Comments on: The People We Deal With http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/ Meditations on strategy and life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:06:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ronnie http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11664 Ronnie Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:50:02 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11664 Reminds me of something I highlighted in 50th Law... "...dont pay attention to people's good or bad intentions. They dont matter." and "...understand that everyone is after power, and that we all occassionally manipulate and even deceive. That is human nature and there is no shame in it. You dont take people's maneuvers personally...." Reminds me of something I highlighted in 50th Law…

“…dont pay attention to people’s good or bad intentions. They dont matter.”

and

“…understand that everyone is after power, and that we all occassionally manipulate and even deceive. That is human nature and there is no shame in it. You dont take people’s maneuvers personally….”

]]> By: Loquutus http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11663 Loquutus Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:36:18 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11663 The very act of asking about a bunch of shit that doesn't matter so you can live vicariously through someone more successful than yourself reveals a profound lack of understanding of stoicism. Maybe this blog isn't for you. To bad this isn't the Idiot board, because you would be red-dotted back to your blueberry farm. The very act of asking about a bunch of shit that doesn’t matter so you can live vicariously through someone more successful than yourself reveals a profound lack of understanding of stoicism. Maybe this blog isn’t for you.

To bad this isn’t the Idiot board, because you would be red-dotted back to your blueberry farm.

]]> By: jonathan http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11662 jonathan Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:36:11 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11662 I want to hear a stoics take on American Apparel, Robert Greene, and Tucker Max. Ryan, you're a hustler, tell your story. I want to hear a stoics take on American Apparel, Robert Greene, and Tucker Max.

Ryan, you’re a hustler, tell your story.

]]> By: Youngman http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11661 Youngman Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:45:12 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11661 Being successful in life and writing an interesting blog are two mutually exclusive things. Well, there is some connection, but one does not necessarily mean the other. Therefore, anonymous above, you make as much sense as the lyrics to 'Somebody Told Me' by the Killers. Being successful in life and writing an interesting blog are two mutually exclusive things. Well, there is some connection, but one does not necessarily mean the other.

Therefore, anonymous above, you make as much sense as the lyrics to ‘Somebody Told Me’ by the Killers.

]]> By: Bob the Builder http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11660 Bob the Builder Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:01:53 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11660 Or, you know, there's more to LIFE than writing correctly or eloquently. Getting a degree in Philosophy could potentially turn you into the most boring person alive. Besides, as is the case with Ryan, you can seemingly learn all that without paying $60k for the education. Tell me, if you thought something was very important, would you only comment on it for a few posts? Or would it take you time to develop and incorporate said philosophy? If you imply you can learn and incorporate something as difficult as being stoic in no time at all, then you're either lying, or well, lying. Or, you know, there’s more to LIFE than writing correctly or eloquently. Getting a degree in Philosophy could potentially turn you into the most boring person alive. Besides, as is the case with Ryan, you can seemingly learn all that without paying $60k for the education.

Tell me, if you thought something was very important, would you only comment on it for a few posts? Or would it take you time to develop and incorporate said philosophy? If you imply you can learn and incorporate something as difficult as being stoic in no time at all, then you’re either lying, or well, lying.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11659 Anonymous Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:02:19 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11659 I wrote the "go back to school" message, and while I think that's still true, I also think he needs to write about his personal life more than never, or else this blog will continue to get hella stale. I wrote the “go back to school” message, and while I think that’s still true, I also think he needs to write about his personal life more than never, or else this blog will continue to get hella stale.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11658 Anonymous Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:22:53 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11658 If you think Ryan needs to go back to school, you clearly haven't been reading very long, or have any idea what he's doing with his life. I hope I'm as successful at 40 as this kid is at 22. You should be so lucky too. If you think Ryan needs to go back to school, you clearly haven’t been reading very long, or have any idea what he’s doing with his life. I hope I’m as successful at 40 as this kid is at 22. You should be so lucky too.

]]> By: kakutogi http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11657 kakutogi Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:21:38 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11657 I only check this place out once in a while now, and I agree, it is getting repetitive. Don't you think about anything other than stoicism? Don't mean to offend, two years ago this was my favorite blog hands down on RM... I only check this place out once in a while now, and I agree, it is getting repetitive. Don’t you think about anything other than stoicism?

Don’t mean to offend, two years ago this was my favorite blog hands down on RM…

]]> By: Pete http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11656 Pete Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:16:25 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11656 Ha, the above is maybe the most fitting comment possible for this post. Ha, the above is maybe the most fitting comment possible for this post.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11655 Anonymous Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:49:51 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/the-people-we-deal-with/#comment-11655 I think you need to go back to school. Like get a graduate degree in philosophy or the classics, so that you can realize that there's more to writing than stringing anecdotes together with a tidy little concluding sentence. No offense... I think you need to go back to school. Like get a graduate degree in philosophy or the classics, so that you can realize that there’s more to writing than stringing anecdotes together with a tidy little concluding sentence. No offense…

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