Are you a “High Value Person”?
What does it mean to be “high value” in the modern world? Many conflate value with things like attractiveness, or earning-potential. If a person is hotter on a scale of one-to-ten or if they make more money, does that really mean they are more valuable?
When people pursuit becoming “high value” it is typically because they want to become more “desirable”. Something that is high value is coveted, admired and pursued.
The premise is seductively simple: If you are unhappy, unsatisfied with life, your career or your dating prospects, becoming “high value” will fix many of your problems… right?
It just so happens that much of the advice given to become “high value” is disappointingly stereotypical. For men, common advice is to go to the gym, put on muscle, lose some baby fat, have a sharper jaw line, bigger chest and arms and a “V-shape” taper to their body, including wider shoulders compared to their waist.
The vexing thing about this advice is that… it sometimes works! Not because becoming more traditionally masculine was the solution to one’s value problem, but by the reality that anyone’s life is likely a smidgen better if they are being physically active; especially if they were previously underconditioned or sedentary. This is true regardless of your gender or sex.
