Do you want to know what it takes to survive in this world and to be happy?
Ok, I’ll tell you right now:
Becoming a monster.
You see, living in a society where they tell everyone to be nice to each other and everyone secretly complying without second thought can be your secret golden ticket to prosperity.
Do you want to know why and how?
Read on to know this information.
The World Only Goes to the Dominant Ones
Be honest with yourself here:
Do you see anybody coming in 2nd place getting the main headline and attention?
I don’t think so.
They might get an honorable mention of sorts, but everyone wants to do business with the best and only the best person/organization in their field.
The media does not primarily cover the team in 2nd place (unless they’re the bad guys).
The thing is you NEED to finish first in everything you do.
To do this, you need a combination of vision, the “I CAN do it” attitude, strategy and consistent execution. Every single great organization, sports team or individual in their respective fields all have these traits and as a result, they dominate and they get the respect from everyone around them.
You might’ve heard of some politicians calling for people to not have it all and to just give free this and free that and taxing those who actually earned their fortune heavily while removing tax loopholes (which will never happen; we actually need these).
Well, here’s the reality as to why that will never happen:
If you take away everything that people earned and make society “equal” in terms of income and opportunity while giving these earnings to people who didn’t do shit, you are creating a society with no motivation to work or get ahead at all and as a result, no one gets to live the life they want to live.
Is that a reality you want?
I figured.
In the animal kingdom (which we are a part of), the species who have the most skills to hunt for food and to provide for him/herself and the rest of the family will be the dominant one in their environment.
Now for us humans, we don’t actually kill people, but we do the same thing in the sense that we provide a service with our skills to clients and/or employers in a way that justifies the expenditure of the money to us.
Whoever can do this the best and whoever has the most skills to do this successfully, combined with wise financial wisdom, will be the dominant one in society.
And unlike the animal kingdom though, we can become the dominant ones simply by using our heads and becoming educated whether it’s self-taught or through some accredited program. By the way, click the link where you can learn insanely powerful study hacks to learn anything exponentially fast.
And this is the truth.
Don’t let anyone say you can’t dominate like LeBron James in whatever you decide to do because you can and, honestly, you must dominate like LeBron James in order to thrive in this world.
If you are still not sold on this domination idea, let me put it into perspective for you:
Let’s say you are applying for a job. Only 1 out of 1000 candidates competing for the job will get it.
This means 99.9% of the population applying will not get the job.
If someone else went over the edge with something to impress the employer, you just got leap frogged!
In short, you already lost the war before it’s even started!
This is not good!
On the other hand, let’s say you do everything the employer asks and you have all of the skills they want and you even have more skills than that and everyone else doesn’t have these skills and they can’t sell a product (you) like you can.
Do you think the employer is going to ignore you?
Heck no, not a chance. Why? You provide too much value for them to ignore you.
When no one else does this, that’s when you know you are dominating and getting every competitive edge possible.
This gives you the utmost attention from the employer instead of the “ever so elusive” 6 seconds you get when they peak at your résumé.
Understand?
And this transitions into my next point which is:
When you dominate, you get HEADLINES
I mentioned this earlier in the post, but I’ll elaborate further here so you know what’s really going on in other people’s minds when it comes to this.
People want to know more about things important to them.
These are known as main benefits.
In everyone’s case, they are hungry for new information to get what they want in life whether it’s enjoying life itself or feeling superior to others or even being comfortable with what they are doing.
When you dominate at what you are doing, people and the media naturally notice and they start to ask themselves questions like “How is this person doing this? What does he know that he can help me with? Can I be around him? What will it take for me associate with him so I can prove to others that I am the superior one in the group?”
In short, everybody wants to be around you all because they see potential value in what you can give them.
It is nature in that we have needs and desires engrained in us that we are always seeking the most credible information on the topics that interest us the most.
And hence, we gravitate to those who we see are doing the best and automatically assume that they are the best providers of the information or skills we are seeking to get ahead.
And that’s why the dominant people in the world get all of the attention.
The world revolves around who provides the most value to the most people.
Read that sentence again so you fully understand the implications of knowing it.
When you execute that sentence to the fullest, I promise the world will become your oyster and there will be no chance that you don’t get what you want.
If you do this, you WILL get what you want; no doubt about it.
And with that comes the best part of them all and that is:
You Have the Most to Provide for Yourself and Your Family
Let’s be honest, there’s no point in making money unless you are going to use it somehow, right?
And why not use it to its fullest advantage while you can and get the most out of life as a result?!
You see, you don’t want to rob yourself of the best possible life possible.
You want to have fun and give back and make sure your family’s needs are taken care of.
But in order to do this in the grandest fashion, you are going to have to be the big bad guy for a while.
You have to be like that 15 foot momma alligator you see in the big swamp with everybody afraid of her.
They know that if they make one misstep, they will get eaten up and their chances for survival are zero.
This is what you have to make everyone feel like. If they make one misstep, they are done and they don’t get to see the light of day again.
This gives them fear in their heads and as a result, it opens the door for you to slam the door shut right in their face.
When you do this consistently, the world opens up to you and then you get to go do the good stuff where you don’t have to be the bad guy to everyone.
But you have to be the bad guy to your competitors (and the good guy to whoever you are selling).
Embrace this mentality of just taking everything and snatching it up without any remorse whatsoever (assuming you follow the law) and your kids will love you for it down the road when you get to go to their recital and you can be there for their little league ball game giving them a big fat hug when they beat everyone.
This is when you know it was all worth it.
You can’t let your kids hanging. You have to be there for them all the time without a boss asking you to be somewhere away from them all of the time.
This will PISS OFF YOUR KIDS and they are going to become really sad in their childhoods and in their adult lives to.
So don’t do a disservice to them in that regard. Be the best parent ever (or you’ll be giving that title up to me).
And treat yourself to when you get everything from being super dominant. Indulge in something you always wanted to do and cross off that bucket list before it’s too late. Life with regrets is the worst feeling ever.
But first thing’s first: Dominate; don’t compete.
So get to it captain.
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Until next time,
This is Evan signing off.
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Evan Cruz
Evan Cruz is the founder of Join the Island, the website committed to helping young adults become massively productive and reach their full potential.
He has been featured on Vox, OnlineU, and UpJourney. He has also a cited human relations expert and college expert.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering.
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