Power projected = power perceived. How to project power.

A friend of mine shared a statement with me: power projected is power perceived. I work in a position where people give me a lot of power. It's not because I'm asking for it it's simply because the dynamics of the relationship. I go in as an inspector and what I observe carries tremendous weight upon the score of the institution that I'm inspecting. My decisions are never challenged. I often catch myself fixing my own mistakes. My observations can potentially FIRE someone from their job!!!

How to project power

I'm going to talk about 2 ways to project power: physical and communication.
Physical - physical projection of power comes from how you manifest your body through moving, standing, walking, and even eye contact. Watch this video how Vladimir Putin (President of the Russian Federation) displays power with his walking style:
Another physical form of projecting power is through eye contact. Projecting your eyes and looking directly at other people conveys confidence. It shows that you are confident with yourself. Hold eye contact directly while holding an upright posture that elevates the shoulders and head. Take a look at the video about how Mike Tyson projects power while holding his eyes directly at this opponent. He says that the split second his opponent drops eye contact he knew he had him. He knew he had won the fight. That is impressive power.

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Communication - there is a story about 2 birds. One bird liked to sing a lot and sang really loud. The other bird stayed quiet. One day, a hunter came towards the birds and shot and killed the singing bird. You don't to be a Nuclear Submarine scientist to figure that one out. In order to project power through communication...KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!! What you say can get you in trouble. And, those who talk fast and a lot are perceived as insecure and weak. Learn to keep your message clear and say less. Human attention span is 20secs. That's the amount of time you have to deliver your message...unless you're telling a story. Confident powerful people talk very little. Plus, the more silent you are while projecting power drives people crazy because they don't know what you are thinking!!! And that makes them scared of you!!!! That's power!

Making men out of STRENGTH!!!

Many women complain about the lack of men today. I don't blame them. Just look at the shows on T.V. or commercials and there is no shortage of weak male characters. I mean seriously, what happened to Rambo, Arnold, The Rock...there are what I would call a Man's Man. Instead, we get lame weak ass frail male types such as the douchebag from Spiderman!!! Sorry, but that dude isn't saving me from anything! Take a look at this weakling below.

He looks like I'll take his lunch money!!!! 

You ain't man enough if....
If you're shaving hair off your body (self explanatory).
If you look too long in the mirror adjusting your hair (dude, girls do that...you shouldn't).
If you're 5'11'' and weigh 120lbs (seriously put on some weight man).
If you shop most of your clothes at H&M, Express (....)
If you can't squat double your body weight (you need to try harder).
If you hurt animals, the environment, people (strength is meant to protect...not harm).
If you don't know how to change the oil in your car (need I say more?)

I can go on and on about this for days!

Men through Strength

That's what I love about strength training. It has allowed men to tap into their masculinity and express their dominant masculine qualities. It helps them convert boys to men. How? The increase in testosterone helps but the weights are a resemblance of what masculinity is: the pursuit of freedom and purpose.

The weights stand in the way of mans goals and dreams. Overcoming the weight builds confidence in knowing the weight has been overcome. Just load up a barbell with a weight that scares you. The weight is heavy and you know this!!! It's scary and you are not so sure you can do it but you believe you can. And when you do there is no greater feeling in life such as the feeling of accomplishment from lifting a weight you once thought impossible.

Dmitry Klokov = a Man's Man

Where have all the men gone? Seems as if Russian's are the last masculine stronghold. While men in America have been feminized not the Russians like Dmitry Klokov. This guy is a Man's Man. He's no pretty boy and is strong as hell!!! He's an Olympic Silver Medalist in the sport of Weightlifting and became World Champ in 2005.

So if you're a guy struggling to find your place as a man in this world...go to the gym, and learn to lift. Women, if you're complaining as to where have all the men gone...you'll find them in the strength gyms. NOT the fitness gyms the strength gyms.

Strength = Best Version of Yourself

Being stronger physically comes from becoming the Best Version of Yourself. When you strengthen your mental capacities, you strengthen your capabilities and in turn your ability to handle life's eventualities will prepare you to succeed. You will not sabotage. You will not fall into an abyss of self doubt.

Increasing Mental Capacity
Your thoughts about who you are determine how you will prepare yourself when circumstances come your way. For example, if you have doubt, negativity, or lack of confidence toward uncomfortable situations chances are you are going to sabotage. This is relevant to athletes in the moment of a decisive situation. It's also relevant in the workplace when you have co-workers who are challenging if not offending your personal power.

In order for you to become the Best Version of Yourself increase your mental capacity. For example, when I first started Olympic lifting in March of 2008 if someone told me THEN that I would lifting weights what I am today I would have a really hard time believing that. Why? My capacity to encapsulate that level of lifting performance could not be done in my mind. I just didn't think it was possible. However, by training non stop for years I've reached a level of lifting I'm proud of. Today, my capacity of thinking has expanded and continues to expand because I've been lifting so consistently for so long and have failed so many lifts that I have learned to be stronger.

Increasing mental capacity to become the Best Version of Yourself requires continual and ongoing training. Ongoing training that is progressive will challenge you to perform at an increased capacity. Increased capacity equates to more lifting being done. This is how you become better and stronger.

I encourage you to increase your capacity both mentally and physically in order to increase your lifting performance. In return, you become a better Version of Yourself when you take on a path that continually challenges you and that in itself requires greater capacity.

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