#D'anconia

[meli-r]

The men who think that wealth comes from material resources and has no intellectual root or meaning, are the men who think—for the same reason—that sex is a physical capacity which functions independently of one's mind, choice or code of values. They think that your body creates a desire and makes a choice for you—just about in some such way as if iron ore transformed itself into railroad rails of its own volition. Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions. Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy of life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself. No matter what corruption he's taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which he cannot perform for any motive but his own enjoyment—just try to think of performing it in a spirit of selfless charity!—an act which is not possible in self-abasement, only in self-exaltation, only in the confidence of being desired and being worthy of desire. It is an act that forces him to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and to accept his real ego as., his standard of value. He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience—or to fake—a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer—because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement, not the possession of a brainless slut. He does not seek to gain his value, he seeks to express it. There is no conflict between the standards of his mind and the desires of his body. But the man who is convinced of his own worthlessness will be drawn to a woman he despises—because she will reflect his own secret self, she will release him from that objective reality in which he is a fraud, she will give him a momentary illusion of his own value and a momentary escape from the moral code that damns him. Observe the ugly mess which most men make of their sex lives—and observe the mess of contradictions which they hold as their moral philosophy. One proceeds from the other. Love is our response to our highest values—and can be nothing else. Let a man corrupt his values and his view of existence, let him profess that love is not self-enjoyment but self-denial, that virtue consists, not of pride, but of pity or pain or weakness or sacrifice, that the noblest love is born, not of admiration, but of charity, not in response to values, but in response to flaws—and he will have cut himself in two. His body will not obey him, it will not respond, it will make him impotent toward the woman he professes to love and draw him to the lowest type of whore he can find. His body will always follow the ultimate logic of his deepest convictions; if he believes that flaws are values, he has damned existence as evil and only the evil will attract him. He has damned himself and he will feel that depravity is all he is worthy of enjoying. He has equated virtue with pain and he will feel that vice is the only realm of pleasure. Then he will scream that his body has vicious desires of its own which his mind cannot conquer, that sex is sin, that true love is a pure emotion of the spirit. And then he will wonder why love brings him nothing but boredom, and sex—nothing but shame.

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

#ayn rand #atlas shrugged #francisco d'anconia

[circlecast]

Finding The Right High-Valued Woman

Why can't you find a high-valued woman? The answer is in you. Your results are from your thoughts. How much do you value yourself? Your personal values will reflect in the quality, if your view of yourself is low you are not going to have quality returns on your endeavors. No matter what they are. To receive value you have to produce value. All of life is a transition. The women will not be of the quality you desire because they are only attracted to men who are of high value.

Ayn Rand expresses this wonderfully in her book Atlas Shrugged. Actually, there are 2 Speeched that Fransisco D'anconia gives that play off of each other and they are both when he is talking to another character in the story named Hank Reardon. The one I wanted to share the most was the sex speech.

“Do you remember what I said about money and about the men who seek to reverse the law of cause and effect? The men who try to replace the mind by seizing the products of the mind? Well, the man who despises himself tries to gain self- esteem from sexual adventures–which can’t be done, because sex is not the cause, but an effect and an expression of a man’s sense of his own value.”

“You’d better explain that.”

“Did it ever occur to you that it’s the same issue? The men who think that wealth comes from the material resources and has no intellectual root or meaning, are the men who think–for the same reason–that sex is a physical capacity which functions independently of ones mind, choice or code of values. They think that your body creates a desire and makes a choice for you just about in some such way as if iron ore transformed itself into railroad rails of its own volition. Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions. Tell me what a man finds sexually attractive and I will tell you his entire philosophy on life. Show me the woman he sleeps with and I will tell you his valuation of himself.

No matter what corruption he’s taught about the virtue of selflessness, sex is the most profoundly selfish of all acts, an act which he cannot perform for any motive but his own enjoyment–just try to think of performing it in a spirit of selfless charity!–an act which is not possible in self-abasement, only in self-exaltation, only in confidence of being desired and being worthy of desire. It is an act that forces him to stand naked in spirit, as well as in body, and to accept his real ego as his standard of value. He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience–or to fake–a sense of self-esteem.

The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer — because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement, not the possession of a brainless slut. He does not seek to . . . what’s the matter?” he asked, seeing the look on Rearden’s face, a look of intensity much beyond mere interest in an abstract discussion.

“Go on,” said Rearden tensely.

