Visualize you own version of alpha only after you've read the sidebar and found the core principles of being an RP Man. Take note of how I deliberately said being an RP Man rather than TRP itself. This is because TRP includes the sociocultural and political battle against the abusiveness and unreasonableness of the extremist version of feminism (I'll work on a proposal for a battle strategy for this one, but that's for later). By excluding the anti-extremist-feminist aspect, the principles of TRP as I see and live it, becomes purely personal (as opposed to being sociocultural and political), thus, being an RP Man.

For me, the following are the core principles of being a man:

Frame - There is a very good reason why holding frame is the Iron Rule of Tomassi #1. Here is a synthesis I made regarding frame. It's made of posts from /u/IllimitableMan, /u/Rollo-Tomassi, and some excerpts from Robert Greene. As for example in relation to a woman, here is a good one. It's about /u/seattleron and his plate who was coaxing him into an LTR when he's still not done assessing things, the girl resorted to crying, and he held frame despite all of that. Had he not known TRP, he might have given in faster than a blink of an eye.

Most of the time, when we talk about frame, we only talk about it in relation to a woman. However, isn't it time and time again being slapped into our faces here in TRP that we can't afford to prioritize women? If we're not prioritizing women as we should, then why is it that frame holding examples are almost always about girls? This isn't really so much a reflection of reality as being that girls are merely the most erratic testers of frame, aside from the fact that such events are physically observable. However, holding frame is very essential in the totality of our lives as men. A society that values wealth and fame more than a man's choice of a not-so-fame-inducing career is a clash of frames. One's parents who force him to take this or that career for the rest of his life, and doing so otherwise means he's an ungrateful bastard, is a clash of frames. Bad habits itching to be rekindled is a clash of frames. Laziness to not lift, workout, or study, is a battle of frames. The last two examples being two frames clashing in one person: one side is longing to improve and push against hardships and the other is his ever-lurking self that longs for comfort.

Validation/Emotional Independence - If there are a few things that women get right, one of those is that they're far more aware of the polar personalities between men and women. I read from some girly post that men are like the yin to their yang, or the yang to their yin, or something like that. So we'll do this by example.

Women get validation from Facebook likes. Does that sound ridiculous? Yes. Do they know it's ridiculous? I bet they do. They also get validation from their kind and helpful male friends who do them favors Beta Orbiters. They get validation from guys who hit on them. They get their validation from the SO <3 (aahhhhh!!!!:D). They get their validation from Meghan Trainor.

How do they get this validation? They post flattering selfies and only flattering selfies, everything else gets deleted. They post pictures with their girl friends who look less prettier than them. They give out their numbers or pseudo-numbers to losers and then they tell that story. They deliberately tune up their behavior so people will like them. They humble-brag their material wealth by posting a picture of it and not talking about it. I could actually go on.

What's the common denominator? They're extrinsic/from other people.

Now, let's go back to the polar opposite thing. If women get their validation from external things, then perhaps it's by nature's design that it's manly to get his validation or emotional fulfillment from intrinsic things. Ever wondered why not giving a shit feels great and women think it's sexy? That's why, because it's the man's thing.

Now, in light of this, I will go so far as to daresay that learning how to game 7+ chicks and making sure that they become trophy chicks is no different from a girl's thing. It's just done differently but the motive is the same. And when things fall apart, that's when you get oneitis. One more thing, if you're spinning plates just so you won't get oneitis is almost the same thing. It's just like having multiple smaller holes on a sailing boat. The leakage is just slower, but water will still surely fill in until the boat sinks. Whether you have one chick or five, if you don't give a shit what she thinks of you (Note: Not what she does to you or to your possessions) or that you know you can always come back standing when shit hits the fan, you're golden.

Be intrinsically motivated by things. If you're lifting just to look good on women, that's lacking -- make it your third motive. The first two should be something else, like it's a good exercise to discipline yourself, or that you're thinking about your long-term health, or simply that satisfaction of surpassing hardships. If you're choosing 7+ chicks, it's not because you want trophy chicks, it's because you'd rather do missionary without having to look at the ceiling, or because pretty faces are nice to look at, not because you want to be reassured by some "High SMV" woman that by her being with you, you're self-worth must be high too, or that your friends will praise you because you've got some fresh-looking face besides yours.

My personal take is to have a life's task, a life's mission, and also, read this post entitled, How to be happy alone and not seek validation through women.

Action-Orientedness - With a strong frame and with emotional independence, you can justify to yourself almost anything. That's like a hamster in effect, but you just say "Fuck You" instead of uttering sentences where every other word has a connection to the main point. With a strong frame, you can do anything and that includes browsing the internet all day looking at funny pictures, porn, and fapping away the day. In other words, even no-goods can be emotionally independent and live on a strong frame. You can tell these lazy people all the self-improvement shit you want, and he'll come out on top laying and eating and fapping, because his frame is just that strong. But are these people attractive? Do people respect these guys? Let's face it. Sometimes yes, because that's just how frame and not giving a shit is infectious. But we're talking RP Lifestyle here. We're talking about manly shit and not some you're-a-wonderful-being-no-matter-what stuff. This place sets self-improvement and self-actualization as the ideals.

To put things in perspective, I'll use as an example the recent Miss Universe Contest because I've noticed something there. Hell loads of girls and gay men watch it, some even wound up leaving work early because they have to watch it. You know what that reminds me? Super Bowl. I don't know exactly the mechanics of Miss Universe but from what I have noticed, it's where girls try to become prettier and more likeable than the other (they read this as grace) and smarter than the other. Girls and gay men watch this with such intensity, and it shows to me what their values are. It's telling me that a woman's worth is measured by the coagulation of her looks and personality (which includes talent, because there's a talent portion there right?). I almost said "feminine worth" there, but I thought, why are the tennis players Serena and Venus Williams popular in a different way than Maria Sharapova?

On the other hand, Super Bowl and other sports are big among men. And it's mechanics is just as telling about our values. Sports are never about looks for men, it's about who scores higher than who. And how does one score? By out-doing the opposition. The point here is not exactly out-doing the opposition, it is because having an opposition is a very clear scale of comparison to assess what a man can do. This point can be proven by looking at another realm where competition is not the direct measurement: Business and other conquests. Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway. Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Steve Jobs and Apple. Bill Gates and Microsoft (now philanthropy). Napoleon and the French Empire. Genghis Khan and the Mongolian Invasion. You and... ?

Self-Respect - We usually impose this as dominance, but dominance is merely an outward manifestation of what is on the inside. The problem with sticking to the word "dominance" is that some guys end up being "domineering", which often ends with the guy acting childish and immature, even insecure at times. Self-respect is the basis for the willingness to walk away. This is the basis for not tolerating shitty behavior. This is the basis for not coming off as insecure. This is the basis of confidence and this basis increases as you prove more and more to yourself through your action-orientedness. This is the healthy and socially acceptable term for narcissism.

Now that I've enlisted four of what seems to me to be the tenets of an RP Man, you can now start visualizing how you will act had you been a man with a strong frame control, had you been a man who is emotionally independent, action-oriented, and had you been a man who respects himself. For me personally, I would add cunning, pragmatism, calculating, weighs the cost of his actions to see if they are worth it or not. Also, visualizing things from a third person point of view might be of help, because it probably has the potential to detach yourself even from the actual situation.

I have added the necessity of reading the side bar first and understanding the core values of an RP Man because, there is always the possibility that some dude might think that it is Alpha to persevere for a girl's attention, since after all, perseverance is a virtue, no?