Best thing I have read in a long time.
[quote]LoRez wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Meh. Typical Internet drivel. [/quote]
Is it?
Because when I think typical internet drivel, I think of a bunch of feel-good articles with tips and tricks that nobody will ever use, written mainly just to sell ad clicks. Not usually “get off your ass and actually do something with your life.”[/quote]
I don’t think what the guy wrote is necessarily wrong, but he doesn’t offer anything constructive to actually help people getting shit done.
It’s like telling the clinically depressed person that he should just get his shit together and follow his dreams. Or telling the heroin junky that his addiction is fucking up his life and he should stop. Well, no shit Sherlock. HOW exactly is the real and extremely difficult question.
I think some Asian-looking chick made a similar comment on the page.
Just my opinion.
ps: Some like the “feel-good” approach and some the “tough-love” approach, the content is typically pretty much the same.
I stole the fruit metaphor from the Bible. Jesus said something to the effect of “a tree is judged by its fruit” over and over and over. Granted, Jesus never said, “If you want to work here, close.” No, he said, “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Ha! Good thing I have already made those adjustments the thing I learned about people in life is the following:
- Everybody is the most important person in the world, to themselves.
- Nobody really, actually gives a shit about you. They are only nice when being around you bring benefit to themselves.
- Everybody thinks they are the best employees.
- Work doesn’t give the slightest shit about you, only what you can produce. And it doesn’t matter what it is, you can lose your child, get maimed in a drive-by, etc… (basically any terrible life situation that one would think draws pity) if you aren’t producing they will can you, period. And they don’t give the slightest fuck about what you did yesterday.
- However little people give a shit about you, they give even less of one about your kids. They don’t care if your kids is a football star, gets good grades, came up with a revolutionary drug that cures cancer, etc. NOBODY gives a crap about your kids, they don’t want to talk about them and they damn sure don’t want to see pictures and most people would rather hang themselves to see a video about your kids. Your kids are only cute and special to you.
- Most people think that the opposite of the above is true…about themselves.
In other words, we are all a bunch of naive ego maniacs who thinks they are important. We watch shows like “Housewives” or “toddlers and tiaras” to laugh at those qualities in others. We may be more subtle, but often not much better.
[quote]dirtman wrote:
Loved it. Pure truth. Wished someone kicked my ass and said this to me in the 90’s.[/quote]
My father did and that is why I am where I am.
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
[quote]LoRez wrote:
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
Meh. Typical Internet drivel. [/quote]
Is it?
Because when I think typical internet drivel, I think of a bunch of feel-good articles with tips and tricks that nobody will ever use, written mainly just to sell ad clicks. Not usually “get off your ass and actually do something with your life.”[/quote]
I don’t think what the guy wrote is necessarily wrong, but he doesn’t offer anything constructive to actually help people getting shit done.
It’s like telling the clinically depressed person that he should just get his shit together and follow his dreams. Or telling the heroin junky that his addiction is fucking up his life and he should stop. Well, no shit Sherlock. HOW exactly is the real and extremely difficult question.
I think some Asian-looking chick made a similar comment on the page.
Just my opinion.
ps: Some like the “feel-good” approach and some the “tough-love” approach, the content is typically pretty much the same.[/quote]
Actually he did tell you something to get things done on the second page.
Anyone who needs to have those kinds of lessons spoon fed to them as infinite_shore suggests isn’t going to end up benefitting from them, or even applying them, anyway.
I think more fathers and mothers should be teaching their kids this instead of your a special snowflake.
[quote]Jaice wrote:
It speaks the truth, no doubt. Couldn’t really have come at a better time either.
As for the usual internet drivel, I do think a there is a lot of homogenized shite out there that preaches all this ‘new age’, spiritual crap that never meaningfully helps anyone - but on the other hand, when I find articles like this that are objective and highlight things that I occasionally doubt about myself then I’m always going to sit up and listen.[/quote]
Not sure if its categorized as new age… but ever read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle?
[quote]caveman101 wrote:
Just wanted to share[/quote]
That was fucking awesome.
[quote]pat wrote:
Ha! Good thing I have already made those adjustments the thing I learned about people in life is the following:
- Everybody is the most important person in the world, to themselves.
- Nobody really, actually gives a shit about you. They are only nice when being around you bring benefit to themselves.
