TL;DR: I see four general areas (which overlap) to develop power/wealth in. These are: production, communication, logistics and protection.

First, let's start with a definition of power. Stealing the definition of power from physics (which borrowed from the natural language), power is the amount of work done in a certain amount of time. In blunt layman's terms: a lot of power means doing a lot of work in a short time. A person with a lot of power can get a lot of shit done quickly.

I think I'm preaching to the choir here, but just in case, POWER IS GOOD. Power just means being able to get good things done for yourself and your friends and family. (Some power can also be used to injure others ... but that's not the best use of it in my opinion.) Those men who are disgusted by power are disgusted by the power of *others*, not their own. It is simply envy ... though they may be disgusted by the particular use of power as well ... but if disgusted by power in general, it's envy.

Women, in general, are attracted to power and signals/signs of power ... though different women to different signals to different degrees under different circumstances/contexts. Even the Alpha Fucks/Beta Bucks just represents two kinds of power a woman is attracted to.

All that said, one should become as powerful as one can (without intentionally harming others) --- this will provide help to provide the best life for you and those close to you. Since power is just the ability to get shit done quickly, there are many manifestations of power, particularly in the modern world.

The two most obvious manifestations of power are probably physical strength and wealth ... and both of these fall into multiple of the general areas listed above.

Let's go over what I mean by each of the areas above.

Production has to do with the production of products and services for use or sale to others (can be either consumers' or producers' goods). This could be the making of shoes, making software, building houses (ability for manual labor being correlated with physical strength), giving orgasms or making music.

Communication is precisely that, communication. Sometimes that is advertising a product or service, sometimes it's advertising yourself (don't say you're "better," by the way, say what makes you different). It's telling a story, telling a joke, giving a speech, drawing, painting, writing a poem, making music, writing a love scene, arguing effectively, talking down someone, giving encouragement, etc.

Logistics simply means moving things. This can mean moving yourself (being well traveled), it can mean being able to pick up heavy things (physical strength), it can mean being able to drive, bike, swim, load a truck, plan a trip, plan a move, plan a date, etc.

Finally, protection simply means being able to protect yourself, your woman, family, friends and things. Again, physical strength can play a big part here, but also various skills and knowledge. This could mean fighting skills, weapon skills, being able to fireman carry a loved one, first aid knowledge, being prepared for emergencies, knowing how to avoid taxes, etc.

You might notice that I don't mention knowledge as a general area to develop power in ... knowledge on it's own can't really *do* anything ... as far as I can see, knowledge has to be applied in each of these areas.

Perhaps this could be expanded a bit or even simplified. Certainly all models are wrong, but some are useful. Maybe this is a useful model to understand what areas you might be weak in.

Notice that I'm a big believer in the division of labor, so I'm not suggesting that everyone should be an expert in all of these things. But I think that men should have the basics of each area and then focus on one particular thing (likely in production, but perhaps some other area) to become and expert in and win his bread.