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MRP has totally transformed my life and I’m in the spirit of giving back. After I unfucked myself and started gaming my wife, sex is back on the menu, so I started fine tuning every aspect of my life-which was the next logical step.

I learned the Razor’s Edge concept from a book (I’ll give the reference if anyone asks me, I’m not here to promote any books) and want to share with you. It helped me tremendously at work and even start my side business. I used it to advance my career and continue to use it today. I’m teaching it to my kids. It’s a great mindset to have in business.

Like always, use this mindset from a position of strength – because you are a professional and take pride on your work. Don’t use this from a needy little bitch mindset who tries to impress other people like your wife or your boss. You are you OWN JUDGE.

So here it is:

The line which separates winning from losing is as fine as a razor’s edge… it really is. The real winners in life are, more often than not, only two or three percent more effective than those who lose. You are only one inch ... one step ... one idea ... away from turning onto the boulevard of beauty in your own life.You need to understand that you can be every bit as effective as anyone you read about or even hear about.

The Razor’s Edge is simply doing a little bit more … a little bit more than others … a little bit more than is expected … and a little bit more than is necessary. And it doesn’t really take any special skills or talents to do it. The good news is you can have the Razor’s Edge working for you. It can totally change your life. It did for me.

Always Fall Down Forwards…(Second Effort Concept)

Vince Lombardi, former football coach of the outstanding Green Bay Packers football team, described the Razor’s Edge concept in football very well when he said, “Most games are won or lost in the last two minutes of the first and second half.” But what Lombardi is best remembered for—with respect to football’s Razor’s Edge—is the “Second Effort” concept, which he introduced for the edification of his players. In a nutshell, the “Second Effort” concept simply meant, that when a player was initially stopped by the opposing team, he would always surge forward a second time, with the added thrust of a “second effort.”

Now, just consider the tremendous difference you could create in your own life if you were to adopt a similar mental attitude. For example, if you are a person who is working in sales and currently selling only three units a week, what would the consequences be for you if you were to decide to make one additional sale per week, through a conscientious application of the second effort concept?

Well, on a weekly basis, it might not appear to be a major breakthrough. However, viewed over the time frame of an entire career, it would actually amount to well over two thousand extra sales. Moreover, from a monetary standpoint, it would mean you would actually receive an extra ten years’ income over the span of a forty-year career. Yes, that one sale would be the Razor’s Edge difference, which could catapult you into “the big leagues” in your chosen career.

At the end of a work day, I always “Fall Forward”… I clean my desk off, organize shit, make a To-Do list for tomorrow, send that one last email to close the loop on something, sign up from that training class, etc..

In 1947, the race horse named ARMED won $761,500. But the horse who finished second in earnings that same year won only $75,000. Now, if you were to look at their winnings alone, it would appear that ARMED was thirteen times better than his closest competitor. However, when you compare “the times” that were actually registered by those two horses in their races, you learn that ARMED was a mere four percent better!

There was only a little difference between the two horses, but that little difference made all the difference in the world. And it’s a truth I see repeated over and over again … in every profession of life. The “greatest” golfers … like Tiger Woods … are only 3 or 4 strokes better than the “poorest” golfers in the tournament, but their winnings are dozens of times higher than those who come in second, third, or fourth place.

So, it’s rather obvious, “The line which separates winning from losing is as fine as a razor’s edge.”

It’s simply doing a little bit more … a little bit more than others … a little bit more than is expected … and a little bit more than is necessary.

-One person ‘just about’ starts a project, the other person starts it. -One person ‘just about’ starts eating healthy, the other person actually starts eating healthy. -One person ‘almost’ completes an exercise, the other does complete it. -One person sees an opportunity, the other acts on it. -One student ‘nearly’ passes the exam, the other does pass it… and although the difference in their marks may be only one percentage point out of a hundred, it’s that one point that makes all the difference.”

How can you get the Razor’s Edge working for you?

There are dozens of things you can do.

  1. Refuse to Settle for the Basics:

For example, you may have mastered the basics of reading by the fifth or sixth grade. But have you done anything since then to improve your reading skills? And you may have mastered the basics of arithmetic, but have you gone beyond that to master the skills required for saving, investing, and budgeting for your future? Get off your ass and go for something bigger and better.

