Corporate Machiavelli

You’re not bad with people. You’re just listening to the wrong layer. Every conversation has 3 levels: - what people say - what they feel - what they actually mean Most people stop at the first. That’s why they get blindsided. ------------ A girl says, “I’m fine.” So you move on. But: - her body is closed - her face is tense - her attention is gone Nothing about that is “fine.” The breakup didn’t come out of nowhere. You just missed the signals early. ------------ Same in business. Client says: “I’ll get back to you.” Sounds reasonable. But in reality: - they created distance - showed discomfort at price - avoided commitment That deal was already dead. ------------ This happens everywhere. People say one thing. Signal another. Mean something else entirely. And if you can’t see the difference, you lose ------------ But once you see it, everything changes. You start noticing: - small shifts in posture - hesitation before answers - tension in the face - mismatch between words and behaviour And suddenly… You know what’s really going on. ------------ Someone says, “That’s our final offer.” - But they don’t look certain. - They don’t sound firm. - They don’t hold eye contact. So you push. And the “final” offer moves. This is the power of understanding the nonverbal cues, that is, deciphering body language. ------------ Observing the body language, understanding what it means in a context, and responding appropriately is a skill And most people never learn it. I’m putting together a simple guide that teaches you exactly this: - how to actually read body language - how to spot when people are holding back - how to understand what people really mean (in real time) If you want it, join the waitlist. Click the link below: forms.gle/kqjWb8UwBtLrqW…

Discipline Tip: Think of the men you have respect for. If they were to witness the behaviour you are engaging in now, would they be impressed, or would they be ashamed?

99% of cases of 'Depression' are not a mental illness. They are the inevitable symptoms of having terrible life circumstances. Depression is rare. Terrible Lives are common. 2 different problems. One is a psychological problem....the other is...material problems.

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"Everyone can be successful! We are all going to make it!" This is a lie. Pareto Distribution dictates that a majority will fail and a minority will succeed. It has always been this way, and it always will be.

You’re not bad with people. You’re just listening to the wrong layer. Every conversation has 3 levels: - what people say - what they feel - what they actually mean Most people stop at the first. That’s why they get blindsided. ------------ A girl says, “I’m fine.” So you move on. But: - her body is closed - her face is tense - her attention is gone Nothing about that is “fine.” The breakup didn’t come out of nowhere. You just missed the signals early. ------------ Same in business. Client says: “I’ll get back to you.” Sounds reasonable. But in reality: - they created distance - showed discomfort at price - avoided commitment That deal was already dead. ------------ This happens everywhere. People say one thing. Signal another. Mean something else entirely. And if you can’t see the difference, you lose ------------ But once you see it, everything changes. You start noticing: - small shifts in posture - hesitation before answers - tension in the face - mismatch between words and behaviour And suddenly… You know what’s really going on. ------------ Someone says, “That’s our final offer.” - But they don’t look certain. - They don’t sound firm. - They don’t hold eye contact. So you push. And the “final” offer moves. This is the power of understanding the nonverbal cues, that is, deciphering body language. ------------ Observing the body language, understanding what it means in a context, and responding appropriately is a skill And most people never learn it. I’m putting together a simple guide that teaches you exactly this: - how to actually read body language - how to spot when people are holding back - how to understand what people really mean (in real time) If you want it, join the waitlist. Click the link below: forms.gle/kqjWb8UwBtLrqW…

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It is called "Capitalism" rather than "Free Marketism" for a reason. It's not about 'Free Markets', It's about 'Capital'. Few Understand This.

The most effective strategy for ‘networking’ is this: spend zero time trying to build relationships with losers.

The Sound Of The Wind Blowing The Sound Of The Rain Falling When You Arrive At Death You Will Find That You Under Appreciated These Things.

If one side is offering you emotionally charged platitudes, and the other is offering empirical evidence, listen to the side offering empirical evidence.

Your life does not end when you die; Your life ends when your physical health becomes bad enough, such that achieving anything significant is virtually impossible.

Cryptocurrency will set the masses free. That...or it will be used to enslave the masses to a degree that Stalin could not have even dreamed of.

Kissing someone on the forehead indicates they are a subordinate to be taken care of.

We have Leftwingers pretending they do not know the difference between a Man and a Woman. We have Rightwingers pretending they do not know that Donald Trump is a narcissistic con man, motivated purely by selfish desire for power and fame. Same people, different tribes.

The mainstream media is a mass distribution system for propoganda.

People who are low on agreeableness make more money and do better in the business world than people high on agreeableness. Low agreeablness is an advantage for transcending macro dominance hierarchies; going from rags to riches, bottom to the top.

If as a man you are the beneficiary of some form of altruism, be eternally grateful to the person who helped you; such people are extraordinarily rare.

We have a tendency to judge a person’s internal worth based on their external wealth; we judge their value as a human being based on their worldly wealth. However, you find a person’s internal worth once you strip them of all their external wealth.

America's behavior today is not even 1% as bad as America's behavior during World War 2 and because of Noam Chomsky people think America today is monstrous and America during World War 2 was heroic.