- Everybody thinks they are the best employees.
- Work doesn’t give the slightest shit about you, only what you can produce. And it doesn’t matter what it is, you can lose your child, get maimed in a drive-by, etc… (basically any terrible life situation that one would think draws pity) if you aren’t producing they will can you, period. And they don’t give the slightest fuck about what you did yesterday.
- However little people give a shit about you, they give even less of one about your kids. They don’t care if your kids is a football star, gets good grades, came up with a revolutionary drug that cures cancer, etc. NOBODY gives a crap about your kids, they don’t want to talk about them and they damn sure don’t want to see pictures and most people would rather hang themselves to see a video about your kids. Your kids are only cute and special to you.
- Most people think that the opposite of the above is true…about themselves.
In other words, we are all a bunch of naive ego maniacs who thinks they are important. We watch shows like “Housewives” or “toddlers and tiaras” to laugh at those qualities in others. We may be more subtle, but often not much better.[/quote]
Wow. This is pure gold!
[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
[quote]Jaice wrote:
It speaks the truth, no doubt. Couldn’t really have come at a better time either.
As for the usual internet drivel, I do think a there is a lot of homogenized shite out there that preaches all this ‘new age’, spiritual crap that never meaningfully helps anyone - but on the other hand, when I find articles like this that are objective and highlight things that I occasionally doubt about myself then I’m always going to sit up and listen.[/quote]
Not sure if its categorized as new age… but ever read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle?[/quote]
I have. Eckhart would think that the article posted by the OP is drivel.
[quote]challer1 wrote:
[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
[quote]Jaice wrote:
It speaks the truth, no doubt. Couldn’t really have come at a better time either.
As for the usual internet drivel, I do think a there is a lot of homogenized shite out there that preaches all this ‘new age’, spiritual crap that never meaningfully helps anyone - but on the other hand, when I find articles like this that are objective and highlight things that I occasionally doubt about myself then I’m always going to sit up and listen.[/quote]
Not sure if its categorized as new age… but ever read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle?[/quote]
I have. Eckhart would think that the article posted by the OP is drivel.[/quote]
Why is that?
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
I think more fathers and mothers should be teaching their kids this instead of your a special snowflake. [/quote]
Yes!
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]challer1 wrote:
[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
[quote]Jaice wrote:
It speaks the truth, no doubt. Couldn’t really have come at a better time either.
As for the usual internet drivel, I do think a there is a lot of homogenized shite out there that preaches all this ‘new age’, spiritual crap that never meaningfully helps anyone - but on the other hand, when I find articles like this that are objective and highlight things that I occasionally doubt about myself then I’m always going to sit up and listen.[/quote]
Not sure if its categorized as new age… but ever read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle?[/quote]
I have. Eckhart would think that the article posted by the OP is drivel.[/quote]
Why is that?[/quote]
Eckhart believes that we have two purposes in this world: an inner purpose and an outer purpose. Our inner purpose is spiritual, and the end goal is simply to awaken spiritually before we die (even if that awakening does not happen until the moment of our death). He believes that this is the most important aspect of our life on Earth.
Our outer purpose is everything else - our jobs, family, contributions to society, wealth, etc. This purpose is secondary to the inner purpose, and he really has nothing negative or positive to say on it. He states that there is nothing wrong with enjoying the material world in moderation and certainly nothing wrong with being a productive member of society, but you cannot find peace or your true purpose in external matters.
Eckhart does say however that most people get too wrapped up in their outer purpose and lose sight of what is really important - the spiritual purpose. He calls this succeeding in your outer purpose but failing in your inner purpose. He believes this is what Jesus referred to when he warned his followers about “losing their souls to gain the world”. That Glengarry Glen Ross video is the epitome of this failure.
As Pat put it in an earlier post, we are all a bunch of naive ego maniacs who thinks they are important. Glengarry Glen Ross and the author of the OP’s want us to embrace this state and go from naive egomaniacs to savvy egomaniacs. Eckhart wants us to rise above the ego entirely.
[quote]challer1 wrote:
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]challer1 wrote:
[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
[quote]Jaice wrote:
It speaks the truth, no doubt. Couldn’t really have come at a better time either.
