Quote: (11-09-2012 12:45 PM)Hades Wrote:
Yeah I've been reading some Roissy lately, and he talks a lot about grace under pressure.
What is this exactly? He seems to tout it as a pretty high game concept, alpha male type shit. Does anybody have any examples of this? How do you develop it?
Logic and acceptance help immensely.
During test and exam days, my peers would exasperate themselves cramming to the final moment. My preparations were more than acceptable, so fretting seemed irrational when one could relax. Often, I'd test higher than my classmates. We were of comparable intellect, so it wasn't a matter of intelligence. While others were overthinking, I sought to clear my mind. The analysis portion was over. When it comes to the test, it's time to execute.
Bruce Lee said, "A good martial artist does not become tense but ready."
At one job, I was in charge of two trainees. Even after their training was complete, they still had to learn self-control. They'd ask "How do you stay so calm?" My rationale was "If a mistake is made, it's correctable. People won't die if I am wrong. I work indoors. No one is shooting at me. The fate of the world is not in my hands. There is a low probability of dying at this job."
Maintain inner and outward calm in the midst of a problem, and people are none the wiser. Time is spent formulating a solution instead of allowing oneself to be emotionally overwhelmed.
As the old ad copy goes, "Never let them see you sweat."
"The whole point of being alpha, is doing what the fuck you want.
That's why you see real life alphas without chicks. He's doing him.
Real alphas don't tend to have game. They don't tend to care about the emotional lives of the people around them."
-WIA