This content argues that true strength and effectiveness in the world, as exemplified by Machiavellian principles, stem from embracing a "dangerous" nature—not in terms of violence, but in possessing unwavering self-awareness, emotional control, and strategic capability—rather than adhering to a "nice guy" persona that leads to weakness and manipulation.
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Most men are harmless. They are
domesticated. They are safe. They have
traded their claws for comfort [music]
and their teeth for approval. They walk
into a room and the atmosphere doesn't
change. They speak [music] and people
interrupt them. They get angry and
people laugh. But then there is the
other kind, the outlier. [music]
You've seen him. Maybe you've felt him.
He doesn't have to shout to be heard. He
doesn't have to flex to be seen. He
walks into a chaotic room and the chaos
settles. [music] Not out of respect, but
out of an instinctual primal fear.
Nicolo Machaveli, the man who [music]
wrote the Handbook on Power, didn't
write for the harmless. He wrote for the
dangerous. [music] He understood that in
a world of wolves, being a sheep is not
a virtue. [music] It is a suicide
mission. If you clicked this video, it's
because you feel a shift happening
inside you. You [music] are tired of
being the sheep. You are tired of the
nice guy script that society handed you
at birth. You are becoming [music]
something else, something sharper,
something colder, something dangerous. [music]
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Let's get one thing clear before we go
deep. When I say dangerous, I do not
mean violent. Violence is the tool
[music] of the weak man who has lost
control. I mean dangerous in the way an
iceberg [music] is dangerous, silent,
massive, unshakable, capable of sinking
unsinkable ships [music] simply by
existing. A dangerous man is a man who
cannot be manipulated. He is a man who
cannot be guilt [music] tripped,
coerced, or shamed into submission. He
is a man who knows exactly [music] who
he is. And because of that, he is the
most powerful person in any room he
enters. You are [music] watching this
because you are shedding your old skin.
You are feeling the death [music] of
your old peopleleasing self and it
scares you. It should. Transformation is
destructive. [music]
It hurts. You might feel like you're
becoming cold or distant or even cruel.
But you aren't. You [music] are simply
waking up. Makaveli called this vu. Not
virtue in the religious sense like
[music] being a good boy, but vu in the
ancient sense. skill, strength,
effectiveness, the ability to look the
world in the face, [music] see it for
the nasty, brutish place it can be, and
navigate it with a surgeon's precision. [music]
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Today, we are going to walk through the
seven signs that you are crossing the
threshold, that you are becoming the man
Machaveli wrote about, the [music] man
everyone watches, the man everyone
secretly fears. [music] But be warned,
this is not a list of life hacks. This
is a diagnosis of [music] your shadow.
There is a final stage to this
transformation. A sign number zero that
I will only reveal at the very [music]
end. It is the price you pay for this
power. Most men are not willing to pay
it. [music] They will turn back. They
will choose to remain harmless. Will
you? Let's find out. Sign number one,
the death [music] of the nice guy. The
first sign is the most painful. It is
the death of your need to be liked. For
years, you have been trained to be nice.
We all were. We were told that if we are
polite, [music] if we are accommodating,
if we set ourselves on fire to keep
other people warm, the world will reward
us. But [music] you've looked around.
You've checked the data and you've
realized it's a lie. The nice guy
finishes last not because he is good,
[music] but because he is weak. His
kindness isn't a choice, it's a
compulsion. He is nice because he is
[music] terrified of conflict. He is
agreeable because he is terrified of
rejection. You are becoming dangerous
[music] because you have stopped
confusing being good with being weak.
Machaveli wrote, "It is much [music]
safer to be feared than loved because
love is preserved by the link of [music]
obligation which owing to the baseness
of men is broken at every opportunity
for their advantage. But fear preserves
you by a dread of [music] punishment
which never fails. This sounds harsh. It
sounds cynical. But look at your own
life. [music] How many times has someone
you loved and supported betrayed you the
moment it was convenient [music] for
them? How many times has your loyalty
been repaid with indifference? The shift
happens when [music] you stop seeking
love from the world, which is really
just validation, and you start demanding
respect. You are noticing that your
[music] no has become heavier. In the
past, when someone asked for a favor you
didn't want to do, [music] you made up
an excuse. You lied. You said, "Oh, I'd
love to, but I'm busy." You soften the
blow. [music] You tried to manage their
emotions. Now, you just say no. You
don't offer an excuse. [music] You don't
apologize. You realize that you don't
owe anyone an explanation for how you
use your resources, your [music] time,
or your energy. This terrifies people
around you. They will call you changed.
