Dedication

What if you're wrong though?

haha im not wrong - well, at least i can do anything i want. im naturally very smart and intuitive though.

Fact is, you can do ANYTHING you want to in this world. Its 100% True, anything one man can do, another can do (within limits - weight, intellect, etc)

[ ] Anything you want to do
[ ] 100% true
[ ] Fact
[x] Childish positivism new age philosophy

baalim, im not taking it to the point of a random person becoming a pro football player, but i am saying if you dedicate yourself to something, with every rudement of your core, and you have half a brain or more, you will be very good at whatever you dedicate yourself to, almost always, unless you are like really dumb or really fat and unable to do things or stuff like that

and the fact is u can do anything u want in this world [x] fact . = doesn't mean u will be good at it, but u can do anything u want in this world, so ugh, good trolling there dumbass.

i can not name a thing in this world that i can not do.

i know how to watch a youtube video before doing things, i will at least understand whatever I am doing, so ugh, good troll

this is a positive blog, with the intention to teach and get people dedicated and playing more.

be a fag or whatever you want all you want. This is to teach and show people they need to work extremely hard, and there are many that read this blog, and I'm sure most of them are not working as hard as they should be, and they know it.

Working hard is one thing. But putting in 15 hour days consistently will do more harm than good long run. Especially for someone who is as emotionally unstable as you seem to be. A balanced life is a happy life.

"Can do anything you want".... plays poker hundreds of hours a month just to make another buck. Just become a banker.

a balanced life sounds to me like a life that balances shit you don't want to do at all with spending the rest of your time recovering by doing stuff you want to do, it doesn't seem preferable to a life that you fill only with things you want to do

Balance doesnt mean doing things you hate. It just means finding some interests outside of your job

I don't expect you to answer these questions; I'm not trolling but would be interested to hear your honest answers.

Do you ever stop to think that you might be happier without poker and applying yourself to something else?

Do you consider that successful people look not only at their passion but also at the myriad of factors that contribute to their success? If you're passionate about movies, it would be foolish to invest 15 hours a day into trying to get people to buy VHS tapes.

Why do you think so many notable professionals (from LP and farther afield) are absent from the online games these days?

Incidentally you cant do anything you want. You don't have the money to do it. You are in debt. You are a slave to online poker. You are running in a hamster wheel of absurd rake. You would probably struggle to find gainful employment with the grand canyon size crater in your resume caused by poker.

Ill leave this here. It applies to you, Benjamin1 and others who are playing a lot of PLO Zoom every month. Another consideration for your goals and aspirations,.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/153...s-between-plo-nlhe-incl-zoom-1461881/

For what its worth; I have come to the conclusion that poker is far from dead, but as far as online poker is concerned that ship has sailed.

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HES ALIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I can't decide if this is sad or funny.

i had a conversation last night with a guy at my indoor league. he told me about his sick mother, and how her doctor told her to not stop smoking cigs because she would probably die if she did stop. neilly will die if he stops playing poker

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On November 12 2014 01:35 Ryan Neilly wrote: i can not name a thing in this world that i can not do. i know how to watch a youtube video before doing things, i will at least understand whatever I am doing, so ugh, good troll

become a professional singer
dancer
actor
pianist
violinist
football player
basketball player
actually professional in any sport (and poker doesn't count, it's only competitive for so many people because it's so luck based)
influential academic at high ranking university

with the possible exception of actor, I'd argue that each and every one of these are outside your reach, because you can't just "decide" to become top dog in any of these after you're 25, you need to work on them from when you are a kid. And then as kids don't really make choices for themselves but are more likely to be pushed in one direction, and because you need to be pushed hard from a young age to make it in the most competitive fields.. it's not the conscious effort to dedicate yourself to something that makes you a success.

