Transferable skills – Repurpose your strengths

redpillbanana · 2015-03-24T14:14:25+00:00

Great post. I would add:

Public speaking - learn to read and hold the attention of a crowd, how to speak simply, slowly, and effectively, how to project your voice, and how to transfer your knowledge and energy to the masses.

Sales - learn how people tick, what their motivations are, how to get past their "LMR", how to incentivize them to take action, conquer your own social timidness, learn to be ruthless. Much of your life is influenced by your sales skills.

Fighting - learn to size up an opponent/situation, know how random a real fight can be, learn to submit another grown man, know the feeling of being submitted over and over, learn to be explosive but controlled, and realize your own limits. "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth." -Mike Tyson

MachiavellianRed · 2015-03-25T16:34:14+00:00

Stickied - this thread didn't get anywhere near enough attention.

TW_RPAwake · 2015-03-24T16:48:17+00:00

This is gold; I just sent it to the printer and will pin it on my wall at work.

jb_trp · 2015-03-25T20:03:02+00:00

Rock climbing Strength. Focus. Stoicism in the face of danger. Leadership.

Air4ce1 · 2015-03-24T16:06:28+00:00

I play basketball extensively and just like anything you practice and do a lot, over time you stop "playing" and you start "understanding" the game. Anyone who has played at a collegiate level will understand the transference of mindset, but i digress.

One of the lessons that I applied from basketball into my life is as a point guard you don't have to force anything. The more you force in basketball the more resistance you meet. The more resistance you meet the more bad decisions you make, turnovers you get, and confidence the opponent gets. I started applying this to my life in high school because something was "off". I stopped trying to force having and girlfriend, stopped trying to force having friends and just started playing the game. I started to learn that there is a difference in "making things happen" and " forcing things to happen". One was out of frustration and the other had a larger picture.

Another thing that I started to see was how to make things happen and this is an analogy to TRP. When I was younger I would score (in basketball) and not necessarily know why it worked, just that it worked. I would continue to do these things and continue scoring and I was perfectly content. When my game started to mature I was taught (analogy to a mentor/trp) why what I was doing was working. How my first step was making the defender waste a step on defense blah blah blah. This allowed to recognize why things worked and allowed me to use it to my advantage. It elevated my game and it's the same concept in TRP.

We are given the tools to see how/why certain things work and how our "defender" acts/reacts. What we do with them allows us to elevate our game/life.

Joshbroncos · 2015-03-24T13:13:46+00:00

sidebar material right here

soccerplusaviation · 2015-03-25T21:59:04+00:00

Sports In General - Tactics, Athleticism, Mind over Matter, Teamwork, Awareness, Sizing up individuals and team as a whole

I love soccer. I used to be the gritty, super athletic, unlimited stamina type of player. Then I read a few articles on soccer tactics. My view of the game changed. For example http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/02/25-johan-cruyff-quotes.html/
I realized that soccer and sports in general is a game of making the right choices. You can be the most technically gifted, athletic player on the pitch, but if you can't make the right choices, your useless.

Also this post is sidebar material.

Nantafiria · 2015-03-25T23:43:22+00:00

It's been hijacked by the new age crowd, swindlers and people with odd beliefs, but I read cards every few days. When you ignore people who insist on magic, divination and other such nonsense, what remains is a skill that requires good insight in symbology, a strong understanding of patterns the concentration needed to add together various meanings into a whole, and the skill of relaying complex information into language that actually makes sense. As long as you keep a clear mind and don't put any kind of mystical stock in it, it's a very good skill to know.

RedditArgument · 2015-03-26T02:58:43+00:00

Competitive team games, whether football, paintball, battlefield, or hockey these can all build what I feel is an incredibly valuable trait/skill: LEADERSHIP

I feel it is perhaps one of the, if not THE most important alpha trait and can be applied in too many facets of life to count.

SeekingTheWay · 2015-03-26T12:45:36+00:00

Geocaching + Real Time Stragegy = Ingress

Also, music! Music is awesome. Play an instrument, or sing in a choir. I have my best life experiences from such social groups.

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TruckerJohn · 2015-03-26T17:17:09+00:00

I agree that sometimes some people/threads in this sub get a bit too focused on the specifics of game and sexual strategy (and there's certainly a place for that here, I'm not saying otherwise). But I like this post because it's a reminder that the goal of the descriptive knowledge and tools in this sub are not for the END GOAL of being an "alpha" or fucking a bunch of plates. For me, the added knowledge of power dynamics and self-sufficiency are for the goal of becoming the best version of myself.