“He does not seek to gain his value, he seeks to express it. There is no conflict between the standards of his mind and the desires of his body. But the man who is convinced of his own worthlessness will be drawn to a woman he despises–because she will reflect his own secret self, she will release him from that objective reality in which he is a fraud, she will give him a momentary illusion of his own value and a momentary escape from the moral code that damns him. Observe the ugly mess which most men make of their sex lives–and observe the mess of contradictions which they hold as their moral philosophy. One proceeds from the other. Love is our response to our highest values–and can be nothing else.

Let a man corrupt his values and his view of existence, let him profess that love is not self-enjoyment but self-denial, that virtue consists, not of pride, but of pity or pain or weakness or sacrifice, that the noblest love is born, not of admiration, but of charity, not in response to values, but in response to flaws–and he will have cut himself in two. His body will not obey him, it will not respond, it will make him impotent toward the woman he professes to love and draw him to the lowest type of whore he can find.

His body will always follow the ultimate logic of his deepest convictions; if he believes that flaws are values, he has damned existence as evil and only the evil will attract him. He has damned himself and he will feel that depravity is all he is worthy of enjoying. He has equated virtue with pain and he will feel that vice is the only realm of pleasure. Then he will scream that his body has vicious desires of its own which his mind cannot conquer, that sex is sin, that true love is a pure emotion of the spirit. And then he will wonder why love brings him nothing but boredom, and sex–nothing but shame.”

Rearden said slowly, looking off, not realizing that he was thinking aloud, “At least . . . I’ve never accepted that other tenet . . . I’ve never felt guilty about making money.”

Francisco missed the significance of the first two words; he smiled and said eagerly, “You do see that it’s the same issue? No, you’d never accept any part of their vicious creed. You wouldn’t be able to force it upon yourself. If you tried to damn sex as evil, you’d still find yourself, against your will, acting on the proper moral premise. You’d be attracted to the highest woman you met. You’d always want a heroine. You’d be incapable of self-contempt. You’d be unable to believe that existence is evil and that you’re a helpless creature caught in an impossible universe.

You’re the man who’s spent his life shaping matter to the purpose of his mind. You’re the man who would know that just as an idea unexpressed in physical action is contemptible hypocrisy, so is platonic love–and just as physical action unguided by an idea is a fool’s self-fraud, so is sex when cut off from one’s code of values. Its’ the same issue, and you would know it. Your inviolate sense of self-esteem would know it. You would be incapable of desire for a woman you despised. Only the man who extols the purity of a love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love. But observe that most people are creatures cut in half who keep swinging desperately to one side or to the other.

One kind of half is the man who despises money, factories, skyscrapers and his own body. He holds undefined emotions about non-conceivable subjects as the meaning of life and his claim of virtue. And he cries with despair, because he can feel nothing for the woman he respects, but finds himself in bondage to an irresistible passion for a slut from the gutter. He is the man whom people call an idealist. The other kind of half is the man whom people call practical, the man who despises principles, abstractions, art, philosophy and his own mind. He regards the acquisition of material objects as the only goal of existence– and he laughs at the need to consider their purpose or their source.

He expects them to give him pleasure– and he wonders why the more he gets, the less he feels. He is the man who spends his time chasing women. Observe the triple fraud which he perpetrates upon himself. He will not acknowledge his need of self-esteem, since he scoffs at such a concept as moral values; yet he feels the profound self-contempt which comes from believing that he is a piece of meat.

He will not acknowledge, but he knows that sex is the physical expression of a tribute to personal values. So he tries, by going through the motions of the effect, to acquire that which should have been the cause. He tries to gain a sense of his own value from the women who surrender to him– and he forgets that the women he picks have neither character nor judgment nor standard of value. He tells himself that all he’s after is physical pleasure– but observe that he tires of his woman in a week or a night, that he despises professional whores and that he loves to imagine he is seducing virtuous girls who make a great exception for his sake. It is the feeling of achievement that he seeks and never finds. What glory can there be in the conquest of a mindless body? Now that is your woman chaser. Does the description fit me

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

What is a high-value woman?

A Woman with a very low to no body count

A Woman who sees the value of a woman and isn't out to try to be a man

Has a secure attachment style

Has worked through her daddy issues (See Body count)

Isn't dragging around kids from different men (see body count)

Puts her heart into all that she tries

Is up for the adventure her man is going to take her on

will confidently push her man to be better and will accept her man pushing her to do the same.

Willing to work as a team with her man

Doesn't use the term partner but husband

Whether you are just divorced, not married, or married. You can up your value.

Work on the 4 pillars as a start.