  1. Decide to become an expert in Something:

You see … once people understand the basics of something, they usually stop their learning in that area. Only a small percentage of people ever go on to become the acknowledged experts in a particular area. And they are the ones, of course, who typically receive the largest incomes. That’s why you should look at what you’re doing, and ask yourself, “How good am I at doing it?” and “How much better could I be?”

  1. Dedicate Your Time to Study:

All you have to do is study one hour a day in your chosen field, and in five years you will be an expert in that field. “If you were to follow this schedule rigorously, in a relatively short span of time you would stand among your peers like a giraffe in a herd of field mice.”

  1. Turn Your Car into A Library:

Turn your radio off and your CD player on. If you’re like me, you drive thousands of miles to work or errands each year. In fact, if you drive as many as 25,000 miles per year, you’re spending the equivalent of thirteen forty-hour weeks sitting behind the wheel of your car. So you’ve got the time to listen to educational, motivational CDs. And whether or not you consciously focus on what you’re hearing, it’s virtually impossible to keep on exposing your mind to good, clean, powerful, uplifting information and not be positively influenced by it.

  1. Add the Razor’s Edge Element to Your Job:

Perhaps you’re in a customer service position. You will be astounded at what happens if you change your attitude towards your customers. If you tend to see customers as an interruption OF your business … instead the reason FOR your business … you’re bound to lose some customers. But if you think of ways to sharpen your customer service skills … and then actually do it … you’ll see an amazing difference in how you feel and in how much they buy. Try smiling at every customer. Give everyone a genuine, welcoming “hello” instead of perfunctory “hi.” And make sure you go out of your way to thank them for their business.

Practical Applications of the Razor’s Edge:

  1. Studying for a test?

Work one or two extra practice problems a day, it will add up over time. Does that take any special skill? No. It can totally stack the odds in your favor. I also used the Razor’s Edge when I wrote my first book, which was 182 pages. I didn’t write that book in one sitting. I wrote 1/2 page each day for an entire year and ended up with a complete book at the very end. Little things add up to bigger things.

  1. At work:

I also used it and got my first big promotion at work. Every Friday, we are required to enter the status of all the projects we were working on in an online website. I was in the construction field, so most engineers would write out what was going on the jobsites, etc.

However, I noticed that there was an option to include a picture in your report. I also noticed that no one else was attaching pictures in their reports. It was all words. So, I made a point to snap a photo with my phone every Friday morning when I visited the job sites of my projects. When I wrote my weekly status reports, I made sure to upload my jobsite photos. It only took a second to upload it. But it made a huge impact for the managers who read these reports in the main building every Monday morning.

When I was promoted, my manager told me that I was the only project engineer who attached photos to his reports. He also told me that a picture was worth a thousand words and he could really understand what was going on my jobsite and loved visually seeing the work that was completed. Taking a photo and uploading it took such little effort, but had a HUGE impact on my career.

More Examples:

  1. Last week, I bought a travel chess board for my kids from an online company. I’m teaching my boys how play and one of them accidently broke one of my wooden pieces. So I decided to buy them a board that has plastic pieces so I wouldn’t have to use my nice board.

Anyway, when we opened the package, the online chess company strategically put several candy bars in our package. My kids were so happy and tore into them! What a nice little surprise. To see my kids’ faces light up over a candy bar was awesome. They were more excited about the fucking candy bars than their present from me. Something that took a second to do and maybe only reduced their profit margin by .1% had a huge impact on my first impression of this company. If I ever need to buy anything related to chess again, I will buy it from them.

2)I was sick and visited a new Urgent Care near my house. They gave me a shot and some meds.. Few days later, I received a phone call from the Doctor who treated me. He asked me if I felt better and if there was anything else he could do for me? Wow! I never had a doctor actually call me before to check up on me, especially from an Urgent Care. Simple little things like that… you bet if I get sick again I will go back to that place.

Summary:

1)You are only one inch ... one step ... one idea ... away from turning onto the boulevard of beauty in your own life.

2)It’s simply doing a little bit more … a little bit more than others … a little bit more than is expected … and a little bit more than is necessary.

3)The line which separates winning from losing is as fine as a razor’s edge… and it really is. The real winners in life are, more often than not, only two or three percent more effective than those who lose.

4)You need to understand that you can be every bit as effective as anyone you read about or even hear about.