As for the usual internet drivel, I do think a there is a lot of homogenized shite out there that preaches all this ‘new age’, spiritual crap that never meaningfully helps anyone - but on the other hand, when I find articles like this that are objective and highlight things that I occasionally doubt about myself then I’m always going to sit up and listen.[/quote]
Not sure if its categorized as new age… but ever read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle?[/quote]
I have. Eckhart would think that the article posted by the OP is drivel.[/quote]
Why is that?[/quote]
Eckhart believes that we have two purposes in this world: an inner purpose and an outer purpose. Our inner purpose is spiritual, and the end goal is simply to awaken spiritually before we die (even if that awakening does not happen until the moment of our death). He believes that this is the most important aspect of our life on Earth.
Our outer purpose is everything else - our jobs, family, contributions to society, wealth, etc. This purpose is secondary to the inner purpose, and he really has nothing negative or positive to say on it. He states that there is nothing wrong with enjoying the material world in moderation and certainly nothing wrong with being a productive member of society, but you cannot find peace or your true purpose in external matters.
Eckhart does say however that most people get too wrapped up in their outer purpose and lose sight of what is really important - the spiritual purpose. He calls this succeeding in your outer purpose but failing in your inner purpose. He believes this is what Jesus referred to when he warned his followers about “losing their souls to gain the world”. That Glengarry Glen Ross video is the epitome of this failure.
As Pat put it in an earlier post, we are all a bunch of naive ego maniacs who thinks they are important. Glengarry Glen Ross and the author of the OP’s want us to embrace this state and go from naive egomaniacs to savvy egomaniacs. Eckhart wants us to rise above the ego entirely.[/quote]
Eckhart sounds like a fucking retard to me, then.
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]challer1 wrote:
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]challer1 wrote:
[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
[quote]Jaice wrote:
It speaks the truth, no doubt. Couldn’t really have come at a better time either.
As for the usual internet drivel, I do think a there is a lot of homogenized shite out there that preaches all this ‘new age’, spiritual crap that never meaningfully helps anyone - but on the other hand, when I find articles like this that are objective and highlight things that I occasionally doubt about myself then I’m always going to sit up and listen.[/quote]
Not sure if its categorized as new age… but ever read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle?[/quote]
I have. Eckhart would think that the article posted by the OP is drivel.[/quote]
Why is that?[/quote]
Eckhart believes that we have two purposes in this world: an inner purpose and an outer purpose. Our inner purpose is spiritual, and the end goal is simply to awaken spiritually before we die (even if that awakening does not happen until the moment of our death). He believes that this is the most important aspect of our life on Earth.
Our outer purpose is everything else - our jobs, family, contributions to society, wealth, etc. This purpose is secondary to the inner purpose, and he really has nothing negative or positive to say on it. He states that there is nothing wrong with enjoying the material world in moderation and certainly nothing wrong with being a productive member of society, but you cannot find peace or your true purpose in external matters.
Eckhart does say however that most people get too wrapped up in their outer purpose and lose sight of what is really important - the spiritual purpose. He calls this succeeding in your outer purpose but failing in your inner purpose. He believes this is what Jesus referred to when he warned his followers about “losing their souls to gain the world”. That Glengarry Glen Ross video is the epitome of this failure.
As Pat put it in an earlier post, we are all a bunch of naive ego maniacs who thinks they are important. Glengarry Glen Ross and the author of the OP’s want us to embrace this state and go from naive egomaniacs to savvy egomaniacs. Eckhart wants us to rise above the ego entirely.[/quote]
Eckhart sounds like a fucking retard to me, then.[/quote]
I thought that too until I got a cancer diagnosis. When reflecting on your life you won’t be sitting there wishing you had closed another sale.
So we should all strive to become corporate wage slaves that reduces all human interaction to: “what’s in it for me?”
He raises a few interesting points, but his #1 point has no purpose other than to reinforce his bias.
[quote]Otis Rush wrote:
So we should all strive to become corporate wage slaves that reduces all human interaction to: “what’s in it for me?”
He raises a few interesting points, but his #1 point has no purpose other than to reinforce his bias. [/quote]
I think you misunderstood the article. He was more so saying that we shouldn’t look to the world to make us feel special just because we are who we are. He also never said just go into the corporate world. Skimming doesn’t count as reading.