Thoughts on SMV, Frame, and a Framework for the So-Called "Alpha Mood" (Tl;dr included)

In the TRP Framework, if only two things will remain that man can tweak to influence the quality of his life, it will probably be his SMV and his Frame Control. This is because both SMV and Frame are with a man from his day of birth down to his last breath. A male infant's SMV is virtually zero and will fluctuate to varying levels of highs and lows as he goes through life, with the highest highs and lowest low being determinable only more or less on the day of his death. As for a child, the Frame Control starts probably at an absolute 100% because his mind only works to ensure one thing: survival. And I must add, I think it is not because of the infant's extreme selfishness, but because of his brain's extreme single-mindedness in the life-and-death task of survival and so it does with all it's power all that it could to survive: cry. Until we have gained methods to get inside the consciousness of a child and witness it in a first person point of view, we will presume that the his attempts to control the Frame are purely out of instinct. Now this infant's frame control very quickly goes to the lower 90% as he becomes attuned to his parents mood and approval, and then far lower, as his parent's influence on his Frame deepen and more outside factors gain influence that are probably deeper than that of the parent's (e.g. a pre-school teacher, an older brother, peers, a girl, a crush, a oneitis, other components of the society such as social media and government, etc.)

Revisiting Definitions of SMV and Frame

Before we are able to dig deeper on this discussion, let's first review what SMV and Frame are.

According to u/IllimitableMan on his post on Sexual Market Value, it is

SMV is known as social market value or more commonly, sexual market value. It is the inherent value of a person, the crude 1-10 rating of where a person is in the social hierarchy.

According to his writings, a man's SMV has two aspects: perceived and actual.

Perceived SMV is

... what people (including yourself) believe your SMV to be based upon their personal interactions with you (And with yourself, your own self-esteem and sense of validation), this is the illusory factor, the glazing to the substance of who you are and what you’re worth, these are things such as how you behave and how you carry yourself (carrying yourself as a concept is basically demeanour and self-control combined into one) perceptive social market value can lead people to think you’re a few points higher or a few points lower down the scale than you really are.

Actual SMV

... consists of tangible things that cannot be refuted such as your conventional physical attractiveness, your financial wealth and skill sets you possess (such as languages spoken, instruments played, martial arts known etc.)... If what you have or can do is in demand or coveted as desirable by others, then it is inherently a high value possession or trait. If the element in question is not in demand or coveted then it does nothing for your value in wider society.

As for what Frame is, we will revisit Mr. Rollo Tomassi's Iron Rule of Tomassi #1:

... frame is an often subconscious, mutually acknowledged personal narrative under which auspices people will be influenced. One’s capacity for personal decisions, choices for well-being, emotional investments, religious beliefs and political persuasions (amongst many others) are all influenced and biased by the psychological narrative ‘framework’ under which we are most apt to accept as normalcy.

Mr. Tomassi went on to state,

One important fact to consider, before I launch into too much detail, is to understand that frame is NOT power. The act of controlling the frame may be an exercise in power for some, but let me be clear from the start that the concept of frame is who’s ‘reality’ in which you choose to operate in relation to a woman.

By looking again at the definition of Frame as written by u/Rollo-Tomassi and the concept of SMV as written by u/IllimitableMan, we will find that a common ground can be found at the Perceived SMV because Perceived SMV is, in a manner of speaking, the Framed SMV.

This begs the question: How do we control the Frame of our Perceived SMV?

A Proposed Answer: A Framework for the So-Called "Alpha Mood"

Studying the writings of Rollo Tomassi and Illimitable Man gave us light on how two of the things -- SMV and Frame -- that we can modify to influence the quality of our lives can interact together, which then led to the question of how we can Frame our Perceived SMV. In fact, not only did Illimitable Man and Rollo Tomassi provide the premise of the main question, but also the answers can be found on the writings of the same thinkers (and for all we know, doers), with the addition of another writer and thinker, Robert Greene. For our discussion, we will start with the writing of the last author introduced in this post.

Emotional states are as infectious as diseases. (Law 10. Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky. The 48 Laws of Power.)

We are all susceptible to the emotions of those around us. It is often hard for us to perceive how deeply we are affected by the moods that can pass through a group. (Strategy 33. The Chain-Reaction Strategy. The 33 Strategies of War.)