5)And it doesn’t really take any special skills or talents to do it.

6)Always “Fall Forward” and take the “Second Effort”.


[–]ShrodingersDingaling33 points34 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

This is the sort of material that brought me here and why I keep coming back. Thanks.

[–]Thundersnow692 points3 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Came here to this this also!!

[–]bogeyd6MRP MODERATOR4 points5 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Stop circle jerking.

[–]hystericalbonding17 points18 points  (6 children) | Copy Link

Add that little bit of kino during the day

Talk to one more person

Add one rep in the gym

All easy things

A nice and simple post.

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children) | Copy Link

Yep, I was going to tie it into MRP tactics but thought it was getting too long. Thanks

[–]crimson_chris6 points7 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

"I was going to". You did not follow your own advice.

Good post.

[–]JudgeDoom69MRP APPROVED0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

I was going to tie it into MRP tactics

You could do a follow-up post

[–]PeggedByOwlette0 points1 point  (2 children) | Copy Link

Do 30 min of cardio

[–]pumpedupkicks352 points3 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

This. After my standard weights session I’ve started doing a quick 3km on the treadmill and then a couple of rounds on the boxing bag to finish off my workout.

The feeling you get walking out of the gym completely out of breath and dripping in sweat is next level due to the endorphins that cardio activates.

It will add an extra half half hour to your session but fuck it you’re there anyway right.

[–]CrippleSlap1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

It will add an extra half half hour to your session but fuck it you’re there anyway right worth it

Fixed that for ya

[–]SeamusAwl12 points13 points  (2 children) | Copy Link

I was listening to some motivational videos on youtube while at work. Random plays, there was this one exNBA player who was talking about an encounter he had. He decided to get in earlier than normal to workout and practice before playing the Lakers. When he got to the arena, Kobe Bryant was already there shooting hoops. He went down and started his work out. He worked out harder than before, and left after an hour. Kobe stayed doing his thing. During the game, he asked Kobe why he stayed so long. Kobe’s response was that he saw him and wasn’t going to allow anyone to outwork him.

[–]Reach180MRP APPROVED7 points8 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

The point I took away from the story was not that Kobe wouldn't allow himself to be outworked. It's that Kobe wasn't going to let JW think that he could possibly be outworked.

It was psychological warfare.

JW had the Razor's Edge approach with the basketball. "I will work harder".

Kobe was next level gamesmanship - "I'm gonna make this kid think I'm invincible so he might as well not even try."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIwTheKgE9g

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Once you see the Razor’s Edge in practice, you can’t unsee it.

[–]outlawrp3 points4 points  (11 children) | Copy Link

I’ll bite. What book is it from? Thanks for an awesome post brother.

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 8 points9 points  (10 children) | Copy Link

Bob Proctor’s “ you were born rich”. You can find a free pdf online. He gives it away free.

Warning. The Dude’s like 80 years old now, when you first listen to him (tons of videos on YT) or read his stuff, he’s kind of out there and woo woo, he’s into the law of attraction, etc.

I had to revisit his work from time to time because it’s powerful if you can get over the magic of it all. He talks about changing your Paradigm and think and grow rich from Napoleon Hill. And it seems like he says the same shit in every video.

You have to be in the right mindset to “Get it”. Maybe a certain point in your life as well. And when you finally “get it”, you get hooked.

Also, as for as the law of attraction, I don’t necessary believe in it ...literally... per say ... but i’m totally all in on the fact that what you put out into the universe gets reflected back to you.. you can attract things into your life by the frequency you broadcast.

Check it out, see if it’s for you.

His whole concept of the razors edge and paradigm changing has been reinvented so many times, someone wrote book recently called the “slight edge” and was a best seller. It’s basically the same shit he talked about 40 years ago.

[–]anonmmmm1120 points1 point  (9 children) | Copy Link

I was actually going to guess Slight Edge. If they are the same, is it worth reading Bob's book?

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 2 points3 points  (8 children) | Copy Link

Actually, if you aren’t into the woo woo stuff, I’d say don’t waste you time.

The razors edge is sort of out of place in his book because it’s so practical. Whereas everything else that he says and is in that book is for deep thought and more woo woo type shit.

law of attraction, vibration, vacuum law of prosperity, changing your programming/ paradigm, etc

If you think those topics sound like bullshit, don’t waste your time.

