We are past the tribal era where the large muscular guy imposes his will by force in an act of power. In this modern-day, men have multiple domains to master and become dominant in to attain power. But the vast options have also made it infinitely more difficult for men to apply conviction and self-determination. I’ve stressed this before, I’ll stress it again, personality is everything.
You need to spend time studying your personality. I would spend about $100 on several personality tests to really get a good grasp of which traits stand out that define you. Do different tests and cross reference each. I am not going to go into details on the traits but here is a list of them:
Introvert
Extrovert
Agreeableness
Disagreeableness
Conscientiousness
Openness/Creativity
Excellence is found in exploiting your traits. Once you have recognised and acknowledged what personality type you are, find work or become productive in domains where you can manifest your traits. Then practice till you become perfect. Then practice more to apply efficiency. The aim is to provide value largely built by the strength of your traits. Your value then, becomes your signature. It makes you a “part of” the value itself, an indispensable portion of it.
Speed separates you from others as the winner. Why? Because it means you can provide the most amount of productivity of labour, in the shortest period of time. And if you can deliver it flawlessly, then you become an absolute force to contend with.
Never let your specific knowledge self-automate. And never teach others 100% of what you know. It’s crucial to understand that the value you provide from your competence does not self-automate. You need to be a part of it. You need to ingrain yourself into the system that generates the value.
Leverage
The more society values your competence, the more you can leverage it. But it is infinitely better to occupy a sublime position within a moderately valued domain, over a semi-competent position within a highly valued domain.
Competence
Competence is leveraged when you provide value that you happen to generate with ease in exchange for value you do not generate. The value in pursuit could be monetary, positional, tactical, political, or anything of subjective value to you. The first step is to observe and study what relies on your competence within your sphere of influence. Is it a person? Is it a system? A department? Anything you find that relies on your competence is subject to unfair advantage and manipulation. Also note that the scalability of your competence will magnify your leverage capacity.
Using specific knowledge to impose authority through leverage is a game played at the highest level of organisations. Businesses and political figures leverage their value for positional advantage and power all the time. Leveraging competence is a mandatory element that ascends you on the socio-economic hierarchy.
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