How I made $25M by using a new "High Status System"
Don’t fall for the gurus who say that to reach top 1% income you need to start a side hustle, become a “content creator” or “influencer,” invest in real estate or crypto, launch an info-product, or start a Shopify store. You just need HIGH STATUS.
Barron's Valentine's Day Massacre
I'm standing in the fourth-grade classroom, frozen. The trash can is right at the entrance, with a group of kids pointing and whispering around it. I push my way through, my chest tight with fear, already knowing what I'm going to see.
Katie is in the middle, making a show of pulling chocolates one by one from a heart-shaped pink box.
"Fat boy Barron gave me these," she says loudly, dropping another piece into the trash. "Like I'd ever be his Valentine! He snuck up to my house last night and left them on the porch with a note. My dad saw him running away!"
"The kids burst out laughing. My face gets hot, redder than my circus-red hair. The curly perm my mom finally let me get, the one I thought would make me look like Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block, now feels like just another bad choice.
Why can't I figure out how to be one of the cool kids? What's wrong with me? I had no idea that someday I would figure out this social puzzle and use it to reach the top levels of status.
"They Looked at Him Like He Walked on Water"
"I need you in my office."
My boss, Richard, stands at my cubicle, not angry but curious. I've been at this oil company less than a year. The lowest man on the ladder.
I follow him down the hall, each footstep echoing. The conference room door swings open to reveal every senior executive staring at me. Your worst nightmare or greatest opportunity.
"This is Barron," Richard announces. "He just landed Westbrook Energy over lunch."The VP of Sales looks up from his notes. "Our team has been trying to get Westbrook for two years. What did you say?"
Richard laughs. "That's the crazy part. He barely mentioned our products. These Westbrook guys looked at him like he walked on water."
"They just seem to like me," I say with a shrug, fully knowing exactly what I was doing the whole time. These weren't random chats. Every move, every word, every silence was on purpose. A method I'd been getting better at for years.
The tech director narrows his eyes. "But you don't know the first thing about oil and gas gear."
"He doesn't need to," Richard cuts in. "Whatever this is," he waves toward me, "it's working. I've never seen anything like it."
I think about that Social Savvy book I found on my sister's shelf after that Valentine's Day disaster. How it opened my eyes to the hidden game being played all around me, the same game I was now winning in this room fifteen years later.
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What Carnegie and Cardone 'Forgot' to Tell Me
After that first discovery I went wild learning: Dale Carnegie weekend classes, Toastmasters speeches every Tuesday, Grant Cardone's 10X drills over and over, Sandler "pain-funnel" role-plays, even a Crucial Conversations workshop with DISC and MBTI tests. The whole thing cost a small fortune. But next to the status system I was already building, it only helped my results maybe five percent at best.
All those TED Talks, best-selling influence books, Hollywood scenes, and social media gurus had it wrong. They said to be the loudest, funniest, most attention-grabbing person in the room. What a waste. Real power works like gravity, this quiet pull that draws people in without them even knowing why they're leaning forward when you speak. I wasn't putting on a show anymore. I was just there. And somehow that was enough to make them hang on every word.
"We're creating a new job for you," Richard continues. "No more tech work. Your only job will be handling people. We're doubling your pay and adding a bonus plan so you can earn more when you close big deals like this one."
The room falls silent. I can feel the mix of respect and jealousy coming from the bosses around the table. Some have been here twenty years and have never gotten a boost like this.
They don't understand what's happening, but they can feel it. The same hidden force that made me a 4th grade outcast now puts me above them. That's the power of status. But there were a few details that I still hadn't figured out - yet.
Trash-Can Laughingstock to Top 1% Wealth
My boss stared at me like I'd slapped him. He'd just doubled my salary and given me a fancy title to keep me happy. But I knew something he didn't.
I figured out what gets people to say yes. I suspected these same social moves that worked on my bosses and in negotiating contracts with oil producers would work on everyone. Manufacturers. Vendors. Investors. Employees. I wasn't 100% certain, but I was confident enough to leap.
I left that Friday. Why help a corporation get rich when I thought I could build something better and own 100%?
Starting my e-commerce business should have been painful. It wasn't. Now hear me out, entrepreneurship ain't easy, I still faced the normal challenges but the difference was in how people responded to me. People who flat-out rejected others started saying yes to me before I finished speaking.