Build your mind

Build your body

Feed Your Soul

Grow your Community

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  This episode of The Relaxed Male, hosted by Bryan Goodwin, explores the topic of finding the right high-value woman. Bryan emphasizes that seeking a high-value partner is not derogatory, but rather a way to avoid low-quality relationships. He urges men to reflect on their own actions and take responsibility for their inability to find a high-value woman. Bryan shares personal experiences that led him to become a coach and help men navigate relationship challenges. He highlights the importance of seeing oneself as a high-value individual in order to attract high-value partners. In another part of the conversation, Bryan discusses Ayn Rand's book "Atlas Shrugged" and its impact on understanding the value individuals bring to society.

He focuses on Francisco D'Anconia's speech on money at an anniversary party and its significance in highlighting the origin of money, the role of trade, and how it represents a person's effort and value. Bryan discusses the corrupting nature of money when sought for selfish gain and emphasizes that money should be obtained through work and productivity, reflecting one's character and values. He highlights the correlation between a person's values and their sexual choices, asserting that one's sexual preferences are a reflection of their fundamental convictions and philosophy in life. The conversation also delves into the concept of money and its connection to human morality.

Bryan emphasizes that money should be seen as a means to create wealth and dismisses the guilt and shame often associated with prosperity. He emphasizes the importance of understanding that wealth has to be created and denounces those who denounce the idea of making money. Bryan also discusses the selfish nature of sex and its impact on a person's sense of worth, emphasizing that sex requires self-esteem and confidence.

He argues that corrupting one's values leads to a distorted view of love and sex and advocates for embracing one's values and acknowledging the role of physical expression in relationships. Additionally, Bryan discusses the qualities that make a woman high-value, such as having a low or no body count, embracing femininity, having a secure attachment style, and working through any daddy issues. He emphasizes the need to value and respect partners, work as a team, and support each other's growth in relationships. Bryan also discusses the importance of expanding one's circle of friends, investing in personal development, and nourishing one's soul to increase individual value and attract higher-value partners.

He encourages listeners to introduce others to their community and offers coaching sessions to help individuals recognize their worth and gain confidence. The episode concludes with a call to share the show with others, subscribe, and follow on preferred podcast platforms. Bryan expresses gratitude for the listeners' support and looks forward to continuing the conversation in future episodes.

00:00:01 Introduction to The Relaxed Male - Helping Men Embrace Authenticity 00:00:23 Introducing The Relaxed Male and the purpose of the show 00:03:22 Self-reflection on why one can't find a high-quality woman 00:06:07 Shifting mindset and perception of self-value 00:08:34 Reading and discussing Francisco D'Anconia's speech on money 00:11:19 The Connection Between Money, Wealth, and Intelligence 00:14:01 Money's Role in Providing Means and Satisfaction 00:16:17 Money as a Means of Survival and the Verdict on Livelihood 00:18:39 The Hatred and Love of Money and its Virtuous Nature 00:20:55 Corruption and the Decline of Society 00:32:44 Damned to Depravity: Equating Virtue with Pain 00:37:36 High Value Men and High-Value Women 00:41:26 The Role of Sex in Relationships 00:45:24 Building a Strong Relationship and Increasing Personal Value 00:50:36 Growing your community and increasing your value

Newest podcast episode to change your Mindset

#Mindset Anxiety RelaxedMale

[c1tyhaunts]

STATISTICAL  CHARACTER  PERSONALITY TEST.   take  the  linked  quiz  from  the  perspective  of  your  character,  then  select  5 - 10  results  from  the  complete  matches  list  that  you  feel  resonate  with  your  character  the  most.

Sebastian Wilder (La La Land) - 88%

Joe Bradley (Roman Holiday) - 87%

Salvatore Romano (Mad Men) - 85%

Danny Ocean (Ocean's 11) - 84%

Westley (The Princess Bride) - 83%

Rick Blaine (Casablanca) - 82%

Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) - 81%

Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) - 80%

Francisco d'Anconia (Atlas Shrugged) - 80%

Nairobi (Money Heist) - 79%

stolen: again from @dynamoprotocol but only because i want them to see the stark contrast // tagging: YOU

#▶⌜ch. emmanuel calavera⌟ #▶⌜manny calavera. lore⌟ #THIS IS A COMPLETE 180 FROM JACKET LIKE NOT EVEN JOKING #Jacket; skrungly assholes #Manny: sharp witted clean cut intelligence #the contrast........ #▶⌜manny calavera. musings⌟

[longmemphis]