They will [music] ask what's wrong. You
used to be so helpful. What they mean is
you used to be so easy to use. [music]
You are developing what Makaveli called
strategic cruelty. This doesn't mean you
go out of your way to hurt people. It
means you are willing to make the hard [music]
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unpopular decision if it is necessary
for your survival or your vision. The
nice guy avoids the hard conversation
because it feels mean. The dangerous man
has the hard conversation immediately
because he values truth over [music]
comfort. You are cutting off dead
weight, friends who drain you, family
members who manipulate you, [music]
habits that weaken you. You are doing it
with a cold surgical precision. [music]
It's not emotional. You aren't screaming
at them. You aren't fighting. You are
simply closing the door. This [music] is
the sign of a man who values his own
mission more than he values the applause
of the crowd. If you find yourself
feeling less guilty [music] about
disappointing people, pay attention. You
aren't becoming a bad person. [music]
You are becoming a sovereign. You are
realizing that you are the king of your
own mind and a king cannot afford to be
a doormat. Sign number two, emotional
zero point. [music] The second sign is
that you have stopped reacting. Look at
the average man. He is a bundle of
exposed nerves. He is a slave to
stimulus. Someone cuts him off in
traffic. He rages. [music]
His boss sends a passive aggressive
email. He panics. A woman rejects him.
He spirals into depression. The news
shows him something scary. He lives in
anxiety. He is a puppet and the world
holds the strings. Anyone can reach
inside [music] his chest and squeeze his
heart. Anyone can hijack his mind.
[music] But you, you are feeling a
distance growing, a gap between the
event and your reaction. [music] There
is now a pause, a silence. Makaveli used
the metaphor of the fox and the lion.
The lion is pure force, pure reaction.
But the fox, the fox is cunning. The fox
knows traps. The fox does not bite the
bait just because it is there. You are
becoming the fox. You are developing an
emotional zero point. This means you can
observe chaos without becoming chaotic.
You can stand in the middle of a
screaming match and feel your pulse
remain steady. [music] People mistake
this for apathy. They think you don't
care. They think you're numb. You aren't
numb. [music] You are disciplined. You
have realized that your emotions are
data, [music] not directives. Just
because you feel anger doesn't mean you
have to act angry. Just because you feel
fear doesn't mean you have to act
[music] afraid. The dangerous man treats
his emotions like a dashboard [music] in
a car. If a light blinks red, he notes
it. Ah, I am feeling disrespected. He
analyzes [music] it. But he does not
jerk the steering wheel and crash the
car. This makes you terrifying to
manipulate. Think about a manipulator,
[music] a toxic partner, a bad boss, a
narcissist. How do they operate? They
rely on your reaction. They poke you to
see you jump. They insult [music] you to
see you defend yourself. They cry to see
you apologize. But what happens when
they poke you and you just look at them?
[music] What happens when they insult
you and you don't defend yourself? You
just agree and move on. What happens
when they try to [music] guilt trip you
and you remain impassive? Their power
dissolves. You are becoming a mirror.
You reflect their behavior back to
[music] them without absorbing it.
Machaveli taught that fortuna, luck,
fate, the chaos of the world is like a
raging river. [music] The weak man gets
swept away by the river. He drowns in
his circumstances. [music] But the man
of Vereu builds dikes and dams. He
channels [music] the water. Your
emotional control is that dam. You are
finding that you speak slower. [music]
You don't rush to fill the silence. You
don't rush to explain yourself. You are
comfortable with the tension. When a
crisis hits, a [music] financial loss, a
breakup, a health scare, your first
thought is no longer, why [music] is
this happening to me? Your first thought
is okay, what is the move? [music] You
have moved from a victim mindset to a
strategist mindset. This is the [music]
ultimate freedom to be in the world but
not of it. To feel the heat of the fire
[music] but not burn. If you feel this
cold clarity settling over you, do not
fight it. It is the armor you will need
for the battles ahead. Sign [music]
number three, the removal of the
pedestal. The third sign is a spiritual
shift. It is the loss of your heroes.
[music] When we are boys, we look up. We
look up to our fathers. We look up to
politicians. We [music] look up to
celebrities. We look up to women. We put
them on pedestals. We believe they are
special. [music]
We believe they have the answers. We
believe they are fundamentally different
[music] from us. But as you become
dangerous, gravity takes hold.
Everything comes crashing down. You are
beginning to see the cracks in the
statue. You look at your father and you
don't see a god. [music] You see a man,
a flawed, perhaps broken man who was
just winging it. You look at the
politician and you don't see a leader.