I mean if you're just talking about "I want to learn how to cook" or "I want to lose 20 lbs fat and become stronger" or "I want to learn how to code" then sure, your success will largely be dependent on your dedication to the cause, although a really great chef or a really great programmer both need some genetic advantage over the rest of the field. But this type of "the world is my oyster and I can do what I want if I just try hard enough" is a mentality which is more likely to be harmful to your mental health than positive, because normally the assumption that you can do "anything" if you just put your mind to it is wrong, and normally you'll come to realize this after failing - making you depressed. Positive thinking actually is important and good- but it needs to be realistically minded. Thinking there's not a thing in the world you can't do, that's just inventing a new god to believe in, it's not grounded in reality and if it provides you with salvation it's only through delusion.

It took a Neilly Blogpost to make Byrnesam come out from retirement lol

How many people do you think read your blog, read it to:

a.) Get advice from you.
b.) Checkin on your current situation.
c.) Read comments from people trolling you.

"You can do anything you set your mind to man." Eminem

*delusion

On November 12 2014 05:59 Liquid`Drone wrote: Show nested quote + On November 12 2014 01:35 Ryan Neilly wrote: i can not name a thing in this world that i can not do. i know how to watch a youtube video before doing things, i will at least understand whatever I am doing, so ugh, good troll become a professional singer dancer actor pianist violinist football player basketball player actually professional in any sport (and poker doesn't count, it's only competitive for so many people because it's so luck based) influential academic at high ranking university with the possible exception of actor, I'd argue that each and every one of these are outside your reach, because you can't just "decide" to become top dog in any of these after you're 25, you need to work on them from when you are a kid. And then as kids don't really make choices for themselves but are more likely to be pushed in one direction, and because you need to be pushed hard from a young age to make it in the most competitive fields.. it's not the conscious effort to dedicate yourself to something that makes you a success. I mean if you're just talking about "I want to learn how to cook" or "I want to lose 20 lbs fat and become stronger" or "I want to learn how to code" then sure, your success will largely be dependent on your dedication to the cause, although a really great chef or a really great programmer both need some genetic advantage over the rest of the field. But this type of "the world is my oyster and I can do what I want if I just try hard enough" is a mentality which is more likely to be harmful to your mental health than positive, because normally the assumption that you can do "anything" if you just put your mind to it is wrong, and normally you'll come to realize this after failing - making you depressed. Positive thinking actually is important and good- but it needs to be realistically minded. Thinking there's not a thing in the world you can't do, that's just inventing a new god to believe in, it's not grounded in reality and if it provides you with salvation it's only through delusion.

I think you're wrong about why poker is differentiated from other sports, specifically because it's something that people almost never start in their formative years since gambling is an adult game. And for the other sports there are physical things about being an athlete. But for instance Cziffra the pianist spent WW2 fighting and in prison camps and shit and he was one of the best. Andrea Bocelli started his singing career in his 30s. There are other things that are wholly intellectual like poker, such as chess, writing. Why did Rodney Dangerfield the comedian peak so late in life for instance.

What I am saying is not that anybody can do just anything they want, but the limits aren't that clear either, it seems you can always find people who break the mold. I mean for an average person there's no difference in the delusion of saying "I'm going to be the next x" or "I'm going to be the next x in my 30s." Was it really the progression of years that made something impossible, I think you are right about a genetic advantage, I would have been a shitty artist if I had started at 5 I just can't fucking do it it's not neurologically compatible with me.

I think there would be other factors that are correlated to age, it's not age per se, just that for people in society lateral career moves are hard, people lose their drive to work on things if they get bogged down with families or whatever. Also it's biased to judge only by the extreme peaks. Maybe I can't be Albert Schweitzer but if I worked hard for a long time I could be a successful doctor.

On November 12 2014 01:13 Baalim wrote: Show nested quote + Fact is, you can do ANYTHING you want to in this world. Its 100% True, anything one man can do, another can do (within limits - weight, intellect, etc) [ ] Anything you want to do [ ] 100% true [ ] Fact [x] Childish positivism new age philosophy

lol baal always hits it on the head

Okay like, if all of poker was like, top players playing heads up for 50k hands or more, I could agree that it's a skillful game.