If you want more practical application, read Jim Rohns stuff. The slight edge was a direct rip-off from Everything Jim Rohn did in the 70s and 80s...and did much better- slight edge is just repackaged. I’m surprised no one called the slight edge author out on it, but everyone was probably in on too just to make $.

Like everything else, most information is just recycled, repackaged, rebranded, over and over again to a younger audience. That’s why I always look back at the old guys who originated most of this shit.

[–]anonmmmm1120 points1 point  (7 children) | Copy Link

I've read many self help books so i get the woo woo bit for what it is.. A way to irrationally rationalise your own success.

I'm familiar with Jim Rohn too,napoleon hill and a few others. Do you have a list of authors who stood at the foundations of self-help worth sharing?

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 3 points4 points  (6 children) | Copy Link

I’m 40, I’ve been reading self help for 25 years. Started with Tony Robbins of course, Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn (hands down the best there ever was for business and self development).

I suffered severe depression all my life, so the self help was a form of motivating myself.... and I always got a pretty good pump up from it, but it was only temperory/ short term. You always go back to your baseline. Struggled all my life.

But 2 years ago, after I found MRP and mmslp, I stumbled upon a book which was a game changer for me.. it was written in 1960 by Dr. Maxwell Maltz. It’s called Phycho-Cybernetics.

Come to find out, every fucking self help book is modeled after this one book.... it’s hidden in plain sight for everyone to see, yet it’s never mentioned.... I still can’t belive it. It IS a conspiracy.

I was able to reinvent myself, let go decades of depression, I had something called “Nostalgic Depression”, stems from derealization syndrome. Fucking brutal. Can’t explain it now.

I was actually going to post about this book and the one single concept in it which is fucking inbelievable.

Everyone should be taught this in school. I won’t spoil it now. I’ll post next week.

[–]anonmmmm1121 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Thanks man. Looking forward to your post!

[–]HobbesTheBrave0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

I’ve been reading self help for 25 years.

What's the best book(s) you've read?

[–]pridebrah0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

In for next week!

[–]anonmmmm1120 points1 point  (2 children) | Copy Link

Hei, i am still waiting for the post!

If you think it's off topic on this sub, could you post it somewhere else?

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child) | Copy Link

You suffer from depression ?

[–]anonmmmm1120 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

I do?

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (5 children) | Copy Link

I’m 40, I’ve been reading self help for 25 years. Started with Tony Robbins of course, Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn...

OP, You're not gonna like this........ and I really don't want to humble brag..... but:

Since age 15 you have been reading, etc, self help gurus. So very early you started this path of learning from those that teach. Has all this learning gotten you the results you desire? Based on your posts, I think not.

I read the self help guys too. Zig Ziglar, and Brian Tracy were a big deal back in the dark ages of my youth. They had loads of things to teach, and, somehow, they made a ton of money doing it. But I quit reading and started doing things my own way back in my early 20's. The great lesson that they did not teach, was you had to stop being a student and break your ass to become a master. I broke my ass......

By age 25, I had lost those books and programs that I spent my meager savings on. By age 33, I past my first million in real spendable money. I retired the first time age age 42 (But it only lasted a few months).

Self help guys must love guys like you, that extoll the benefits of the knowledge they peddle. The fact is, they have valuable things to teach (and they get well paid for it too).

Class is over. You are 40 years old now. Graduate and grind it out. Your real experiences doing the deeds will always be more valuable than someone else's classroom. My best.

[–]johneyapocalypseTold Death to Fuck Off - MRP is easy mode0 points1 point  (4 children) | Copy Link

Yours is an interesting and poignant, if not unpopular, comment. I like the posts of Alpha_Engineer99, including this one.

With that said, I tend to agree with you. Edit: I think.

I dove into self-help for a few months after my first (monumental) failure, just a few years after dropping out of college to get it started. The self-help gave me a bit of a "phase shift," a different perspective, and it helped me out of a deep, dark place.

Failures two and three were bad, but not that bad.

Then I stumbled into my first success and soon enough the successes outweighed the failures, not an easy task.

Along the way I was bemused by "career students" getting one advanced degree after another. So foreign to me. I couldn't even wait for graduation to get out in the real world and make something happen.

