Be Dangerous

I've been pondering what's the purpose of man. Sorry ladies, I do just mean me as a man, but I won't leave you out in the following posts. This one's just for the gents.

When I started my corporate sales job, I was quite timid, for the lack of a better word. I had been fired in China from my ESL gig (yes, I know, how can you actually get fired from an ESL job, it's unheard of.) truth of the matter - office politics. But nevertheless, this left me a little shaken from the experience, and a little less hesitant to speak up, make my voice heard, or be assertive in the conventional sense, for fear of 'rocking the boat.'

But

Sales Isn't ESl teaching. It requires a different mindset. It's ruthless, cutthroat, and for the lack of a better word - requires you to be a little predatory in nature,. Now it doesn't have to be evil, or wrong It can be done with a service-based attitude, that lines up with your conscience and makes existence a better place to be. But it also can lead you a little carried away. Needless to say, going in with a timid attitude isn't the way forward.

What's valued in these environments is your level of dangerousness.

No, that doesn't mean your ability to be an axe-murderer as good old Jordan Peterson puts it.

It means your ability to execute. The job needs doing, and you need to be in ruthless pursuit of those goals. Anything less simply isn't tolerated.

My friend Raymond puts it nicely:

It just sounds like ... Competence.

There's a fine line between being a psychopathic-narcissistic personality and someone who's dominant, through competence. Someone who presents themselves as competent, but in reality is far from it. This individual spends all their time trying to present themselves as competent, is a liar, and fools people. Some can be quite good at it, others can be disastrously bad. It's far from being virtuous.

Then you have actual competence, and dominant people. These people spend all their time actually being good at their job, their craft, and their work, as opposed to just pretending. If you want to dominate, then you have to train. And these people have actual confidence. Actual dominance, because no-one can compete with their ruthless focus on their goals.

That guy who's ruthlessly hitting his sales targets?

That guy who's winning the martial arts tournaments?

That guy who's started his business, and is profiting from his labor?

That guy who's flirting with all the girls, and dating the girl of your dreams?

That guy who's earnt the respect of his society?

He might be cocky, a little arrogant, but more often than not - he's kind. Because he knows his worth. And knows his ruthlessness can hurt you.

And his worth? it was earnt.

I'll leave you with this - have you put in enough reps to earn your worth?

Stay good.