I liken it to: Being really good at football is not the only way that being physically healthy manifests, and being good at football doesn't even necessarily mean you are at peak physical health. On this sub being a plate-spinner is a sign that you understand confidence and social dynamics, but when it becomes the explicit goal, this becomes really unfulfilling. Another example: My ultimate purpose is to leave my artistic and philosophical mark on the world (I'm a comedian) and live a life worth reliving - but to navigate that I need to learn some essential skills. I learn how to use tools, how cars work, how to fix computers etc. as practical skills. "Being an alpha" in the sexual marketplace is about as useful to any of us as learning how to fix a computer. Sometimes you just gotta bust a nut, or know how to work your way up a social ladder t obtain a more important and fulfilling goal. I would never want to be a person who actually is satisfied MERELY with a high SMV, MERELY by being an alpha, and MERELY by having the spoils of being an alpha. Being an alpha is a tool and possible starting point for us to manifest our potential.

NeoreactionSafe · 2015-03-26T18:51:52+00:00

"Chess

Think ten steps ahead. Know what your opponent’s next move is. Know and use tactics.

I believe Skorch gave a beautiful analogy of relationships as chess matches. If she can beat you, she’s done with you. No chance for a rematch. If you cannot be beat, she will always want another shot at the king." .

Women's Game is Charm.
Man's Game is Amused Mastery.

. ...and the game will end if the Woman loses respect and views the Man as horribly Beta. The game will also end if the Man gets bored. Charm in Women keep the Men in the game.

LTR cannot survive for long without the Charm / Amused Mastery dynamic.

It's just so very clear things must be like this.

2015-03-25T17:38:53+00:00

Rowing Learn the ultimate in full body athletics. Use every muscle from your fingers to your toes in every motion. Move with extreme strength and subtle grace all in the same stroke.

Ego will fuck you up on the water. The more you try to control the blades and the boat, the harder you'll splash and the slower you'll go. Rowing teaches that you can put all your strength against the current and still get nowhere if you're expending energy improperly.

It's taught me that mastery means expending less energy on unnecessary motions. Beginners will hammer away at the water with all their strength in every direction. They'll rock the boat, check the acceleration (slowing the boat to a stop by moving to quickly forward after the drive), tear their hands up by gripping too tightly, and tip the boat over.

Only when you reach the point of full exhaustion where you can barely think, do you finally start to "listen" to the boat and the water with your body. You'll feel how it accelerates, what slows you down, what movements are too exaggerated and which ones aren't exaggerated enough.

It's the ultimate in "learn by doing" because it's more "learn by becoming." If you don't become a part of the shell and the blades and the water, you will forever be this obstacle in the middle of it all. Once your ego falls away, everything becomes the same and you develop what they call "swing" which is the perfect form and harmony of catch, drive, and recovery.

68461674897051454980 · 2015-03-24T07:18:30+00:00

the way i think about it is this: whatever i'm doing, programming, work, video games, dating, fucking, etc. I'm going to be the best and do whatever i'm doing the best possible way. how ever i'm doing the thing now, i'll figure out ways to constantly improve

if its a program, i'll stay up and keep writing it until it's done properly. no shitty code, no small bugs i just hope don't pop up, do it properly as long as it's time effective.

if its multiplayer games, i'm going to play that specific game for hours at a time. it stops being fun pretty quick, but im not there to have fun. im there to beat other people, thats where the fun comes from.

if its fucking, i'll fuck her harder and longer than people before (if its a relationship, not a onenight thing). its the same as a multiplayer game in my mind, its not really all that fun at the time. id rather blow my load and be done, but ill slow down, eat her out, shove my dick in her mouth, whatever to make it last longer and get a higher score on her.

if its dating, we know what works just from reading stuff on here. apply it properly, apply it with a plan, and follow what you KNOW works and doesn't work. yes, it may feel good when you're feeling down to just chill with a gf and share all your problems, but then you think on what you know, and you know that ends badly for you.

i think the only real characteristics you need are determination and drive to be the best, some planning and forethought so you're not having wasted energy or wasting time, and self-awareness so you can tell if what you are doing is working or not, and how you should adapt. add in the problem solving skills we all pick up from the problems we're exposed to and solve on a daily basis, and i think you can pretty much do whatever you want. i've noticed the same traits in other successful people i've become friends with, but some don't apply it to all areas of their life, which i think is a waste of talent.

soccerplusaviation · 2015-03-25T02:35:03+00:00

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qwertyleftme · 2015-03-25T22:05:55+00:00

"Only invest in winning options."

