How to lead your woman: lessons from the front

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Summary

TLDRDr. Orion Terban discusses how men can lead relationships with women by being confident and respectful. He suggests that successful leadership in relationships requires men to be more competent than their partners, thereby justifying their role. Leadership should be based on merit rather than simply asserting authority. Understanding a woman’s abilities and tailoring actions to what she can and will follow is crucial, similar to a leader in a military context or a coach. Men should avoid power struggles and instead find partners who naturally align with their desires, emphasizing that selection is key to a successful relationship. The talk encourages growth and self-improvement in men to make them leaders worth following.

Takeaways

  • 💡 Successful sexual relationships often thrive when men lead confidently and respectfully.
  • 👩‍⚖️ Women may struggle to follow if they feel it's about submitting to male authority.
  • 🏃‍♂️ Men's leadership needs to be based on competence and merit, not just gender.
  • 🧠 Understand your partner's skill set and respect their abilities.
  • ⚖️ Avoid pulling rank; it should be about partnership, not hierarchy.
  • 💬 Engage partners who align with your goals rather than coercing them.
  • 🕵️‍♂️ Selection is essential—find someone with shared values and desires.
  • 🗣 Good leadership in romance is akin to that in the military—competency is key.
  • 📈 Men should focus on being worth following by improving themselves.
  • 🌟 Successful relationships are 90% about choosing the right partner.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Dr. Orion Terban suggests that sexual relationships between men and women thrive when men confidently and respectfully lead. He argues that many women today resist male leadership due to a fear of submitting to authority but contends that it may be in their best interest, provided men handle it with knowledge and tact. Men need to prove their competency beyond that of the woman to justify leadership, as legitimacy in leadership comes from merit, not authority. This requires men to be better, kinder, and braver, leading by example rather than 'pulling rank', which can cause resentment. Thus, women should follow men not out of obligation but because men have become worth following.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:32

    Dr. Terban's book, 'The Value of Others', deepens the understanding of economic models in relationships. He asserts that men must understand their audience, likening it to never giving an unachievable military order. Men should act like coaches, encouraging women just beyond their proven capabilities without resorting to power struggles, as romantic relationships should not rely on coercion. Building successful relationships involves finding partners willing to fulfill mutual desires and improving one's value proposition to find such partners. Ultimately, leadership demands both competency and the ability to issue commands that are realistically and willingly followed.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the main topic of the video?

    How men can lead their women in relationships.

  • Why might some women hesitate to follow a man's lead in a relationship?

    Some women fear submitting to male authority, feel it might not be justified, or don't see the man as more competent.

  • What is the first key point for men to lead women?

    Men need to be more competent than the women they want to lead.

  • Why shouldn't a man insist that a woman follow him simply because he is a man?

    Insisting on authority based on gender lacks merit and can lead to resentment.

  • How should men issue orders in relationships?

    Men should understand their partner's abilities and never give orders that can't or won't be followed.

  • What should men do instead of engaging in power struggles with their partners?

    Men should find partners willing to align with their desires and avoid manipulating others.

  • Why is understanding your audience important in relationships?

    Understanding helps in ensuring actions or requests can be reasonably followed by partners.

  • What role does personal development play in leading in relationships?

    Being competent and continually evolving makes men worth following in relationships.

  • What analogy is made to illustrate leadership in relationships?

    Leadership is compared to military discipline and the role of a coach.

  • What is suggested for maintaining a successful relationship?

    Selection of the right partner is crucial—finding the one who aligns with your desires.

