#1 Rule To ALWAYS Look High Status (The Old Money Look)

So, what’s the deal with status? I  mean, seriously, in today’s day and age,   who gives a flying fiddler’s about looking high  status? Well, it turns out, believe it or not,   almost everybody. And it’s not that people  are being evil or vindictive here. They’re  

Just being lazy. You see, humans, like all social  creatures, have a ranking system in their society. We’ve done this over the last hundred  thousand years because it just makes   things run smoother. Those at the top often  got the lion’s share of the resources and those  

At the bottom. Got the scraps, whatever  is left. Unfair? You betcha, 100%. But,   is it accurate? Is it a fact? Yeah. Now, you  may ask and I think it’s a great question,   why those in a lower status situation, why  don’t they rise up and take from those on top?

Well, the answer is they do initially  when they don’t know their place. But,   what happens when you throw a brand  new chicken into a flock? Very quickly,   it figures out the pecking order. Anyone  else out there have chickens? Yeah,  

When you see this, it is cruel. But, it’s usually  done within a week and that new chicken You see,   social status in its pure form prevents  unneeded bickering and fighting. Basically, when the animals know their  place, those in the lower rungs are not  

Getting beat by those in the top rungs. Now,  what does all this have to do with you? Well,   the answer is if you can look higher status,  especially if you are of higher status when it  

Comes to wealth, when it comes to fitness, then  you’re not going to have to go out of the way. Okay? Thank you. To prove yourself, people are  going to treat you as you should be treated.   And for those of you guys that are up and  coming, haven’t yet truly established yourself,  

Well, appearing higher status is  going to give you a leg up. Now,   starting things off, let’s first  talk about your physical fitness. If you want to come off as a high status  individual, you want to pay attention to  

Your health. You want to pay attention  to the way that you train and take care   of your body. Now, FYI, this is not  the number one status indicator. But,   in most professional situations, you just  want to come off as someone That is healthy.

Somebody that takes care of his body.  Somebody that can take care of their   own. The next characteristic of a high  status man is he has a constant energy.   What I mean by that is he’s steady,  he’s calm. He doesn’t have these ups  

And downs. He doesn’t have a whole lot  of anxious energy flowing out of him. He’s not all over the place. He doesn’t  seem like he’s ever out of place. If you   want to come off as high status,  you need to really do a good job  

Controlling the insecurity. Breathe.  Everyone feels, but a high status man,   he’s got that under control and it’s not evident.  He’s not broadcasting it to everybody in the room. Other people can sense this and you want to be  careful about that. Tied right with that, you want  

Your movements to be slow, calm, and deliberate.  The next characteristic of high status men is   that they are non reactive. You see a high status  individual, They have control of their situation   and they’re not they don’t really care what other  people are saying about them, maybe even to them.

They’re like, okay, that’s you, that’s your  opinion and I’m not going to let it bother   me. Now, up to this point, we’ve talked about  behavior. Now, let’s talk about style. Yeah,   this is a style channel. So, if you want to appear  high status, then you need to dress in a way that  

You look high status. Now, most people’s mind’s  eye, when they think of a man that’s successful,   they think of a man wearing a suit, wearing  a sports jacket, a man that is dressed. Well, but I’m not saying you got to go that  route, it really depends on you and the image  

You want to project. Whatever you decide to  do with your style, remember two things. One,   make sure it sends the message it reflects  who you want to be perceived as. And, two,   practice wearing this. Because even if  the look is a bit outlandish to most,  

If it feels natural to you, you’re going to  have the confidence to be able to pull it off. Now, what about subtle ways to display high  status? One of the easiest ways for a lot of  

Guys is to wear a timeless, elegant, and maybe a  higher end watch. Tons of options out there. And   as you can see, we’ve got some that have a little  bit more bling to them. Other ones that are going  

To be very muted, very simple, elegant, but at  the same time recognizable by those in the know. Another way to have a more sophisticated  image, Level up your luggage. Now, gents,   the luggage you’re seeing right here comes from  one of my favorite sponsors, Carl Friedrich. Bar  

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You guys know I got you covered. Use that  link in the description of today’s video. Now,   up to this point, everything I’ve talked  about are actions that you can take,   behaviors that you can change  internally. But, there are things   you can adjust in your environment  to come off as higher status as well.

First up, if you’re going to an event,  if you’re going to be going to a party,   if you are headed someplace, go with  other People. When you walk into a party,   even with two other dudes, what you’re  sending a signal of is that you are an  

Accepted group. You are a person that other  people have deemed worthy of being close to. Next up, showing up with your guy friends,  that’s cool. But, showing up with a woman,   showing up with two women, all of a  sudden that puts you at a whole other  

Level. For you single guys, what this is  signaling to all the other women present   is that This guy has been approved by these  women. Now, how do you make this happen? Come on, guys. Get creative. Maybe  you’ve got some female friends from work,  

You’ve got that platonic neighbor that’s  been wanting to go out. The point being is   you want to get other people to show that you  are an accepted member, that you are approved   by them because all of a sudden other people  are going to be more open to approving you.

