Comments on: The Edge http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/ 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/the-edge/#comment-9511 Ryan Holiday Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:19:45 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9511 I understand the quote. But my point is that even though the changes are radical and irreversible, they don't often feel that way when you first make them. Very few people become a Hell's Angel in some big burst of glory where they fight their boss, drop LSD and ride off into the sunset. Hoo-Ah, for example, makes the moment he quits very dramatic and climactic. That's great. But don't think you haven't done something equally as profound simply because it makes poor copy. I can make dropping out of school sound like the ballsiest move in the world. In reality, I made a few phone calls, thought about it, filled out a form and it happened. The rest is just Window Dressing. I understand the quote. But my point is that even though the changes are radical and irreversible, they don’t often feel that way when you first make them.

Very few people become a Hell’s Angel in some big burst of glory where they fight their boss, drop LSD and ride off into the sunset. Hoo-Ah, for example, makes the moment he quits very dramatic and climactic. That’s great. But don’t think you haven’t done something equally as profound simply because it makes poor copy.

I can make dropping out of school sound like the ballsiest move in the world. In reality, I made a few phone calls, thought about it, filled out a form and it happened. The rest is just Window Dressing.

]]> By: Charlie Murphy http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9510 Charlie Murphy Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:11:21 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9510 You're misreading the admittedly inchoate ramblings of Thompson. He's not talking about the little edges, areas slightly past one's comfort zone whose exploration facilitates personal growth. He's referring to The Edge, a line that is far different from any others in that it has to be crossed in an extreme and profound way. Like pushing yourself past the point of all inhibitions, and creating an experience that doesn't just modify one's perspective as much as radically change, distort or shift it completely. You’re misreading the admittedly inchoate ramblings of Thompson. He’s not talking about the little edges, areas slightly past one’s comfort zone whose exploration facilitates personal growth. He’s referring to The Edge, a line that is far different from any others in that it has to be crossed in an extreme and profound way. Like pushing yourself past the point of all inhibitions, and creating an experience that doesn’t just modify one’s perspective as much as radically change, distort or shift it completely.

]]> By: Ryan Holiday http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9509 Ryan Holiday Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:49:50 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9509 Sort of. It would be a mistake to imply that they require big bold moves--that only really ballsy people can do. That's just story telling and reality isn't like stories at all. Changing how you feel about your job doesn't need to require some Jerry Maguire moment. (Of course sometimes it does, but not always) Sort of. It would be a mistake to imply that they require big bold moves–that only really ballsy people can do. That’s just story telling and reality isn’t like stories at all.

Changing how you feel about your job doesn’t need to require some Jerry Maguire moment. (Of course sometimes it does, but not always)

]]> By: Alex http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9508 Alex Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:50:39 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9508 Nice post, man. I think I see what you're saying. I've found that if I associate The Edge as a single tremendous chasm that follows something like a Motorcycle or LSD trip I miss the personal ones that develop my character. I'll find myself wasting my thoughts psyching myself up for an unimaginable trial that never comes. Deciding not to read The Book or write The Paper but to read a chapter or write a paragraph sets myself up for calmly facing something and learning from it. Nice post, man. I think I see what you’re saying.

I’ve found that if I associate The Edge as a single tremendous chasm that follows something like a Motorcycle or LSD trip I miss the personal ones that develop my character. I’ll find myself wasting my thoughts psyching myself up for an unimaginable trial that never comes.

Deciding not to read The Book or write The Paper but to read a chapter or write a paragraph sets myself up for calmly facing something and learning from it.

]]> By: PCD http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9507 PCD Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:15:35 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-edge/#comment-9507 Have you ever taken or would you ever take a hallucinogenic drug? Have you ever taken or would you ever take a hallucinogenic drug?

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