Today's man, like men that have existed throughout our existence, is faced with foundational tasks and responsibilities...
PROTECT PROVIDE PRODUCE PREPARE
Protect - In Tribalnomics, the Warrior role is foundational to the Tribe's survival.
Provide - There will be those that need who look to the man for the supply.
Produce - The man must grow his tribe's and his power, as life doesn't stand still, and anything not growing is eroding.
Prepare - Between being unprepared and paranoid lies the zone of a man who expects reality to follow its own rules.
Never has there been such a collection of deviant, often degenerate distractions in the way of a Man making good on these duties, and many come in the form of these... Ten Toxic people Men need to avoid!
A hater is someone whose bandwidth is unnecessarily available to harbor negative wishes for someone else.
The hater invests his own energy to try and undermine the trajectory of another's efforts. He's so entrenched in the slave's perspective that he's convinced himself the failure of his target somehow represents a success of his own.
All the while, however, the hater remains too weak, cowardly, or both to actually fix the issue that has him emotional in the first place.
To listen to the hater is to offer influence to someone who has already identified themselves as one incapable of alliance.
Don't try to disprove the Hater, as all they know is to be opposite of wherever you are.
The Loser is someone, often for reasons unbeknownst to all involved, who just can't make it happen.
The Loser is someone who has a dysfunctional collection of attributes, from ignorance to the need for instant gratification to even an unhealthy focus on pleasure.
Whatever the reasons for the loser being that way, what you need to realize is that the entertaining qualities losers have sometimes come at a price that will cost you your climb.
Discard losers from your life.
First, by demanding and maintaining a standard for your alliances, then...
Second, by telling them to hit the bricks when they don't step it up.
Remember... Loyalty is an investment, not a debt.
No alliance is maintained by recycling consumed energies of the past.
"If it is a good morning... which I doubt." - Eeyore
The Weeper is "Woe is me" and "It just couldn't be", but never, "Let's wait and see".
The Weeper is like a depressing whistle that can only be blown with the grumbling murmurs of bellyache.
These toxic people will sell you on the idea that self-induced misery is how one eliminates the sorrow to be found elsewhere.
The Weeper is scared to hope, yet hope is what keeps us waiting for the light at the end of every tunnel.
Without hope, there's just now, and if now isn't a particularly enjoyable place to be, well...you'd be weeping, too.
Weepers work to reject gratitude and entitlement alike, leaving them in a low vibration state that relies on the recruitment of others' confirmation.
"What a sh*tty day", says the Weeper, as if speaking it accomplishes anything of worth.
They will take solace in never being defeated by life, but only because they'll never engage it in the first place.
No, my advice is to stay clear of these toxic anchors on your energy and momentum.
Don't worry. They were expecting you to move on, anyway.
"Tyrants usually develop from an existing leader type, slowly eliminating any tribe-based mission, and leveraging followers’ aversion to a personal escalation of commitment to conflict." - Tribalnomics
The Tyrant doesn't consider your identity. He cares neither about your dreams, nor your obligation.
The problem folks will have, however, is in their dysfunctional desires and the open door that leaves a would be tyrant into their lives.
Tyrants will give and take based on a process disconnected from their alliances, often with said allies not even being privy to the tyrant's intent.
When we are strong, we can see someone commanding and expecting us to not be.
Just say no.
" The Merchant sees alliances as paths to resources, not the pursuit of resources as a path to the synergy found in an alliance. The nature of the merchant is that they have trained to present themselves as an in-tribe brother and put value alliances through the lens of what can be acquired." - Tribalnomics
The Merchant, despite being a conduit through which we operate systems of trade, remains a source of toxic energy that should be avoided whenever necessary.
This means connecting with allies over strangers, when possible.
When we do, we're acknowledging in the process that trade with an ally brings a value that must be considered separate from the direct cost of the trade.
In other words, trading with allies acquires what you need while also investing in an ally. Trading with a merchant has no such benefit.
These days, we run into this issue most when we allow ourselves to be convinced, by strangers, that we need things we shouldn't even by wanting in the place.
The DSM-5 says one needs to demonstrate any five of these nine criteria to clinically be considered a narcissist...
Here's my criteria for a practical use of the term...
Now, here's the thing... Our society today is neck deep in a system that breeds narcissists.
From social media, to the consumerism that's engulfed the world, we're now being trained to follow the overlords' brand of morality and these narcissist soldiers of theirs will do everything to bring you into the fold.
They will separate you from what matters, ie: those things that will grant you lasting fulfillment and a sense of worth.
Avoid these people like the plague, as they'll work to destroy you as a plague would.
To be weak is to refuse, and often condemn, climbing the ladder of self-power.
The Weakling then, is a champion for mediocrity.
He's the hero of the status quo.
He honors fragility as a virtue.
We know why the Weakling acts this way.
He sees every challenge as a threat. Change, itself, he sees as an attack.
He's running a formula that is designed to pursue immortality. The irony, of course, being that he'll never live a day of his life.
The Weakling will confuse good men if they're not careful. A good man will often see a brother in need where a weakling resides.
My advice is to accept that the only way to help a weakling is to show them how to climb without ever putting them on your back.
"Politicians want to be everybody’s brother. They are proud of a reputation that is built not on deeds but on support, not on risk incurred, but on resources amassed." -Tribalnomics
The politician is a walking sales call. He knows what he wants, but will present what amounts to nothing more than a quid pro quo exchange as a blood oath amongst folk, if necessary.
The politician makes the case for supporting him using simplicity, yet hides from accountability behind excuses and complexity.
Having a politician in your life is acknowledging an alliance with one who's loyalty ends when his access to your resources do.
My advice is to be very calculated when dealing with a politician, insofar that you operate within a framework that keeps your focus on mission, while reducing your chances of succumbing to the allure of this selfish salesman.
One of the biggest mistakes people make regarding their alliances is allowing the time of an alliance's duration represent its value.
The Fool will nest within the walls of your resources often because of his gaining access at a time when a lesser you was manning the door.
"The fool lacks awareness of, and therefore intention regarding the damaging effects of his deeds. His traitorous deeds needn’t reflect a traitor’s intent." -Tribalnomics
The Fool is a Traitor, just the same.
He will just have you rooting for him in his ability to return to mission.
My advice is to hold a Fool to the standard of any other parasite within the walls of alliance...
If he makes the cut, then fine. If not, however, then over the wall he goes!
Not so fast. I know what you're thinking... "But, MC, obviously enemies are toxic!"
Well, yeah, but here's the rub: Not all enemies are outside of tribe.
In other words, there are traitorous allies who, as the definition of "enemy" describes "are actively working to sabotage your mission".
From Tribalnomics:
"The Enemy is the more commonly understood 'traitor in the midst.' He is aware of his status as traitor and evolves his rituals to mask both his deeds and intent. The enemy is an agent of deception and does not anchor his mission to the success of the tribe".
Some telltale signs of the In-Tribe Enemy?
These toxic allies need to be rooted out by your investment in following a criteria for doing so because, when pressured, the in-tribe enemy will say whatever he thinks you need to hear in order for him to continue undermining the tribe.
I hope that you enjoyed this list! Now get these toxic people out of your lives!
Stay on Mission,
MC
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