Now, if that’s too much or you want to double  down, go to a known cause. Environment,   a place where you actually know the bartenders  and you tip them well. They know you,   they’re excited to see you. Everyone knows  you because you’re friendly. This is like,  

You know, cheers, go to a place  where everybody knows your name. When you do this, all of a sudden, new people,  I haven’t seen her before, all of a sudden,   she knows that you’re very friendly.  Everybody seems to know you. You are,  

Again, an approved what was formerly a stranger.  You’re kind of, you’re part of the group. Now,   building off this and this works really well  at business networking events, or even parties. is be a connector. So, again, this is  a party where you show up and you know  

Maybe three or four people. But,  what’s interesting is those people   don’t know each other and they’re  on opposite ends of the room. But,   you know that Jill over there should be  talking with Mary or Mike should be talking  

With John or whatever combination you want to put  together because of things you know about them. Well, guess what? You start talking  with somebody, then lead them over,   make a quick introduction and all of a sudden you  get These two people talking. Now, you can choose  

To exit or stay in that conversation, but you’ve  already shown that you’re the type of person that   you know people. And by bringing people together,  all of a sudden your status with both of those   people that you’ve now connected, you gave a warm  introduction to, all of a sudden has gone up.

Now, let’s say you’re in a group conversation.  How can you show higher status in this group   conversation by leading the conversation?  And it’s not something that you need to be   talking about yourself. Instead, you’re asking  questions that direct and include. Others,  

And people can pick up on this. When you’re  asking a question, especially if someone   keeps talking and talking, there’s three  other people that aren’t saying anything. You can say, hey, you know, all of a sudden  bring in and ask how this relates to what  

Mike is working on. And Mike, can you expand  on how you guys did this? All of a sudden   you are creating the conversation. This one takes  a little bit more skill. They maybe don’t realize   what’s happening, But, they know that whenever you  are added to the conversation, you make it better.

So, again, your status in the group goes up. Now,  what about when you’re seated at a table? How can   you maintain high status? Well, the thing is  have everyone sit down below you and you stand,   yes, on that chair. No, I’m kidding. Don’t  do that. You probably want to choose actually  

Where you’re going to sit. If you can, sit at  the end where you have people on both sides. It looks like you’re holding court, but there’s  a reason that we would see royalty or people of   honor at the end points of a table because they  have a commanding view. They can actually speak.  

Others can hear and listen to them. I personally  on a longer table. Try to avoid sitting in the   middle area because you’re being drawn into one  conversation, you’re being drawn to another. Yeah, you’ve got somebody across from you,  but you’re limited more than you are at the  

End points. Now, gents, if you’re enjoying  this video, smash the like button. Seriously,   your status will shoot up. Actually, the  status of this channel will shoot up a   little bit because it lets the YouTube gods  know that, hey, this video is worth watching.

And I appreciate it. Now, if you’re  at this point thinking, Antonio, man,   you’ve talked a lot about social skills.  I don’t have any of those. You need to   develop them. These are things that men of high  status, they aren’t born with this. They work  

On it. They realize that if you want to have  status, that means that you need to be social. If you’re going to be social, you  need to have the social skills. Now,   the quickest and easy advice I can give  you is get good at asking questions and  

Genuinely Being interested in other people.  It seems like it’s a rare trait nowadays   that somebody actually genuinely listens  versus waiting for their time to speak. Instead, you want to pull out more, you want  to you’re really interested in this person  

Especially if they’re not interesting, they’re  not used to this. And they are going to open up,   they’re going to talk to you,  and they’re going to like you.   Not because you’ve said anything to them,  but because you actually listened to them. Now, that being said, you  will be expected to speak,  

So. Practice speaking. One thing I like about  these videos is I really get the chance to put   my thoughts together. And I feel I’ve  become a better presenter, a better   speaker, simply because I’ve practiced it. And  it’s like anything when you put in the reps,  

When you think through all of a sudden, you’re  going to be able to articulate yourself. Better. I do believe in reading, listening to  audio books, really also talking about things   that you’re comfortable talking about. They  may be talking a lot about politics, but can  

You bring it to something that maybe you know a  little bit more about? You’ve traveled, you’ve   been to different places. So, instead of talking  about the politics, let’s talk about the culture. Let’s talk about the people. These are things  and it’s… You know, one degree of separation  

And also it’s something that you will be  able you have a stronger lexicon. You’ll be   able to go into and be able to express yourself  better and therefore come off as having better   communication skills. Now, communication is a lot  more than the words that come out of our mouths.

