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]
[music]
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]
[music]
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]
[music]
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]
>> [music]
>> You pretended it wasn't there. You
thought that being civilized meant
having no teeth. But now you [music]
feel it. You feel the capacity for
aggression. You feel the capacity for
destruction. And instead of being
ashamed of it, you are integrating it.
You are realizing that without the
capacity for mayhem, [music] your peace
means nothing. If you cannot bite, your
kindness is just submission. This often
manifests physically. You start
training. [music] You start lifting
heavy iron. You start learning combat
sports, boxing, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai.
Why? Not because you want to hurt
people, [music] but because you want to
know that you could. There is a profound
psychological shift [music] that happens
when a man knows he is physically
capable of ending a confrontation. He
[music] becomes calmer. He becomes
gentler. He doesn't need to posture. He
doesn't need to act tough. The Chihuahua
barks because [music] it is terrified.
The lion sleeps because it knows it is
the king. You are becoming the lion.
This integration of the shadow [music]
as Carl Jung would call it gives you a
new kind of energy. It gives you a
[music] drive that is relentless.
Machaveli lived in a time of mercenaries
and wars. He knew that a prince who
could not wield the sword [music] would
eventually be destroyed by one who
could. There is no comparison between
the armed and the unarmed. [music]
And it is not reasonable that he who is
armed should yield obedience to him who
is unarmed. Translate [music] this to
modern life. It means you are becoming
competent. You are becoming formidable.
You are rejecting the modern ideal of
the weak, [music] soft, pliable male.
You are embracing your biology. You are
embracing the drive to conquer, [music]
to protect, to build, and to destroy
obstacles. You stop apologizing [music]
for your masculinity. You stop
apologizing for your ambition. [music]
You look at your dark side, your
selfishness, your anger, your pride, and
instead of suppressing them, you harness
them. You yoke [music] them to your
chariot. Your anger becomes the fuel for
your work. Your pride becomes [music]
the standard for your quality. Your
selfishness becomes the boundary that
protects your time. You are not
eliminating the monster. [music] You are
training him. and a trained monster is
the most useful ally you will ever have.
Sign number six, [music] ruthless
prioritization. The sixth sign is a
shift in how you view time and energy.
Most men are wasteful. They waste hours
[music] scrolling. They waste emotion on
sports teams. They waste energy on
arguments that [music] don't matter.
They are leaky vessels. You are becoming
airtight. You are developing a prince's economy.
economy. >> [music]
>> [music]
>> Machaveli taught that a ruler cannot
afford to be everywhere and do
everything. He must be efficient. He
must focus only on what maintains and
[music] expands his state. You are
treating your life like a state. You are
becoming obsessed with return on
investment [music]
ROI. Not just with money but with your
soul. Before you engage in an activity,
[music] you ask, "Does this make me
stronger, sharper, or richer? or does
this make me weaker, duller, and poorer?
If the answer is the latter, you [music]
cut it ruthlessly. You stop watching the
news because the [music] news is
designed to make you anxious and
powerless. You stop arguing in comment
sections [music]
because it changes nothing and drains
your focus. You stop hanging out with
people who just want to kill time. You
realize [music] that killing time is
suicide by increments. You are becoming
boring to average people. They ask, "Did
[music] you see that show on Netflix?"
You say, "No." They ask, "Did you hear
about that celebrity scandal?" You say,
"No." They think you are missing out.
[music] You know that they are the ones
missing out. They are missing out on
their own lives because they are too
busy consuming the lives of others. This
focus makes you dangerous because it
allows you to compound your skills at a
rate that seems impossible to others.
While they are distracted, [music] you
are drilling. While they are
entertained, you are educating yourself.
You understand the concept of
opportunity [music] cost. Every hour you
spend doing something mediocre is an
hour you stole from something great. You
are becoming a sniper. One shot, one
kill, [music] no wasted movement. This
terrifies the people around you because
they see you pulling away. They see the
gap widening between where you are and
where they are. and they know deep down
[music] that they could be doing the
same thing, but they lack the
discipline. Your existence becomes a
judgment on their mediocrity. And that
is why they will try to pull you back
down. They [music] will call you
obsessed. They will call you a
workaholic. Let them. Obsession is just
the word the lazy use to describe the
dedicated. Sign number seven, the
acceptance of solitude. [music] The
final sign, the inevitable result of all
the others. You are becoming comfortable
with being alone. In fact, [music] you
are starting to crave it. The dangerous
man is a sovereign and sovereignty is a
lonely path. The higher you climb the
mountain, the thinner the air becomes
and the fewer people can breathe [music]
there with you. Most men are terrified
of solitude. If they are alone in a room
for 10 minutes, they [music] panic. They
pull out their phone. They turn on the
TV. They need noise to drown [music] out
the voice in their head. But you, you
are making friends with the silence. You
realize that your best ideas come when
you are alone. Your clarity comes when
you are alone. Your strength recharges
when you are alone. You are no longer a
part of the herd. The sheep needs the
flock to feel safe. The wolf does not.
Makaveli wrote his greatest [music]
works in exile. He was stripped of his
position, thrown out of Florence, and
[music] forced to live on a farm. He was
alone and in that solitude he saw the
world more clearly than anyone else in
history. [music] You are realizing that
you do not need a group to validate your
reality. You can trust your own eyes.
You can trust your own judgment. [music]
This makes you dangerous because you
cannot be cancelled. You cannot be
ostracized. Social pressure [music]
works by threatening you with exile. If
you don't agree with us, we will [music]
kick you out. The dangerous man looks at
them and says, "I was already leaving.
[music] I don't need you." This is the
ultimate immunity. When you do not fear
being alone, you [music] are free. You
can speak the truth because you aren't
afraid of losing friends. [music] You
can take risks because you aren't afraid
of looking foolish. You are building a
fortress inside yourself, a place where
[music] you are complete. People will
come into your life and you will welcome
them. But if they leave, you will not
collapse. [music] You will simply lock
the gate and continue your work. You are
becoming the sun. You have your own
gravity. [music] You burn with your own
fuel. Others can orbit you. Others can
feel your warmth. [music] But you do not
depend on them to shine. If you
recognize these signs in yourself, take
a [music] breath. It is intense. It is
heavy. You are becoming a dangerous man.
You [music] are killing the nice guy.
You are mastering your emotions. You are
seeing the world without illusions. You
are moving in [music] silence. You are
integrating your aggression. You are
focusing your energy. And you are
embracing your solitude. [music] You are
becoming the man Machavelli envisioned.
A man of Veru, [music] a man who shapes
his own fate. But remember what I told
you at the beginning. [music]
There is a sign number zero. The price
of this power. The price [music] is
this. You can never go back to sleep
once you see the world this way [music]
as a game of power, strategy, and
psychology. You cannot unsee it. [music]
You cannot go back to the naive bliss of
ignorance. You will always be analyzing.
You will always be watching. [music] You
will always be a part. It is a burden,
but it is a glorious [music] one.
Because the world doesn't need more
sheep. It has enough. It needs
shepherds. It needs protectors. [music]
It needs men who are dangerous enough to
confront the chaos and bring order to
it. You [music] are not becoming a
monster. You are becoming a king. And
the king watches over the realm. [music]
But understanding these signs is just
the beginning. It is one thing to know
you are changing. [music] It is another
thing to direct that change. To wield
this psychology not just as a shield but
as a [music] weapon. to understand the
deeper laws of manipulation, seduction,
and power dynamics that Machaveli
couldn't even put in his book because
they were too dangerous for the public.
If this opened your eyes, understand
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