There's nothing in here that should be news to any successful man, but I know there are readers who this hasn't hit home for.

Men are born wanting purpose. What each man wants, what we are all climbing over each others to do is to achieve. To achieve anything, we need to be useful.

Money, Body, Status, Charisma are useful.

Why are you building wealth? To gain money and property. You can provide for needs and acquire wants, and be comfortable. To be confident with no worries. The more wealth you have, the more wealth you can gain. A man without wealth can't buy anything or travel, or has wasted it; he is useless.

Why are you building your body? To become stronger and a physical specimen. Not just to lift weights and couches, but to fight off predators, stay on the go for days, fend off other men, and fuck better. To become an imposing figure and assert yourself. To live a long and healthy life. A weak man can't project himself, can't be counted on, and is easily broken; he is useless.

Why are you improving your status in the world? To spread your reputation and attract women. To find like-minded men and achieve greater things together. To be recognized as someone of value. To inspire confidence in strangers and trust in friends. A man without status isn't interesting, and people don't go out of their way to get to know you; he becomes a cog in the machine, with no footprint in the world; he is useless.

Why are you working on charisma? To make others listen and laugh. To develop camaraderie, brotherhood, and leadership. To become someone who others want to be around. To inspire others to action. To inspire confidence in friends and trust in strangers. A man without charisma is boring, and has difficulty finding employment and making friends; in life, he becomes a follower, and his contributions are ignored. Women avoid him because he isn't social. He is useless.

Tying into other concepts

If you understand all that, then you'll realize a lot of RP concepts will fall into place:

  • All of these pillars reinforce each others. Lifting gets people to notice you and respect you, which builds status and connections. Wealth frees up your time and gives you resources, to hang out with more people and build connections, lift more/eat properly, and carry yourself with confidence. Status gets you connections and can convince people to invest in you. Connections can get you wealth and status.

  • Women want men who are useful. Women will use one man for sex and connections, and use another for money and status. If you can be the complete package you can convince them there is no one and nowhere better than you. The only price for getting to use you is respect for you. And you must show them that if they do not respect you, that you can walk away, and they will never be allowed to use you again.

  • Frame is using your charisma to project your status. Frame without charisma makes you look look like a bumbling idiot; frame without status makes you overconfident with nothing to back it. Have both.

  • Dangerous, risk-taking, and confident men demonstrate strength, status, and charisma.

  • Conversely, getting injured/sick/addicted, crying/whining/complaining, or losing your money/job/friends compromises your frame, because they affect your usefulness. These are not always avoidable but you need to be aware of it. Protect your body, don't be a bitch, don't throw your life away.

  • The definition of status can vary a lot by social context ("situational alpha"). In a company, executives have the highest status. In sports, the captain often has the highest status, and the winning teams have a higher status. In an orchestra, the soloists have the highest status. Whatever you believe your calling and purpose is, learn how to improve your status and exploit it, or acquire achievements that demonstrate your status.

Conclusion

'So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance, but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ - Matthew 25:28-30

All this is to say, become useful. A useless man is pathetic. Whether it's because he's weak, poor, boring, or powerless, useless men are ignored and passed by in life, and every year that he continues to be useless life gets worse for him. Opportunities, women, and freedom are out of their reach as long as they are useless. Become useful, and the world will open up for you.