SUMMARY:

I'm going to introduce 3 words that you should learn how to use. WHY, YES & NO. They are absolutely invaluable and help teach the simplistic choices of RP men. WORD FODDER by /u/OmLaLa is the preparatory reading to this post, and I'm building upon some of the simpler forms.

BODY:

WHY: A simple story.

Why oh why did my wife cheat on me? Why do I feel shame and anger? Why do I look at the ground every time chad looks his way at me? Why do I not make enough money? Why am I fat and unattractive? ...

... Why am I getting this lift wrong? Why does Stoicism help me? What is meditation? Why should I read? Why should I have to listen? Why do I have to read body language? Why does politics, tax, hobbies and the world effect me, and affect the people around me?

... Why does Cindy always fucking tease me? Why does she act the way she does? Why does she seem to love riding me when I've been nothing but unresponsive all night?

I'm sure you get the picture.

Why. The word you should be using to identify physical, mental (and perhaps spiritual) quirks about yourself, about the world and about other people. Asking the word why forces introspection that cannot be made available in daily life - it allows for more unique social interactions. It places you in a position of power when talking to other people.

It can be used to befuddle women, to enunciate on an interesting conversation with a bro, to understanding why you make certain physical decisions about your body languages or to even elaborate on why you think you need 'Monk Mode' in your daily life.

The word "WHY" is the most important, as to start off with you will be exactly like a child again (sound familiar?) in having questions about the world. You may come to like it, you may not. But you will need to grow somehow.

YES: The Affirmative and the Stoic

Giving the word yes is generally used as.. well, exactly what it says on the tin. This is more of a mental and internal process than the 'WHY' that is previously mentioned. But that's exactly what the word is for: In the simplest form of the term, and if you have read the preparatory reading: It doesn't get much more simpler. You don't need to add multiple sentences or beat around the bush to say the word "Yes." Yes works in and out of itself in life.

Yes is used both in social situations and to help develop your mentality as a man. The 48 Laws of Power helps here. #4 and perhaps #35 might help here. You simply use the word "Yes." That's it. Easy. Done. It is used to help develop your own habits. Yes to learning, yes to reading, yes to approaching.

2. Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art. - Marcus Aurelius' meditations, book IV.

NO: Rejecting the rejection.

I can't write a lot more for this one being as it follows the same code and practice of writing as the previous two. However, No is still incredibly important.

No is to laying boundaries of who you are as a person and to who other people think you are as a person. It will dictate what your thoughts and actions and habits will be. "NO" will dictate other people's thoughts and actions and habits around you. This includes your parents, your girlfriend/boyfriend, friends, boss and strangers. To some extent, you will always be tested. It is your job to either say "NO" or be walked on. Know who you are.

As a sort of cycle,

TL:DR:

  • Why is used to grow as a person: Why to learning, why to habits, why did my wife cheat on me.
  • Inform your own actions, break your habits and actualize your potential, say no to outside influences and say yes to change. Your results will reinforce a new habit, which will repeat a new and improved cycle of yourself.
  • Yes is used as a simple affirmative in texting and real life, you mean absolutely everything you say and you use the laws of power by not speaking much.
  • No is used to break habits, establish boundaries, respect and dominance (of other people and ones-self) Again, you owe zero explanations to anybody.

I leave you with a final quote.

11. About what am I now employing my own soul? On every occasion I must ask myself this question, and inquire, What have I now in this part of me which they call the ruling principle? and whose soul have I now, --that of a child, or of a young man, or of a feeble woman, or of a tyrant, or of a domestic animal, or of a wild beast? - Marcus Aurelius. book V.

Who are you?