If we believe we are destined for great things, our belief will radiate outward... This outward radiance will infect the people around us, who will think we must have reasons to feel so confident. (Strategy of the Crown, Law 34. Be Royal in Your Own Fashion: Act Like a King to be Treated Like One. The 48 Laws of Power.)

Now that we have a rough presentation of the answer, all we have to do now is to start by asking the next question: What kind of emotions should most of the time? Let's first turn to Illimitable Man's post:

“Happy Wife, Happy Life” has got to be the most idiotic misguided figure of speech to have ever been immortalised in the memetics of the societal consciousness. Happiness flows downwards, not upwards. In order for her to be happy, it is you, the man, who must be happy first and foremost. If you are not happy, you will struggle to make her happy. This means even in sacrifice, for her, or what you consider to be the greater good of the relationship, you must be enthusiastic. You cannot be begrudgingly forced to sacrifice by the parameters set out by the social contract. Your sacrifice for the significant woman in your life must come from a place of altruism and therefore be consensual rather than mandated by law or convention. You see it is laborious sacrifice stemming from obligation rather than love which leads to the growth of contemptuous discontent for your woman.

Does this mean that you always have to be that wide-eyed, smiling ear-to-ear, ball of positive energy that is commonly associated with happiness? That is up to you. Act like a king to be treated like one. In Robert Greene's 48LoP, Louise-Philippe tried to consciously banish the aura that naturally pertained to kings and leaders. He further asserted that those who try to dissolve that distance through a false chumminess gradually lose their ability to inspire loyalty, fear, and love. Instead they only inspire contempt so low that they're not worthy of hatred; they just banish from people's attention.

Whatever this happy disposition that you have come up with that is fit for a king is a disposition that we take as a passive stance, appropriate for a time of relative peace and stability. But what about in times of extraordinary circumstances, say, an impending crisis or stressful times? And as we all know, it is the height of naivete to believe that we can feel unstoppable in the face of a colossal challenge (never mind the shit test, think about the risk of losing your job because an unknown colleague is framed you), or worse, when failure has finally befallen us.

Let us now turn to Rollo Tomassi on this post:

You’re a man, suck it up, you shouldn’t be vulnerable by virtue of your maleness. It’s a conflicting message in light of the touchy-feely feminine conditioning men endure in their upbringing, but it is an honest reaction, and one that men need to understand when sorting out the reality of women and their need to unplug.

This is the active stance. It is suggested that we try to suck our ~ahem~ feelings up as much as we could. We shouldn't let vulnerability slip past our defenses or else we might lose our women, friends, and much worse, our selves and our rationality by letting ourselves be driven by our feelings. If that sounds very girly, that's why.

How do the passive stance and active stance work in Framing our Perceived SMV? Simple. Let's go back again to Robert Greene's discussion on the Strategy of the Crown.

This outward radiance will infect the people around us, who will think we must have reasons to feel so confident.

On the active stance, when you don't whine, when you don't cry, when you suck it up, girls people will think you still have something up your sleeve and that is how your Perceived SMV is increased. In fact, when you don't let your emotions overcome you, you will be able to analyze things with a more dispassionate eye, and devise and execution a strategy of amoral efficiency.

On the passive stance, when you are passively happy based on your standard of what represents strength and/or majesty, you give the impression that you are strong, skilled, and worthy of respect, loyalty, fear, and love, and lots of sex.

Bonus: Emotions are not only affecting our Perceived SMV and Frame, it might also affect our Actual SMV if we think about a line from Robert Greene's Mastery:

This is The Primary Law of the Creative Dynamic that you must engrave deeply in your mind and never forget: your emotional commitment to what you are doing will be translated directly into your work. If you go at your work with half a heart, it will show in the lackluster results and in the laggard way in which you reach the end. If you are doing something primarily for money and without a real emotional commitment, it will translate into something that lacks a soul and that has no connection to you. You may not see this, but you can be sure that the public will feel it and that they will receive your work in the same lackluster spirit it was created in. If you are excited and obsessive in the hunt, it will show in the details. If your work comes from a place deep within, its authenticity will be communicated.

The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.

Tl;dr: Frame (with ourselves and in relation to other people) and our Perceived SMV are affected by our emotions. The prescribed passive emotional state is happiness coming from a place of strength (or desiring it) and personal majesty (respect). For active times, such as in times of turmoil, suck the emotions up as much as possible. Difficult indeed, but the opposite is -ahem- girly and detrimental to our rationality.