Atlas v rising

The " Atlantic Ocean" is derived from "Sea of Atlas". The term Atlas has been used to describe a collection of maps since the 16th century when Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published his work in honour of the mythological Titan. He had many children, mostly daughters, the Hesperides, the Hyades, the Pleiades, and the nymph Calypso who lived on the island Ogygia. He was a brother of Epimetheus and Prometheus. Ītlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia or Clymene. In some texts, he is even credited with the invention of astronomy itself. In antiquity, he was credited with inventing the first celestial sphere. Atlas was said to have been skilled in philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy. Later, he became commonly identified with the Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa and was said to be the first King of Mauretania. According to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod, Atlas stood at the ends of the earth in extreme west. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles ( Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus. CBS Interactive.In Greek mythology, Atlas ( / ˈ æ t l ə s/ Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlas) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. " 'Atlas Shrugged' Film Banks on Election Fever". ^ a b "Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)".^ a b c d "Atlas Shrugged Franchise Movies at the Box Office".^ a b c d e "Atlas Shrugged Franchise Box Office History - The Numbers".Part I was released on DVD and Blu-ray on NovemPart II on Februand Part III on January 6, 2015. James Manera, stars Laura Regan, Rob Morrow, Greg Germann, Kristoffer Polaha, Lew Temple and Joaquim de Almeida, and had a USA box office of $0.8 million on a budget of under $5 million. Sweeney and Esai Morales, and had a USA box office of $3.3 million on a budget of $10 million. The second film, directed by John Putch, stars Samantha Mathis, Jason Beghe, Patrick Fabian, D.B. The first film, directed by Paul Johansson, stars Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Johansson, Graham Beckel and Jsu Garcia was released in April 2011 and had a USA box office of $4.6 million on a budget of $20 million. The trilogy received predominantly negative critic reviews and the aggregate USA box office is just under $9 million, with each film performing worse than the last on both accounts. See Part I's plot, Part II's plot, Part III's plot Cast įrancisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastián d'Anconia See Part I's production, Part II's production, Part III's production Plot In Part III, Taggart ( Laura Regan) and Rearden ( Rob Morrow) come into contact with the man responsible for the strike whose effects are the focus of much of the series. government continues to spread its control over the national economy. In Part II, Taggart ( Samantha Mathis) and Rearden ( Jason Beghe) search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. In Part I, railroad executive Dagny Taggart ( Taylor Schilling) and steel mogul Henry Rearden ( Grant Bowler) form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States. The films take place in a dystopian United States, wherein many of society's most prominent and successful industrialists abandon their fortunes as the government shifts the nation towards socialism, making aggressive new regulations, taking control of industries, while picking winners and losers.

#Atlas v rising

[kaleidoscopr]

Francisco D'Anconia and Henry Rearden are like a calm & mature, non-toxic L and Light Yagami.

#atlas shrugged #death note

[khianat]

STATISTICAL CHARACTER ANALYSIS: take the linked quiz from the perspective of your character, then select 5-10 results from the ‘complete matches’ list that you feel resonate with your character the most.

Danny Ocean (Ocean's 11): 92%

Rhett Butler (Gone With the Wind): 91%

Francisco d'Anconia (Atlas Shrugged): 90%

Kim Ki-jung (Parasite): 89%

Tyler Durden (Fight Club): 87%

Tokio (Money Heist): 86%

stolen from r3dblccd

#flirty asshole that is skilled and smart while ignoring draumatic past #sounds about right lol #« dash games; » #« san; »

[dreameasel]

statistical character personality test . // take  the  linked  quiz  from  the  perspective  of  your  character,  then  select  5  -  10  results  from  the  complete  matches  list  that  you  feel  resonate  with  your  character  the  most.

1. Oberyn Martell (Game of Thrones): 88% 2. Richard Castle (Castle): 88% 3. Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer): 88% (but not this one, same guy but from the sandman) 4. Miriam Maisel (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel): 88% 5. Sirius Black (Harry Potter): 87% 6. Francisco d'Anconia (Atlas Shrugged): 87% (this is an ATTACK) 7. Benjamin 'Hawkeye' Pierce (M*A*S*H): 86% 8. Patrick Jane (The Mentalist): 86% 9. Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 86% 10. Ambrose Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 86%

#memes / ooc. #headcanons / ooc. #i barely knew half of these rip #love what i'm getting from this is 'bisexual creative from upper class family with HUGE rage issues' bc yeah! that's accurate!