You see a narcissist chasing power. You
look at the billionaire and you don't
see a genius. You see someone who got
lucky or ruthless or both. And most
importantly, [music]
you look at the object of your desire,
the woman you obsessed over, and you
don't see an angel. You see a human
being. [music]
This is called desacralization.
You are stripping the sacred nature away
from the world. Machaveli was hated
[music] because he did this to politics.
He looked at kings and popes and said,
"These aren't divinelyappointed rulers.
They are just gangsters [music] in nice
robes. He saw the world as it is, not as
it should be. For a man who wishes to
act entirely up to his professions of
virtue soon meets with what destroys him
among so much [music] that is evil. You
are realizing that no one is coming to
save you. The mentors you woripped. They
are just [music] people selling you a
product. The institutions you trusted,
they are just systems designed to
perpetuate themselves. This realization
can feel depressing at first. It feels
like the magic is dying. [music]
It feels like cynicism. But it is not
cynicism. It is [music] maturity. When
you take people off the pedestal, you
can finally look them in the eye. You
can negotiate with them. [music] You can
challenge them. You can outmaneuver
them. You cannot fight a god, but you
can fight a man. [music] You are
becoming dangerous because you are no
longer blinded by the aura of authority.
[music] When a boss yells at you, you
don't feel like a scolded child anymore.
You analyze his leverage. [music] You
analyze his insecurity. You see him as a
biological organism throwing [music] a
tantrum. This applies specifically to
your relationships. The simp puts women
[music] on a pedestal. He worships. And
because he worships, he cannot lead. He
cannot [music] be authentic. He is too
busy performing. But the dangerous man
sees the woman [music] as she is. He
respects her, yes, but he does not
worship her. And paradoxically, this is
exactly what makes him attractive.
[music] He is the first man she has met
who isn't trying to buy her approval.
You are walking through the world with
your eyes wide open. You see the
strings, you see the incentives, you see
the raw human nature underneath the
suits and the smiles. You are no longer
a fan. You are a player in the game.
Sign number four, weaponized [music]
silence. The fourth sign is the one
others notice first. You have stopped
broadcasting. In the age of social
media, everyone [music] is broadcasting.
Everyone is screaming, "Look at me. Look
what I ate. Look what [music] I think.
Look how happy I am." They treat their
thoughts like cheap confetti, throwing
them everywhere. They tell everyone
their plans. They tell [music] everyone
their fears. They tell everyone their
next move. And because they reveal
everything, [music] they are
defenseless. Mchaveli knew that
information is power. [music] And to
give away information freely is to give
away power. [music] Everyone sees what
you appear to be. Few experience what
you really are. You are becoming
dangerous because you are becoming a
void. You have stopped announcing your
moves. You are working in the dark. You
are building in silence. [music] When
you have a big idea, you don't post it
on Facebook, you execute it. When you
are hurt, you don't post a sad quote on
your story. You heal. When you are
winning, you don't brag. You just win.
This silence is weaponized. [music]
It makes people uneasy. It triggers
their imagination. When you are quiet,
people project their own [music]
thoughts onto you. They wonder what you
are thinking. They wonder what you know.
[music] They start to overthink their
own behavior around you. In a
negotiation, the person who speaks the
least holds the most power. The person
who talks is revealing their hand. The
person who listens is analyzing the
cards. You are finding that you enjoy
the mystery. You realize that you don't
need the dopamine hit of likes and
comments. You have a secret fire burning
inside and you don't want to let the
heat [music] escape. This also applies
to your past. The dangerous man does not
[music] trauma dump. He does not use his
past struggles as a way to get sympathy.
He [music] keeps his cards close to his
chest. Why? Because he knows that the
world is not a therapy session. The
world is a battlefield. And on a
battlefield, you do not show the enemy
where you are bleeding. You are becoming
an enigma. People ask your friends,
[music] "What is he up to? He's been
quiet lately." And your friends don't
know, no one knows. And then [music]
suddenly you emerge. You emerge with the
new business, the new physique, the new
skill, the new life. You emerge fully
formed while they are still talking
about what they plan to do. [music]
Silence is the incubator of greatness.
Noise is the killer of dreams. [music]
If you find yourself hoarding your words
like gold, you are on the right path. >> [music]
>> [music]
>> You are learning the discipline of the
void. Sign number five, the capacity for
violence. This is the sign that makes
people uncomfortable. [music]
But we must discuss it. Jordan Peterson
famously said, "A harmless man is
[music] not a good man. A good man is a
very dangerous man who has that under
voluntary control." You are beginning to
recognize the monster [music] inside
you. For years, you repressed your
aggression. You repressed your darkness. >> [music]
