince http://www.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11239 Vince Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:28:00 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11239 Maybe your grievance against those petty home-shoppers is rooted in your own greed. Maybe you want to be a newlywed with the means to disdain a house due to lack of dining room. And what of my complaints about complainers complaining about complaining? Maybe I just want to be a jerk. Maybe your grievance against those petty home-shoppers is rooted in your own greed. Maybe you want to be a newlywed with the means to disdain a house due to lack of dining room. And what of my complaints about complainers complaining about complaining? Maybe I just want to be a jerk.

]]> By: Vladimir Sedach http://www.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11238 Vladimir Sedach Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:26:13 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11238 One thing that I've made myself consciously do is decide whether I can ignore a person's traits that I dislike; if I can't, I won't pursue a friendship with them. Even labeling those traits as "flaws" is selfish; trying to get someone to "correct" them is the ultimate form of narcissism. One thing that I’ve made myself consciously do is decide whether I can ignore a person’s traits that I dislike; if I can’t, I won’t pursue a friendship with them. Even labeling those traits as “flaws” is selfish; trying to get someone to “correct” them is the ultimate form of narcissism.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11237 Anonymous Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:26:25 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/never-enough/#comment-11237 In modern times, criticism has been used by the underclasses in order to more effectively incite their intent in others. Some historians believe that this eventually lead to the fusing of entitlement and want into the emotion dubbed purpose, though some are critical of this conclusion. In modern times, criticism has been used by the underclasses in order to more effectively incite their intent in others. Some historians believe that this eventually lead to the fusing of entitlement and want into the emotion dubbed purpose, though some are critical of this conclusion.

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