Manufacturers who made other startups wait months took my calls immediately. Influencers who ignored bigger brands agreed to partnerships after one meeting. Status did all the work of opening doors that normally stay locked for new businesses.
Three years later, even I couldn't believe the numbers on my screen: $44,337.39 in a single day. That's $5,542 every working hour, or $92.37 every minute. My skincare company had broken $10.1 million that year. No family money. No 80-hour weeks. No dancing on TikTok.
Speaking of TikTok, I built a 2.1 million follower account without spending a dollar on ads. High Status makes people stop scrolling and actually watch your content when they ignore everyone else.
If you're thinking about building a social media presence, becoming high status is an absolute must. I learned this the hard way, you can have the best hooks, the best content, the perfect strategy - but if you aren't high status, nobody will watch you.
Even if you don't want to be an influencer, showing status on camera affects your work life too. In Zoom meetings and video presentations, how powerfully you come across decides if people use your ideas or ignore them.
My YouTube channel also blew up to nearly half a million subscribers and sixty million views. The red arrow below points to where I implemented these high-status behaviors. Before that point, my uploads felt like whispering in a crowded stadium. After that, each new video triggered an avalanche of engagement, comments flooding in within minutes.
My retention numbers tell the real story. People went from abandoning my videos at the 25% mark to watching them completely and setting alerts for my next upload. The content hadn't changed - my status had.
As my following grew, media requests started flooding in. Local news, national business shows, and even a major media company all wanted me to share my "sudden success story." I turned them down. I was tempted, but I couldn't spare time for TV. My business was growing fast, and I needed to stay focused on making the system better. I believed helping people would be more important than being known as the expert analyzing people on camera (even though it would have been good for the brand and my ego).
Now that I had witnessed firsthand how high status helped me succeed in social media, YouTube, traditional media, the corporate world, sales jobs, contract talks, getting my bosses and other people to like and respect me, and building a $10,000,000 online business from scratch, it was finally time to create a clear, teachable system.
In my downtown Dallas apartment, I got out my yellow notepad and started scribbling frantically like in that scene from A Beautiful Mind.
Behind each element are layers of complex insights, but the whole system boils down to just four main categories:
- How You SOUND
- How You LOOK
- What You SAY
- Your PRESENCE
Even though the sketches looked like toddler scribbles, I saw the core mechanics that raise perceived status quickly. I then stress tested each detail across roles, cultures, and personalities, leaving nothing to chance.
I had to dig into the rarest edge cases, explore every unlikely scenario, and stress-test the system against every possible fringe situation. Only then would I have absolute certainty that this system wasn't just powerful, but unbreakable.
3,000 Hours Studying How the Rich and Famous Control Everyone
I turned my apartment into a command center. My girlfriend thought I'd lost it when she saw me with three screens playing different interviews at the same time. I was crazy about finding what made the difference between people who got attention easily and those who had to beg for it.
I would watch people talking on TV with no sound, looking only at how they moved their bodies. Then I would listen to the same video without watching, only hearing the words. Soon I began to see patterns. Trump had a way of pausing when he talked that no one noticed but everyone felt. Bezos would tilt his head just a little bit, and it made people listen to him more. After 3,000 hours of watching people, my eyes hurt and my walls were covered with notes. I could tell how a room would react to someone even before they finished talking.
That is when it all clicked into place. I had the final pieces. When I arranged them, it was obvious I had built a repeatable system, a 90 day roadmap distilled from two decades of field work that raises perceived status in measurable, documented steps.
The real test was still ahead. It wasn't enough that it worked for me, I needed proof it could work for anyone. Could it help people totally different from me, with different jobs, personalities, and backgrounds? It was time to put everything on the line and find out.
From Theory to Hard Proof
I began teaching these principles to a small group of people from completely different backgrounds and industries. These weren't cherry-picked success stories or naturally charismatic people. They were regular professionals who felt overlooked, underpaid, and frustrated by watching less qualified people pass them by.The results speak for themselves.
Here's what happened in their own words:
"I knew I was undercharging but felt guilty asking for more. After implementing these methods, I increased my rates by 40% without losing a single client. Recently a potential client said, 'Your fee seems reasonable,' without even attempting to negotiate and that never happened before."