It’s the way that we stand, our posture. So,  make sure that you Roll the shoulders back,   good posture sends a signal. You don’t  want to try to act like you’re trying to   minimize yourself. I know Amy Cuddy’s  research has kind of been debunked,  

But I think it made a great point about, you know,  you don’t want to make yourself look smaller. Don’t be afraid to take up space. And let’s  talk about eye contact. When you’re talking   with somebody about 70 percent of the time,  you want to be making eye contact 30%,  

Especially when you’re thinking, I know I kind  of look over and I’m like, okay, you know,   but you don’t want your eyes to. Give you a  way that you’re checking out somebody else. Uh, how many guys have had that happen or, you  know, that you’re, you’re not paying attention.  

That’s what you don’t want. Eye contact shows  where we are. And by the way, if you’re talking   to a group, let’s say three people, you do want  to give them even eye contact and then it’s okay.  

Imagine a fourth person is there if there were  three and that that’s what it’s okay to look off. So, about 25, 25, 25, and then 25 off. Again,  you got to practice this, but once you do it,   it becomes pretty easy. Now, at this point  in the video, gents, I’ve covered a lot,  

But I want to get to what I think to  be are some of the strongest things   that signal that a man is of high status.  First up, being able to make a decision. Have you ever been around people that  they cannot decide anything and they’re  

Going back and forth and you realize  that the reason they’re not going to   make a decision is they are scared  to make the wrong decision? Gents,   if you can’t make a decision, you are going to  come off as weak. You look throughout history.

Rulers, kings, emperors. What was their big role?  These people at the top to make a decision. That’s   the pressure of being on top. That’s the pressure  of leadership. But here’s a secret that I learned   that really helped me with this is that most  decisions are revolving doors. It’s very,  

It’s not very often that you’re going  to make a life or death decision. Most decisions you can actually, if you make the   wrong one. You can take a step back and  then pivot, go the other direction. So,  

If you know that you can adjust after you  make a bad decision, you realize that, okay,   like I need to make a quick decision based on  the information I have. And then, if I find   out it’s wrong, then I’m going to take a step  back, I’m going to pivot, I’m going to adjust.

Being able to take charge, being able to  lead, being able to make a decision when   everyone else around you is losing their head,  guys, is all of a sudden going to put you at the   top when it comes to status. This next status  tip I learned in college and then I actually  

Used in my business career to actually level up  my position in the industry is to host parties. And I still do this actually with masterminds.  I bring together tons of business owners,   many of them making a lot much more successful  than me, but I still bring them in and I hold  

High status. Why? Because I’m the organizer.  I’m the one that brought it together. So,   gents, if you want a shortcut  to level up status in a group,   host I get together, host a party,  a place where people want to be.

And if you control the door, you all of a sudden  level up simply because you are the owner. So,   what tops all those? Well, the  easy out would have been for me   to say confidence. And I did want to  put this one on there because, yes,  

Confidence definitely gives you higher status,  but a lot of guys are overconfident or they’re   just coming off as arrogant and they don’t  have anything to back up their confidence. No, I’m going to say actually making things  Now, in style, the word is sprezzatura,  

But what I’m talking about here  is when people are around you,   they just have a great time. Seriously,  when people attend an event with you, all   of a sudden it just seems like everything flows  smoothly. You are the man. You make things happen.

Now, of course, behind the scenes. Transcribed  There’s planning. You actually went through   and you thought, okay, where’s this restaurant  going to be? I’m going to know the head waiter   because he’s seen me multiple times. The  bill is going to be taken care of. No one’s  

Going to be trying to split the check  or whatever it is that they want to do. Everyone’s going to be surprised by how  it was taken care of. You know how they’re   going to have all the wines. They’re going  to have exactly what you want. I’ve done  

This with my family. I’ve done this with  business friends. And I would say, yes,   it costs a little bit of money,  but all of that was planned. And I know that being able to give this experience  to others is going to be repaid to me. And what  

I love about this, gents, it doesn’t have to  do with money. It could be you speak Chinese,   maybe you speak Portuguese. You take her  to that restaurant, the hole in the wall,   amazing food. And she’s like  trying to figure out what to eat.

And all of a sudden you start talking the  waiter in a language that she didn’t even   know you spoke. All of a sudden, oh my  gosh, like this guy just he’s he’s so   world travel. You’re not meaning to show  off, but you are. And you’ve made the  

Situation just beautiful. You’ve all of a  sudden created an ambience and a feeling. All right, gents. What video to watch next?  Well, boom, I got you covered with this one,   top secret, actually not top secret. You  can see what the video is right here,  

But it is a solid video. Come on,  Mike, Jim, Kerry, guys, come on,   guys, click the video. Go over. Jose, what  are you doing? Boom, click it. Go watch.

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