I still see so many people - including my own wife - attracted to self-improvement books and ideas. Reading - and often championing - one "new idea" after another.

I think learning is great. Learn a language. Learn to meditate.

But I agree that time spent doing provides vastly more experience - certainly at this age - than time spent reading someone else's material.

Yet as I write that - and pardon me for the extemporaneous stream-of-consciousness - I wonder, what is so different about Alpha_Engineer99's quest for knowledge in one particular area of interest aimed at self-improvement versus my own quest for knowledge aimed at self-improvement here, at MRP?

I do MRP much, much more than I read MRP. Yet at the same time, what I read here is highly valuable and helping me improve.

What would you say is the difference between the two?

[–]bogeyd6MRP MODERATOR3 points4 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

The difference is you become some else's man instead of your own man. We want men to become their own men. Not some follower who keeps seeking praise. I had a very hard past couple of days. I knew what had to be done and I seeked an opinion of a peer who could give me a reality check.

While this past week was hard for me. I had a game plan not someone else game plan. It was mine. I reached for help from a trusted source to make sure I wasn't being retarded. That's the difference. I didn't go to a seminar and follow someone else game plan.

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

I don’t think there’s a difference really. My own personal philosophy is that I’m not leaving anything up to chance. I make everything a study. Successful people wrote down how they did what they did in books. And to all free online , I rarely spent a dime on anything. Either my parents bought me the books or I found them online.

I’m not getting to the end of my life and realize that I only lived one half of it,,, not from a lack of trying but from a lack of knowing.

I didn’t know shit about getting pussy, so I read books on it, now I get pussy.

I didn’t know shit about finance when I graduated, so I read books on it, now my 401k balance is close to million only after 16 years of my working career ( used the razors edge to increase savings by 1% every time I got a raise or cost of living increase). I’ll have several million by retirement.

I didn’t know shit about living without depression, so I read books on it. Now I’m not depressed.

I didn’t know shit about passive income or becoming an entrepreneur, so I read books on it, now I have a successful side business. I now have 3 incomes coming in . Mine, wife’s, and sidebusiness.

I didn’t say anything about not following your own path or becoming your own man. ??? Of course do that. By all means do that. I didn’t say to follow someone else’s blueprint. That’s stupid.

I’m not putting a disclosure on all my post that that I agree with Everyrhing in the side bar , like “before you read this ... “ - pretty silly.

It’s funny how people get so mad at the ones with the results and feel the need to put them down.

I’m my own judge.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

My points are swapping notes to you on my view. Take what you want, if anything.

In one thing we absolutely agree, you are your own judge.

[–]VickVaseline1 point2 points  (3 children) | Copy Link

Thank you.

This should also go on the main sub under the Building Power flair.

[–]beta_no_mo0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Agreed

[–]The_LitzMRP APPROVED1 point2 points  (4 children) | Copy Link

I find a close link between procrastination and having an edge over others. What are your thoughts?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children) | Copy Link

Procrastinators die a slow death of inaction. Move forward, do something, even if it fails. By making the move first, you find out what does not work before the other guy. That is the 1% that's needed to move ahead.

If in doubt, do something, NOW. It's only a test anyway.

[–]bogeyd6MRP MODERATOR1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Fortune favors the bold.

[–]The_LitzMRP APPROVED0 points1 point  (1 child) | Copy Link

I always tell the young guys at work that a good plan today is better than the perfect plan tomorrow when I see them putting more effort into excuses than the actual task at hand.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Yes!

My mental thought is "do it now". Read, write it, fix it, file it, move it, kick it, hug it, crash it, or trash it.......DO IT NOW.

Winners act first and ask permission later.

[–]drty_prMRP APPROVED1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

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[–]bogeyd6MRP MODERATOR0 points1 point  (4 children) | Copy Link

I'm not sure what I get from this post. Obviously as a man you should be handling your business. If you are this far into your journey and you need someone to tel you to make a second effort. I have some bad news. I expect someone like you to already be handling your business. You are a man.

Anyway. I fail to see rule #1 in this post. Maybe this belongs in /r/circlejerk

[–]Tebulus1 point2 points  (3 children) | Copy Link

This post seemed to me to be more about complacency rather than building your behavior around it sort of like hysterical mentioned above. When you think are done, do a little more anyway. Applies to simple shit and maps. Sort of like the 40% rule. Noobs and vets can benefit from it.