- David K., Wealth Management Advisor
"I used to lose deals in the final stage to competitors with inferior products but stronger presence. Prospects would say, 'We just feel more comfortable with them.' After using this system, my close rate went from 32% to 71%. Last month, a CEO stopped me mid-presentation and said, 'We don't need to see any other vendors, you clearly understand our needs.' Now I'm the top performer in a team of 23 enterprise sales executives."
- Robert S., Enterprise Software Sales Director
"I was stuck at $62K for three years, watching less-qualified coworkers get promoted. Four months after starting this program, my director offered me a $22K raise and put me in charge of a team of five. Suddenly, the same work I'd always done seemed far more valuable to everyone."
- James R., Operations Manager
"I used to send follow-up emails that clients completely ignored. The worst was seeing them implement my exact advice after hiring someone else at triple my rate. After applying these status techniques, VPs now return my calls, and three clients who previously ghosted me reached out asking specifically to work together."
- Michael T., Management Consultant
"My opposing counsel used to dominate settlement negotiations despite having weaker cases. During my first court appearance after implementing these techniques, the judge deferred to my arguments multiple times over the senior partner on the other side. My litigation success rate increased by 38%, and my billable rate just got approved for a $75/hour increase because clients specifically request me by name."
- Thomas W., Corporate Litigation Attorney
Different people, different fields, same results. The Higher Status System worked equally for all of them.
The Higher Status System: How It Actually Works
The system works in clear steps. It starts by revealing the hidden status language that's been completely controlling how others value you all along. It's like when you finally get glasses after squinting for years, suddenly you can see what everyone else was seeing the whole time. People are always shocked at how simple the patterns really are once they can spot them. All those small signals that make people react to you without even realizing why.
Most people fail because they look at the wrong things. They worry about their words but miss the hidden signs that truly matter. I made this mistake too. I would think too hard about what to say in meetings. I would practice my talks over and over. I would try too hard to make people like me. Then I found out I needed to do less, not more. Hard to believe, I know. These tiny status fixes take almost no effort but they totally change how people see you.
After you spot these hidden patterns, your brain begins to change by itself. You start acting like a high status person without trying. You might think, "How strange." You notice people treating you better in meetings. "I did not even try to act different."
In just a few weeks, these new ways of acting feel more normal than your old habits ever did. Being high status becomes who you are, not something you have to work hard at. The best part is that you do not need to change your whole personality. You just make small changes to how you hold yourself, when you speak, and where you focus. These little fixes lead to huge changes in how people treat you.
From Seeing to Becoming
First you learn to see it. Then you start to do it. I found the status mistakes I was making. Everyone could see them but me. So I practiced doing the opposite until it felt normal. Other people wore themselves out trying to get noticed. I made tiny changes that took almost no effort but totally changed how people saw me.
I started to notice people who used to make me nervous were now nervous around me. Coworkers who used to ignore me now listened closely when I spoke. I would think to myself, "Wow, this is really happening." The change was so clear.
You do not need to act like someone else to have high status. Trying to fake it actually makes you look worse. The real me was already confident, respected, and powerful. I just needed to let it out. I did not need to become a new person through lots of hard work. I just fixed those hidden problems with simple, easy changes that work with how people think.
I remember when this guy Mark got promoted instead of me. He was less qualified and did not work hard. I was confused when the bosses chose him. Now I know why. We were playing different games. My tech skills did not matter as much as the status signals I did not know about.
Now I say less in meetings, not more. When I do talk, people lean in close and the room gets quiet. Most people try to look confident in a fake way, and it makes them look bad. Now I easily take the power spot in any talk without even trying.
Mastering status changed my life, but seeing it transform others is what truly fuels me now. Teaching people my engineering high status system and watching them go from overlooked to influential, from frustrated to fulfilled, has become my life's work.
I've refined this into a clear, step-by-step process anyone can follow. If you're ready to experience what true high status feels like, the friendships, the opportunities, and the doors that open, I'd love to help you make it happen.
Why Listen to Me?
I wasted 25,000 brutal hours swallowing half-truths, recycled wisdom, outdated advice, and popular misconceptions from every status expert out there. Courses. YouTube videos. Podcasts. Books. Interviews. Speaking directly with so-called experts and gurus. Most of it fails in the real world. Even if you made the mistake of spending all the time I did studying it all, you'd still only grasp 45% of what is necessary to become high status.
