On Gaining, Maintaining, and Utilizing your Social Status - Part ONE

Auvergnat · 2016-12-03T22:25:29+00:00

I think you are missing all the core components of what is status and how to gain it. Your post makes sense if you are talking of Value, not Status. Because in terms of Status, as in Social Status, as is your rank in some local hierarchy of a group of humans, you're missing the mark completely. (Maybe it was coming in part 2?)

So first off the bat from that definition: status is entirely dependent on context, with context being both the group you are currently with and the activity you are doing. For example, if you have a group of friends visiting your city for the first time and you take them on a tour, you're top of the group. But the moment you step in a karaoke bar with them because they all love to sing and not you, then you're suddenly at the bottom. You can have a great body and a great grooming, but if you go rock climbing with your friends and you're not able to pull your heavy body off the ground, or if you go diving as a beginner with a group of people who are keen divers, or if you go to the bar with your work colleagues who all earn twice your salary and start talking business and assets, your status will be very low in all cases, completely independently from your looks.

Therefore the main thing that should be on your mind if you wish to gain and maintain status is to control the social context (which is not far from controlling the Frame). You must constantly be aware of what is your hierarchical rank in your immediate social context and predict how that rank would evolve if the context were to evolve. Then you make the context evolve in a direction that is to your benefit. If you hang out with friends at home and everyone is enjoying the cocktails that Chad is so good at making and that's making sweet Sue eyeing him with lust and you'd like to bang her and you all start talking about where to go for dinner and you happen to be a connoisseur of Thai food, you would do very well to suggest that there's a small Thai restaurant you heard just opened in town...

From there the second rule becomes obvious: become knowledgeable/skilled in as many good social contexts as you can. Learn and become very knowledgeable and very good at dancing or cooking or wine tasting or making cocktails or attending the opera or boxing or surfing or whatever you want and like. Find something you're good at and control your social contexts towards those.

Last rule and not the least important: the social context in which other people are having fun are the best social context in which to be ontop of the hierarchy. The moment you become that one guy who is to thank for everyone having fun around you is the moment you can basically take your pick of the women in the group. Examples include: organizing a house party, organizing a music festival, leading a multi-days camping trip, leading any fun outdoor activity etc. Be the leader of a group having fun.

TL;DR:

1. Status is entirely dependent on social context. Always be aware of, and control, the social context.

2. Become very skilled in as many good social contexts as you can.

3. Become that one guy who is to thank for everyone having fun around you.

no_face · 2016-12-04T07:22:22+00:00

Status: You keep using this word, I dont think it means what you think it means.

Donald Trump has status.

Having an athletic and toned body nowadays sets you apart from all the average joes

you should be knowledgeable on a wide range of subjects such as politics, the economy, new scientific breakthroughs,

Trump has none of these but he has fantastic status.

BlakeBlackheart · 2016-12-04T09:19:39+00:00

Definition of STATUS according to Merriam-Webster

1 a *: position or rank in relation to others <the status of a father> *1 b : relative rank in a hierarchy of prestige; especially : high prestige 2 : the condition of a person or thing in the eyes of the law 3 : state or condition with respect to circumstances <the status of the negotiations>

So yes, you both were right and both your posts have worth. Whether ones status is arrived from wealth such as in Donald Trump's case, looks, fame or athletic performance does not really matter. What matters is how you achieve and maintain status in every social setting.

Title	On Gaining, Maintaining, and Utilizing your Social Status - Part ONE
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Date	December 3, 2016 6:22 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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