There is always a level of uncertainty that one has to deal with. How do you decide what the winning options are short term vs long term?

wheyapartment · 2015-03-25T22:12:42+00:00

Man..

I've been meditating for 11 months now and I still haven't noticed any of the presence, mindfulness, etc. benefits that I'm supposed to gain from doing it. I can't help but feel that it's over-exaggerated by hippies, "new age thinkers", and newcomers who are overly optimistic and yet to endure the discipline behind it

I just do it because it helps me relax before sleeping and I feel guilty if I don't do it

iamkarnath · 2015-03-26T18:11:04+00:00

Add "Spend time with a reputable psychotherapist: At least a year"

This is a great list for guys seeking to (re)program themselves into an efficient person. However, without dealing with those blindspots, you're going to be constantly undermining yourself.

parrrot_ · 2015-03-26T22:19:26+00:00

Real-time strategy games Competition. Efficiency. Continuous improvement. Rapid learning through failure.

Time is limited and doesn’t stop. The competition is trying to crush you to get what they want. You have more or less the same resources and same starting position. Learn the game quick, play early and often to get better, and kick their ass.

As someone who used to play Starcraft 2: The opponent might play a different race and has different options/strategies available, but you need to know how to beat every single one of them. It is never the game's fault that you lose. Some strategies might be cheap, but it is still on you for not identifying it in time and reacting accordingly. You cannot win every time, sometimes the opponent is just better, or you made a mistake - queue up for another game and keep it in mind, don't lose to the same thing again (or if you do keep losing to the same thing, stop playing for a bit and study it in depth.)

Black-Pill · 2015-03-24T07:36:45+00:00

I think this post touches on the true depth of deep long term game and frame. There are many quick and easy ways to up your SMV that can get you laid but if you are truly committed to self improvement and establishing yourself in a way that will carry and support you for decades to come then you need to integrate the OP's ideas plus many more (craftsmanship: making useful and beautiful things; as an example ) to become a complete human being who does not need a woman or any other person to feel complete.

Paint_It_R3d · 2015-03-26T03:12:16+00:00

Great post, thanks for doing this. It really demonstrates no matter what you do, you can apply your frame to be the best you can and always strive to rise to the next level. I got into custom PC building/modifying recently and can't stress working with your hands on a physical craft enough, it feels amazing to design and create something for yourself.

A few of mine:

Geocaching Exploration. Problem solving. Creativity. Perseverance. Predicting thought patterns.

Caching is interesting in that it can add a secondary task to almost any trip and can give a purpose to an otherwise meaningful excursion. Discovering a secret world around opens you up to other people's thought patterns and processes.

MOBAs (DOTA2, LoL) Teamwork. Endurance. Communication. Constant improvement. Strategy. Executing under pressure. Loss.

In the same vain as Real Time Strategies listed by OP, Moba style games will force one to work with others to succeed. 5v5 team fights are chaotic but if you keep focus and work as a team crushing opponents is highly rewarding. You're also forced to develop a thick skin and zone out bitchy teammates, a useful skill in the internet world. Losing is a guarantee and offers a chance for self evaluation.

Movonnow · 2015-03-25T17:04:46+00:00

Martial arts.

Enough said.

Noolaw · 2015-03-25T18:18:46+00:00

In the investing part maybe you could add

Trading - gives you nerves of steel, teaches you how to handle risk, manage money, decisiveness, and to be a "master of your emotions". Ex stockbroker turned trader.

wikipedia_cool · 2015-03-26T00:16:57+00:00

Programming Understand algorithms. Understand patterns. Understand best practices. Utilize requirements and acceptance criteria. Always keep learning what’s new. Every year a new language, framework, library, tool, or methodology changes everything. Always be learning the latest as it emerges because old ways will change as the landscape demands it. Don't get left behind.

Seems great, but if you really want to learn programming, it will take you a lot of time. And if you don't work as a programmer, knowledge of Java or C will help you very little.

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