!The Illimitable Men

Monk Mode

• People who create are more interesting than people who don't because they apply their essence to an art form.

  • In doing this they add value to themselves, they are more developed human-beings and thus more interesting.

• Produce more, consume less

  • do consumptive things far less than productive things.
  • make this a habit and a way of life, and you will see both your quality of life and bank balance rise.
  • Min hobbies that are consumptive and acquire hobbies that are productive.

  • developing a hobby, and the monetising it into a product or service.

  • 80% of your time should be spent on producing, 20% is spent on consumption.

• enjoying work

  • achieve a hobby, and become an expert; You can work and have fun.

• avoid victim mentality

  • escape losers and seek lessons from winners

  • losers

    • losers have a scarcity mindset
    • losers are a needy personality

  • work for youself as soon as you can

    • because they're not Machiavellian enough

• Winners need a goal higher than themselves

• Quality beats quantity

Woman's love

• woman's love is a lust for your power and an obsession with how your character makes her feel

  • Male sacrifice is expected, and freely given

  • Lust is the basis for her love; women are masters of self-deception

  • women are emotionally neurotic

    • unfair to expect her to love you the same way your mother did

• truth preference

  • desire to know the truth, and ability to embrace it and endure it and accept it rather than reject it because they do not like it

personal power

• Understanding Narcissism

  • The narcissism truly believes they are superior to everybody else simply because they are who they are and they exist

  • fake it till you make it

    • people of low self-esteem and strive to be like the person they admire
    • people assume that self-love ones are high value

  • they value their ego over truth

    • If they do not avoid or completely ignore an attack on their ego, they will deny reality/logic outright to preserve their ego

• Understanding Machiavellianism

  • Machiavellians have a tendency to view things purely in terms of value exchange and care little for anything else

    • objectify humans down to their utilitarianism rather than perceive them as entities with personalities to be admired

  • Women are controlling, always fight for control of the relationship

    • they prioritise what a person can do for them over forming emotional bonds

• Understanding Psychopathy

  • how your brain connects your behavioural choices to your sense of guilt, empathy

  • the lack of ability to feel guilt or fear as consequent of their personal choices is a great source of the power

  • The sheer unpredictability and audaciousness of the psychopathic element is what addicts women to these individuals, the spontaneity and impulsivity is electric

    • Psychopathy is the delivery system of the machiavellian core, the spontaneity, the audaciousness, the guile

negotiation

• perceptions in negotiation - friend or foe?
  • In the presence of hatred or a need for revenge, otherwise logical and desirable outcomes are rejected in favor of schadenfrede.

• the narcissism of negotiation

  • high self-esteem + shit-test
    • they're worth more than they really are because they're good at making weak people agree to bad deals
    • a successful businessman is simply a person with high self-esteem that is skilled at finding people with money and low self-esteem, insecurity being an incredibly profitable emotion
    • shit-test
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  • do they have alternatives?
    • you can play to their ego by telling them if an inferior service is what they're after.
    • lightly offend anybody who considers their need or problem serious, and thus worth paying more to get a quality of service equal to the seriousness of their problem.

• The discount if you're in a buyer's market

  • If they pay up but cannot afford your services in the future, offer a tactical discount in an attempt to retain their business (say 10%)

    • Do not offer a steep discount as it damages the perception you provide an elite service
    • elite servies are not cheap services

  • use the discount gambit to feed their ego, feeling warm, fuzzy and proud of themselves for the old customers

  • Only offer the discount if you're in a buyer's market

• Opening offers

  • agree to do sth for free and be owed a favor if the person you're dealing with is very powerful

    • or give it to them cheaply so you can leverage your generosity later on
    • when dealing with the powerful, it's better to be paid in favor rather than money, as their favor is more effective at getting you out of a tight spot than their money

  • Ask for 3 times what you value yourself when they want you to make the first offer

    • Value yourself highly
      • they wanna see how much you value your services
    • people like to offer you 50-75% of what you asked for to feel like they got a bargain

• General Maxims

  • If you are surprised someone has made you a really great offer, do not let on
    • Hide your excitement, act entitled, even slightly offended to see if you cannot squeeze the other party for a little more
    • say like "Yes, I find this agreeable" sounds far more composed than "that's so awesome"
  • If you feel you are taking more than you deserve
    • Hide your guilt, remain stern, but be friendly.
    • you deserve it.

• reference

  • The Art of Negotiation

Shit Tests are used to "determine your frame" - composure and self-control

• Shit Tests

  • A dominance shit test
    • how mentally tough you are
  • Compliance
    • determine how much influence a person has over you
  • fitness determine your social skills/sense of humor

• Advanced level shit tests - psychological games

  • when people shit test you and it's a lose-lose situation, opt to ignore them
    • "Is there a way for me to benefit from responding to this?"
    • Let reason override emotion, cultivate this skill by refining your self-discipline

• Passing Shit Tests

  • agree and amplify
  • disagree and amplify
  • a pressure flip
  • Ignore
    • if it is a lose-lose game
  • change the topic of conversation
  • pretend you have no idea what the person shit testing you is talking about

women big five personality traits

• Big five personality traits

  • low in neuroticism

    • more unreasonable, emotionally demanding and attention seeking.
    • a woman who has her neuroticism under control will give her man space to thrive, work, learn and essentially carry out the tasks he needs that don't require her presence

  • high in conscientiousness

    • high self-discipline, and like to think things through
    • willingness to get things done

  • moderately agreeable and open

  • outgoing

• A woman who is frugal respects money

• women wanna be loved, but as a man if you fall in love and allow that to change who you are, you no longer remain attractive

• High-value mean never

  • Put yourself first all the fucking time
    • everyone's first instinct is to save a woman
    • the game is rigged against men
  • force a relationship

  • spend time around losers

    • the loser is throwing their money away because they won't even turn up to workout, He feels no guilt at all

  • place girls over their brothers

  • whine about their problems to girls
  • Pay for a woman's bills, unless married

Lasting happiness lies in self-acceptance

• I accept what I have and who I am as long as I do my best
  • I'm fine with being imperfect
  • Anything is better than giving up
  • more scared to be a loser than enter conflict or experience an awkward social situation

good friends can last a lifetime

• True friends look out for your interests, women look out for their own
  • True friends are rare
  • A true friends is a family member who doesn't share your blood, is loyal, cares about your progress, and is there for you in tough times

reference

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