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  • 00:00:00
    I'm Dr Orion terban and this is psycha
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    Better Living Through psychology and the
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    topic of today's short talk is how to
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    lead your woman at this point in my life
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    based on both my personal and
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    professional experience I can state with
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    a high degree of conviction that sexual
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    relationships between men and women tend
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    to thrive when the man is confidently
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    and respectfully leading the
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    relationship that said in today's day
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    and age it can be difficult for many
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    women to follow follow this is because
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    they believe that if a man leads they
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    will need to submit to male Authority
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    and while this isn't entirely untrue it
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    is invested with a fear that may not be
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    wholly justified in many cases it may
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    even be in the woman's best interests to
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    follow however the men in question need
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    to approach this with sufficient
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    knowledge and tact in order to allay
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    their anxieties in today's episode I'll
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    be speaking to Men on how to do just
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    that there are two things that men have
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    to do in order to lead their women and
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    since leadership is so important and
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    obvious in a military context I'll be
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    making a number of analogies to that
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    discipline in this talk to explain these
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    core principles first and foremost men
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    if you want to lead your woman you have
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    to be more competent than she is like
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    you have to be the better leader or else
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    why the are you in that role and
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    this is actually no small thing as there
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    are many very competent and capable
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    women out there as women continue to
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    develop their own competencies the bar
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    is constantly being raised for male
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    leadership good like a little healthy
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    competition never hurt anyone ladies I
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    want you at your best because as far as
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    you can go I can go further as high as
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    you can climb I can go higher and as
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    good as you can
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    I can be better if you're tough I'll be
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    tougher if you're brave I'll be braver
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    if you're kind I'll be kinder like I
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    will justify my leadership by being at
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    the very least just a little bit ahead
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    of you and the better you are the more
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    powerful the go for my own
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    self-development which is wonderful
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    really like I wouldn't be the man I am
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    today without your often ruthless
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    discrimination and this in my opinion is
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    the only legitimate basis of any
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    leadership Merit so the best way to get
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    a woman to accept your leadership men is
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    to become men worth
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    following because in the absence of that
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    how do those without Merit attempt to
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    secure obedience by reminding others of
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    their place of authority in the military
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    this is called pulling rank which is
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    when you remind someone beneath you in
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    the chain of command that you're their
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    Superior officer and they have a duty to
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    obey you like no Commander actually
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    wants to have to do that because if he
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    has to resort to that tactic it means
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    that he has lost the hearts and minds of
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    his soldiers who no longer see him as a
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    leader and follow him out of loyalty why
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    would you need to remind your
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    subordinates that you're their Superior
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    like why would they have
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    forgotten what's more pulling rank
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    generally just increases resentment in
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    your
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    subordinates now the equivalent to
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    pulling rank in sexual relationships is
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    insisting that women should follow you
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    just because you're a man this is
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    arguing that women have some kind of
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    moral obligation to obbey you because
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    you have a dick my dudes they do not
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    have such a moral obligation like that
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    only works in some very specific
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    religious traditions and both parties
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    need to be consenting participants in
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    that tradition for that to work it also
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    begs the question why would you need to
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    remind your woman that you're the man
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    like why would she have
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    forgotten insisting that women should
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    obey you just because you're a man is
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    kind of like I don't know a medical
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    doctor insisting that everyone should
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    uncritically follow his advice because
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    he's an authority like that I'm not
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    an idiot give me a reason to obey you
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    show me that your leadership is
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    necessary or prudent or wise and I will
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    follow
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    enthusiastically if the only argument
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    you can give is your ascribed position
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    then it's probably best that you remain
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    quiet for the time being work on
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    capturing hearts and minds and you will
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    never have to remind people of whatever
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    Authority has been ascribed to you
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    because at that point your Authority has
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    actually become very tenuous so that's
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    the first
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    thing if you appreciate the insights on
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    this channel I would highly encourage
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    you to get your hands on a copy of my
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    book the value of others over the course
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    of 432 pages I delve deep into my
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    economic model of relationships and
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    explain the behavior of both men and
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    women in the game of mating and dating I
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    also provide a lot of actionable advice
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    on how to get and keep more of what you
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    want in the sexual Marketplace once you
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    read the value of others you'll never
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    look at relationships the same way again
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    now available in ebook audiobook and
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    paperback formats the links are in the
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    description the second thing that's
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    important for men to appreciate with
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    respect to leading their women is the
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    necessity of understanding Their
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    audience in a military context this
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    means never giving an order that either
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    cannot or will not be obeyed follow that
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    rule and you will never have a problem
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    with obedience
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    ever now there's obviously two parts to
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    that so let's break it down the first
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    part is to never give an order that
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    can't be followed this is really
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    important officers need to understand
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    the skill sets the talents and the
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    liabilities of those under their command
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    why tell the Gunner to patch up the
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    wounded or order the medic to pick up
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    the machine gun like in the absence of
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    dire necessity that's a very stupid idea
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    the person you are commanding literally
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    might not be able to do the thing you
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    are commanding them to do and becoming
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    more forceful in your commands isn't
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    going to change that with respect to
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    sexual relationships the Trap here is to
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    think that your woman should be able to
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    do this like what's your proof of that
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    on some level when leading a woman you
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    have to act like a good coach a good
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    coach deeply understands the skill level
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    of those he coaches and he encourages
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    them to go just a little bit further
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    than what they've shown themselves to be
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    capable of in the past the total scope
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    of what can be achieved is not bounded
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    by what has already been accomplished it
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    also stretches a little bit past that
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    and this is why people benefit from good
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    coaches they help them grow and succeed
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    at higher levels and when a coach helps
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    bring out the best in us we are very
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    grateful for that coach's presence in
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    our lives we follow them less because
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    they're the the coach and more because
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    following them has proven to be
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    beneficial to us so a good order must be
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    within the realm of possibility given an
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    accurate understanding of the abilities
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    of the person in
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    question and the second part of this
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    piece of advice is to never give an
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    order that won't be followed and this
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    really has to do with understanding the
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    current circumstances you're passing
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    through like a good coach knows when to
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    push his athletes it's not really for
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    the athletes to decide it's for the
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    coach to decide and the coach also knows
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    when to give his athletes deep rest
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    after that kind of activity a bad leader
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    is a slave driver who just whips and
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    whips and whips to ensure that his
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    commands are followed a good leader
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    knows when to give rests and rewards and
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    praise the leader who doesn't is a
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    tyrant and a tyrant will grow to be
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    hated if possible you never want to get
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    into a power struggle with your woman
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    this is because you don't have any real
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    recourse like in the military at the end
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    of the day you have the capacity to
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    execute a punishment on insubordinate
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    who decide they will not follow an order
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    and have become disobedient however in a
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    voluntary consensual at will romantic
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    relationship you can't really do that in
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    fact you can really only do that in
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    romantic relationships through emotional
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    manipulation which people do all the
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    time but which I think lacks in
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    integrity and ultimately degrades the
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    quality of the
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    relationship in my opinion it's better
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    not to ask a woman for anything she's
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    not willing to do and if you think Orion
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    well why the would I be in a
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    relationship if she's not willing to do
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    the thing that I want her to do and I
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    would answer yeah why the would you
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    be in that relationship my dude go out
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    and find someone who wants to do the
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    thing you want them to do like that's
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    the secret as I say in my book
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    90% of a successful relationship is
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    selection find the woman who
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    enthusiastically wants to do what you
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    want her to do trust me she's out there
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    though you may have to improve your
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    value proposition to find her and you
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    may be able to find her in today's day
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    and age though you will still need to
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    sift through a lot of chaff to discover
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    her and there it is gentlemen to lead
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    your woman you need to be more competent
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    than she is and you need to learn how to
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    give orders that neither cannot nor will
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    not be
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    disobeyed good luck out there soldiers
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    your own experience let me know in the
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