[wedgeantill]

Tagged be @futilefangirl post this character personality quiz

Top 20

Francisco d'Anconia (Atlas Shrugged): 84%

Danny Ocean (Ocean's 11): 84%

Christian Grey (Fifty Shades of Grey): 84%

Harvey Specter (Suits): 83%

Marsellus Wallace (Pulp Fiction): 82%

James Bond (Tomorrow Never Dies): 82%

Magneto (X-Men): 82%

Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinders): 82%

Russell 'Stringer' Bell (The Wire): 81%

Bruce Wayne (The Dark Knight): 81%

Rhett Butler (Gone With the Wind): 81%

Berlin (Money Heist): 81%

Raymond 'Red' Reddington (The Blacklist): 81%

Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 80%

Avon Barksdale (The Wire): 80%

Dom Cobb (Inception): 80%

Ellis Wyatt (Atlas Shrugged): 80%

Jake Ballard (Scandal): 80%

Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl): 80%

Oliver Queen (Arrow): 80%

tagging @natures-marvel @mauraeyk @carlaroson

#The amount of assholes on this list is scary #I always knew that I was stubborn and bossy but also creative and sometimes I just didn't care #and I have no idea who's number 1

[periwinklemeanderings]

Ayn Rand: "Atlas Shrugged is her magnum opus, set in an undated American future, although it is reminiscent of the 1950s. The strike by millionaire tycoons is orchestrated by the Christ-like figure of John Galt, who towards the end of the novel makes a 60-page speech that took Rand two years to write.

Her voice and ideas are clearly present in the noble characters of Galt, railway heiress Dagny Taggart, copper magnate Francisco d'Anconia and steel tycoon Hank Rearden.

This quartet are idealised figures, capitalist high-fliers who must defeat Rand's "looter" enemies - unions, lobbyists, government officials and any supporters of altruism and welfare.

Rand herself saw this struggle play out in the most traumatic way.

Born into a Jewish family called Rosenbaum in St Petersburg, she was just 12 when she witnessed her father's pharmacy being seized by the Bolsheviks.

"Many scenes from Atlas Shrugged are transmuted and re-enacted scenes from Rand's childhood," says biographer Anne Heller. "When the government comes to take Hank Rearden's patent from him and he refuses, that is what she wished would have happened to her father."

She never forgot that injustice and humiliation, says Heller, author of Ayn Rand and the World She Made, even when she arrived in the US eight years later." - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19280545

[super-holybouquetbeard-blog]

#buildbuy

[meli-r]

#this is something francisco d'anconia would say #well done peluca #capitalism #libertarianism

[irreplaceable-spark]

Did you want to see it used by whining rotters who never rouse themselves to any effort, who do not possess the ability of a filing clerk, but demand the income of a company president, who drift from failure to failure and expect you to pay their bills, who hold their wishing as an equivalent of your work and their need as a higher claim to reward than your effort, who demand that you serve them, who demand that it be the aim of your life to serve them, who demand that your strength be the voiceless, rightless, unpaid, unrewarded slave of their impotence, who proclaim that you are born to serfdom by reason of your genius, while they are born to rule by the grace of incompetence, that yours is only to give, but theirs is to take, that yours is to produce, but theirs is to consume, that you are not to be paid, neither in matter nor in spirit, neither by wealth nor by recognition nor by respect nor by gratitude - so that they ride on your rail and sneer at you and curse you, since they owe you nothing, not even the effort of taking off their hats which you paid for? Would this be what you wanted? Would you feel proud of that?

Francisco d’Anconia, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Page 420

#francisco d'anconia #atlas shrugged #ayn rand #book #quote #rotters #incompetence #failures #servitude #serfdom #slave

[balloonormoon]

I didn’t know what it meant, to like a man, I didn’t know how much I missed it--until I met him. ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged.

#atlas shrugged #ayn rand #hank rearden #francisco d'anconia

[only-fragments]

Meet the newest member of the family! His name is d'Anconia and he's a four year old cattledog mix from Texas. He's very chill and wants to be friends with our cats SO BAD, but his manners need some work. He a very very good boy.

#rescue dog #pets #atlas shrugged #good boy #francisco d'anconia

[ivyleagueheart]

The man who is proudly certain of his own value will want the highest type of woman he can find

Ayn Rand | Atlas Shrugged

#booklr #atlas shrugged #ayn rand #francisco d'anconia

[natalieironside]

I want to shoehorn Olga Snake-Eye into more stories just so I can have a character who occasionally interrupts the plot to deliver impassioned lectures on economics like a cooler, sexier Francisco D'Anconia