My system delivers the missing 55% nobody teaches. I spent 3,000 hours analyzing thousands of real interactions, testing each technique where real money and real opportunities hung in the balance. Not theories. Not feel-good platitudes. Raw techniques that work when it matters.
You can read my personal story above and see what happened in my own life. Here's what else I've accomplished:
- Built a business from zero to $10 million with no outside money, all because of high social status
- After improving my status, I leapt from three TOTAL dates in four years of college to actually dating cool people who I click with (and who like me back)
- Grown a YouTube channel to 500,000 subscribers, TikTok to over 2.1M followers, and IG to 330K+ thousand followers in nine months without spending a dollar on ads
- Gained access to highly exclusive social clubs and breached notoriously closed social circles that typically reject 99% of people who attempt to enter them
- Bought a penthouse in the Burj Khalifa and converted it into a recording studio that now hosts top artists in the industry
Now that I figured all this out the hard way, I actually really enjoy helping people learn this stuff.
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, I'd love for you to chat with someone on my team to see if you're a fit for the group. Feel free to schedule a call below.
What Exactly Is The "Higher Status System"?
It is a complete system that gives you the exact social tools used by the world's most respected and highest-paid people.
Contrary to what you might have heard, it isn't about being louder, richer, or more attractive. It's about creating real transformation in how people respond to you the moment you enter a room.
The system teaches you the four precise levers that control how others perceive your value:
- Your Sound
- Your Look
- Your Words
- Your Presence
Most people have no idea these levers even exist, and those who do rarely share them because they don't want competition.
When you master these four elements, everything changes. People listen when you speak, remember your ideas, and seek out your approval instead of ignoring or overlooking you.
Every technique you'll learn is practical and immediately usable, even if you've struggled socially your entire life. Each step is broken down simply and clearly so you can start seeing real changes today.This isn't theory from an academic who's never been tested. These methods have been battle-tested and proven in high-stakes boardrooms, tough social circles, and real-world negotiations involving millions of dollars.
In just 90 days, you'll gain the skills and insights that took me 20 years and thousands of hours to discover, tools I've used personally to build a multi-million dollar business and attract millions of followers without spending a single dollar on advertising.
The Higher Status System gets real results because it fixes the root cause of why most people remain ignored, overlooked, and underpaid. You’ll finally stop working twice as hard for half the recognition, and start getting the respect, opportunities, and income you genuinely deserve.
The Unspoken Advantage of Status: Beyond Money and Power
Most people who join this program come for the money, power, and influence. But there's a hidden benefit, arguably even more life-changing, that we rarely discuss. It doesn't matter if you're single, dating, or married, when your status rises, your attractiveness rises with it.
Status also lifts romantic leverage. People notice sooner, conversations start faster, and you spend less energy chasing.
If you're single, dating becomes simpler: the right people reach out first and you control the pace. If you're already in a relationship, you’ll see sharper attention, and a fresh spark, partners ask what changed as respect realigns.
The reason is simple: high status signals security, competence, and poise, qualities that automatically trigger attraction. With Higher Status you enter every room carrying that advantage.
Professions Who See the Greatest ROI
SALES PROFESSIONALS
FINANCIAL SERVICES PROFESSIONALS
→ Our proven credibility system will show you how to establish trust so clients implement your advice without second-guessing.
BUSINESS LEADERS (C-SUITE)
→ You'll learn powerful floor-control techniques that keep all eyes on you, making your presentations impossible to interrupt or ignore.
CONSULTANTS & ADVISORS
LEGAL PROFESSIONALS
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This Program Isn't For You If:
Higher Status changes the lives of people who put in the work, but I believe in being straight with you from the start. Before applying, check if any of these would rule you out:
- You believe your social status can't be changed: you think that no specific strategies can really improve how others see you.
- You want quick results without regular practice: even though some methods work right away, real change happens when you use these techniques every day.
- You regularly blame outside things for your situation: you point to bad luck or other people instead of taking responsibility for your own progress.
- You refuse to step outside your comfort zone: you prefer staying with familiar problems rather than facing short-term awkwardness for long-term success.
