Comments on: Priorities http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/ Meditations on strategy and life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan Holiday http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10044 Ryan Holiday Sun, 25 May 2008 21:58:15 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10044 Believing in heaven is big motivator too, but that doesn't make it real. Believing in heaven is big motivator too, but that doesn’t make it real.

]]> By: Philip http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10043 Philip Sun, 25 May 2008 20:16:22 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10043 True, working for a great legacy seems a poor way to live your life, but it can also be one hell of a motivator. True, working for a great legacy seems a poor way to live your life, but it can also be one hell of a motivator.

]]> By: Ryan Holiday http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10042 Ryan Holiday Sun, 25 May 2008 16:31:44 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10042 It's cool, Jay, not everyone gets analogies. It’s cool, Jay, not everyone gets analogies.

]]> By: Jay http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10041 Jay Sun, 25 May 2008 08:49:18 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10041 Hmm, I was deciding on what to do tonight: Work on getting a city named after me or drinking too much and killing my friend. Thanks to this post, I know I should definitely not drink too much and kill my friend, because it will cause me guilt. Thanks Ryan. Hmm, I was deciding on what to do tonight: Work on getting a city named after me or drinking too much and killing my friend. Thanks to this post, I know I should definitely not drink too much and kill my friend, because it will cause me guilt. Thanks Ryan.

]]> By: Mike http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10040 Mike Sat, 24 May 2008 20:22:35 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10040 He didn't know when he died that it would forever be called Alexandria, so how could that have meant anything to him? If anything, he felt pride that he had shaped that city and empire, but only a fool would think that it would never change. He didn’t know when he died that it would forever be called Alexandria, so how could that have meant anything to him? If anything, he felt pride that he had shaped that city and empire, but only a fool would think that it would never change.

]]> By: Alex http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10039 Alex Sat, 24 May 2008 15:20:48 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10039 But even death can't take away the emotion you felt at some point in your past. Through joy or grief, at least when he was alive he knew it. But even death can’t take away the emotion you felt at some point in your past. Through joy or grief, at least when he was alive he knew it.

]]> By: Ryan Holiday http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10038 Ryan Holiday Sat, 24 May 2008 14:48:56 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10038 Can't be taken away from him? He is dead. There is no eternity. Can’t be taken away from him? He is dead. There is no eternity.

]]> By: Alex http://www.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10037 Alex Sat, 24 May 2008 13:31:16 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/priorities/#comment-10037 To Alexander the name of a city is not eternal, separated from this world as he is. A worldly deed is one of the things you can't take with you. But there's something about emotion that's divine and everlasting, so what he felt when he named Alexandria can never be taken away from him. And neither can what he felt when he killed his friend. World conquerer or college student, the things we feel ourselves is what connects us to something eternal. It's a reassuring thought when I feel poor or too rich. At least, that's what I got from this. To Alexander the name of a city is not eternal, separated from this world as he is. A worldly deed is one of the things you can’t take with you.

But there’s something about emotion that’s divine and everlasting, so what he felt when he named Alexandria can never be taken away from him. And neither can what he felt when he killed his friend.

World conquerer or college student, the things we feel ourselves is what connects us to something eternal. It’s a reassuring thought when I feel poor or too rich.

At least, that’s what I got from this.

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