But that's not even remotely close to how it is. The poker that gets the most exposure is tournament poker where being the world's best player essentially amounts to having somewhere between 3 and 7 lottery tickets instead of the 1 people buy in for. Professional poker is probably the most luck based out of any activity people receive worship over. (if you don't wanna drag it down a level and include like, birth lottery or whatever. )

On November 12 2014 04:44 RaiNKhAN wrote: i had a conversation last night with a guy at my indoor league. he told me about his sick mother, and how her doctor told her to not stop smoking cigs because she would probably die if she did stop. neilly will die if he stops playing poker

ROFL!

hahah

for once I totally agree with dogmeat

oh and baal is absolutely right too..

no doubt in my mind you do get better at stuff that you do by working hard, but in your case it's delusion, and well you never accepted it so, carry on

On November 12 2014 04:06 mnj wrote: HES ALIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Have you ever taken a break from poker and lived normal Ryan? Like just as a personal experiment, get a real job, even if it's something lame and just do that for awhile and see how it makes you feel?

On November 12 2014 03:52 byrnesam wrote: I don't expect you to answer these questions; I'm not trolling but would be interested to hear your honest answers. Do you ever stop to think that you might be happier without poker and applying yourself to something else? I thought long and hard on this for a few months.. I decided I'd rather be my own boss for life. I do quite well. Do you consider that successful people look not only at their passion but also at the myriad of factors that contribute to their success? If you're passionate about movies, it would be foolish to invest 15 hours a day into trying to get people to buy VHS tapes. I just love the game its my passion and tons of ppl just slack off and don't understand some key things. Why do you think so many notable professionals (from LP and farther afield) are absent from the online games these days? because after you have enough dough, live arenas become where the real money is. but to get that real money, online is most likely the best place. at least with my skill sets.. Incidentally you cant do anything you want. You don't have the money to do it. You are in debt. You are a slave to online poker. You are running in a hamster wheel of absurd rake. You would probably struggle to find gainful employment with the grand canyon size crater in your resume caused by poker. im not a slave to poker, i can quit anytime i want. i love the game, not many ppl understand my love for the game. when i got in vancouver, jlost88 started playin 24/7, im a huge spark in the game imho. Ill leave this here. It applies to you, Benjamin1 and others who are playing a lot of PLO Zoom every month. Another consideration for your goals and aspirations,. i moved my game to max $10 bi for cahgames for zoom, im not gonna play that ne more. 3.5 180s and a few mtts a day. http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/153...s-between-plo-nlhe-incl-zoom-1461881/ For what its worth; I have come to the conclusion that poker is far from dead, but as far as online poker is concerned that ship has sailed. online is fine if u pick the right games but i don't think online cashgames are beatable. 3.5 180s, cap mtts, stuff like this are where u find your edges. + Show Spoiler + and bigredhoss's graph is hilarious michaeljordanlaughing.gif

On November 12 2014 04:44 RaiNKhAN wrote: i had a conversation last night with a guy at my indoor league. he told me about his sick mother, and how her doctor told her to not stop smoking cigs because she would probably die if she did stop. neilly will die if he stops playing poker

This is so spot on.

I went 9 months without poker and i was a destroyed individual, i was grinding nl10-nl50 on acr printing like 1.5k a month, it was pukable to say the least.

i loveeeeeeeee poker

On November 12 2014 07:34 iop wrote: How many people do you think read your blog, read it to: a.) Get advice from you. b.) Checkin on your current situation. c.) Read comments from people trolling you.

lol a few get good advices when they notice my mindset is strong and right.

b. idk not many, i think ppl just like entertainment and i dont mind blogging and keepin lp alive and just rambling

c. its mostly about c lol

On November 13 2014 00:39 NewbSaibot wrote: Have you ever taken a break from poker and lived normal Ryan? Like just as a personal experiment, get a real job, even if it's something lame and just do that for awhile and see how it makes you feel?

yah i did this like 9 months last year,, it was hell lol

propbet: you can't read and study the entirety of Heidegger's "Being and Time" and give us a competent (your own) analysis of it. I'll double your bankroll if you can.