- You can't spend 30 minutes each day on these methods: real improvement comes from practicing consistently in everyday situations.
Why Now?
The longer you stay at your current status level, the more people lock in their view of you. It works like a mental shortcut - once people decide who you are and where you fit in the group, their brains create pathways that make this judgment automatic.
Brain research shows these impression pathways become stronger and harder to change the more people see you. The way people see you today is becoming their default setting for how they'll treat you tomorrow.
Moving to high status now lets you reset these views while they're still flexible. The same people will respond differently to you when you show actual status behaviors instead of just trying harder at the same approach.
Waiting means missing opportunities you won't see - better projects, clients willing to pay more, and connections that could have opened important doors for you.This program is kept small by design to ensure everyone gets the attention needed for real results. When enrollment closes, that's it until the next session.
Your reputation isn't set in stone yet, but changing established perceptions gets much harder the longer you wait, and your climb becomes twice as steep once people's view of you hardens.
The 90-Day Higher Status System
Old social status advice pushes loud gimmicks that collapse under pressure. It tells you to peacock around the room, interrupt others, and fake a confidence you don't have. I've engineered something completely different.
This system works by revealing your strongest authentic self - not by pretending to be someone else, but by amplifying the natural strengths you already possess. Subtle techniques that feel natural but transform how others see you. These methods work everywhere - boardrooms, social settings, high-stakes negotiations - because they tap into genuine human psychology, not performance.
Days 1-10: Master the Hidden Language of Status
I'll show you the hidden social rules that decide who gets respect and who gets ignored. You'll learn status signals that top performers use without even thinking about it. Within days, you'll show a natural confidence that makes people notice something different about you, as they start to value your ideas more when you speak.
Days 11-40: Develop a Voice That Gets and Keeps Attention
Your voice is your most powerful tool for gaining respect, yet most people weaken their impact with every word. I'll teach you the exact voice techniques used by the world's top influencers - simple changes to your tone and energy that make people respond differently. You'll develop a voice that makes others stop talking when you speak, giving you a powerful presence in any situation.
Days 41-55: Verbal Self-Defense Against Social Attacks
Work life has hidden power games most people don't see until it's too late. When someone tries to make you look bad or challenge you, I'll give you smart comebacks that keep you calm and in control. You'll handle tough confrontations with responses so good they turn attacks into chances to show how socially skilled you are.
Days 56-90: Integration and Real-World Mastery
This is where everything comes together as your new high-status identity. Through exercises designed for your specific work setting, these skills become automatic habits. You'll develop a presence people feel before you even say anything - where others prepare differently for meetings when they know you'll be there, and your reputation creates opportunities before you enter the room.
Personalized Feedback That Reveals Blind Spots
My team and I will find your unique strength points - the specific things in your style that, when emphasized, create the biggest results. In our sessions, I'll show you exactly what makes the difference between your good moments and great ones, helping you perform at your best consistently instead of just on lucky days.
Private Community with Elite-Level Support
You'll join a selected group of professionals (not everyone is a fit) who know that status opens doors to opportunity. This isn't just networking - it's building connections with others learning the same powerful skills. The relationships formed here often lead to career-changing opportunities, and as an early member, you'll get a level of direct access to me that won't be possible once more people join.
What to Expect
- Week 1: You've learned the first status signals that quickly change how people react to you in meetings and social settings.
- Week 2: You're using body language techniques that show natural authority, and you'll notice colleagues treating you differently.
- Week 4: Your voice now has a powerful quality that stops people from interrupting and makes them pay attention when you speak.
- Week 6: You've handled your first tough social situation, turning what could have been an awkward moment into a chance to show your calm confidence.
- Week 8: People in your work life are now asking for your input, which is very different from being ignored or talked over.
- Week 10: You've combined all techniques into a natural presence that feels like the real you and works in every situation.
- Week 12: Your transformed status permanently alters how the world responds to you, making you more money and improving every aspect of your personal and professional life.
Unlock Your Full Potential
Are you ready to take command of your social interactions, radiate confidence, and make every room yours? Whether you want to thrive in professional circles, fast-track your career, or build meaningful relationships, Barron's breakthrough programs show you exactly how to unlock the power that’s already within you. These are the strategies top performers use to rise above the rest—real-world tools designed to deliver results you can see and feel immediately.