[–]bogeyd6MRP MODERATOR0 points1 point  (2 children) | Copy Link

Are you retarded. Complacency is the enemy.

[–]Tebulus1 point2 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Yes it is. So when you are complacent in your routine or while following your map, a concept like this can help you realize that.

[–]bogeyd6MRP MODERATOR1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Wrong sub for this.

[–]Z06david0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Good stuff! I've been doing this at the gym without realizing it. I always push for that extra rep or two and man does it make a difference. I need to be more cognizant of this in other areas in my life. Thanks for the post!

[–]cm-man0 points1 point  (1 child) | Copy Link

Great post. Curious - What was your book about?

[–]Alpha_Engineer99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

My book? How to pass an engineering exam - to get your engineering license. I wrote one practice problem every fucking day for over a year and had a book at the end.

My razors edge, not only was it writing a little bit every day, but everyone of my solutions referenced the engineering boards reference manual by page #.

No other engineering study guide book out there actually told you what page to find the equations on. That’s how my book is different. The board let’s you bring the manual in during the exam because you can’t memorize a million formulas, so I walk the user (test taker) through each problem and help them get used to the manual, which saves time. Etc.

That’s was my razors edge.

Combined with some luck, amazon started letting self publishers up on amazon, the exam was going through some changes too, so I finished my book at the right time, and was able to get on the first page. Which is key.

Preparation and opportunity = luck

Thanks for asking.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Read this post earlier and it pushed me to do a couple more sets at the end of my workout. Cheers bro

[–]mrp20170 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

This is something most sportsmen will appreciate so it's nice to see it broadly applied like this. My coaches would have loved it.

This concept was put into motivational speech form by Al Pacino in the 'Game of Inches' from Any Given Sunday.

https://youtu.be/WO4tIrjBDkk

I'd recommend watching it for the great delivery and top notch soundtrack by Paul Kelly but if you can't, the text is this (cut off the end as it's about teamwork):

I don't know what to say really. Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today.

Either we heal as a team or we are going to crumble. Inch by inch, play by play, till we're finished. We are in hell right now, gentlemen believe me and we can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb out of hell. One inch, at a time.

Now I can't do it for you. I'm too old. I look around and I see these young faces and I think... I mean, I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make. I uh....I pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who has ever loved me. And lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life things get taken from you. That's, that's part of life. But, you only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out that life is just a game of inches. So is football. Because in either game life or football the margin for error is so small. I mean one half step too late or to early you don't quite make it. One half second too slow or too fast and you don't quite catch it.

The inches we need are everywhere around us. They are in ever break of the game every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.

Cause we know when we add up all those inches that's going to make the fucking difference between WINNING and LOSING between LIVING and DYING.

I'll tell you this in any fight it is the guy who is willing to die who is going to win that inch. And I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch because that is what LIVING is!

[–]AechzenMRP APPROVED0 points1 point  (1 child) | Copy Link

Thanks for the post.

if you drive as many as 25,000 miles per year, you’re spending the equivalent of thirteen forty-hour weeks sitting behind the wheel of your car.

I realized something similar early in my career. I fucking hated driving that much, and I've optimized my life to limit how much time I spend in my car. When I was at my job with the worst commute, first I built a carpool with a buddy in the same town, and we traded off driving and picking each other up. After he quit and I was doing the drive everyday I quickly found another job.

Fast forward to now, work is two miles away; when I have to go to another office, there is a company shuttle from my regular office and I can read while somebody else drives. Kid school is also in town, I can walk to stores, I have parks a few blocks away. I did this very consciously, realizing how much I spent time in a car not doing anything growing up, and watching my parents get fat.

When I consider jobs, I think of a longer commute as unpaid labor, and therefore as a pay cut unless it's countered by a substantial raise.

[–]johneyapocalypseTold Death to Fuck Off - MRP is easy mode0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

I walk from one end of a park to another. Sometimes joyously.

Lifestyle choices should always factor into the equation.

Yours was a smart realization.

[–]innominating0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Awesome.

[–]RedWhacker0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Finally a useful post.

[–]pridebrah0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

Great post. Love the simple, immediately applicable type of posts like this one.

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