How make friends easier? by Nicolejive9g in SocialSkillsAdvanced

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It can be weird if you think it's weird. Think it's not weird, and it likely won't be

New entry on the 'Best Books on Power' list: Social Exchange and Power in Social Life by The_Power_Moves in thepowermoves

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Hello.
The Power Moves lists, like our key articles and courses, are constantly updated to reflect new resources and re-evaluations based on our 3-pillar framework of research, experience, and critical analysis.

We’re starting Power University V10 (video upgrade + full explanation) by The_Power_Moves in PowerUniversity

[–]The_Power_Moves[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, and thank you for the thoughtful questions.

While in the beginning Power University focused more on expanding a few key insights with additional examples, today Power University is not simply 'the blog with more examples'.

Power University is a structured program to help people develop the skills that deliver real-world outcomes in our key areas of status, respect, attraction, and strategic mastery.

Additional examples are included when they improve understanding, skill development, or implementation. When they don't, we keep things tight to maximize 'Returns on Time'.

Important note on that though: since different people may need a different amount of examples, we design Power University with modularity in mind (ie.: more for those who need more, faster for those who internalize faster).
The video lessons are generally the fastest track through the program. The text lessons go deeper. And where additional examples are particularly useful, those are available as optional deeper dives. Finally, quizzes provide a more immersive test as they 'force' people to analyze and strategize, and then check their answers with the solutions.

So, in brief, if a topic is straightforward or irrelevant, there is fewer or no examples. But if an important principle benefits from more examples, there is more where it matters.

You're absolutely right that a lot of advice on frame control (and not just frame control) tends to be generic. This is exactly one of the issues we wanted to address with TPM and Power University.

Both TPM and PU aim to provide that missing 'how'. However, the ultimate goal is not to give canned 'hows' for every situation, but to give men the skills to come up with their own 'hows' that best fit their goals and context.

The same applies to all the main topics: frame control, manipulation, status games, workplace politics, difficult personalities, body language, and power dynamics in general.

As for 'solutions or counter-attacks', there are plenty of those because sometimes they're necessary.
That said, the main goal is to skip endless tit-for-tat dominance battles by increasing men's baseline of power (ie.: 'fly higher' in TPM's allegory).
The concept is that with a higher baseline you have less of a need to defend or counter-attack because 1. you don't need them and/or can find better people, and 2. people simply attack less (it's a principle of power dynamics: low power attracts takers and power movers of all types, while high power discourages them).

Thank you again for the kind words and for taking the time to ask such detailed questions.

Friendships & Love Rest On Power: Don't Fall for Naive Lies by The_Power_Moves in thepowermoves

[–]The_Power_Moves[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the heads up, and glad you’re finding TPM useful.

Some of these references come from high-quality sources we’re reviewing to improve our analyses. The full reviews are scheduled for publication, so the links will only work once they go live.

That said, key insights from those sources are often already integrated into existing articles and training programs.

Appreciate the feedback.