Demonstration of higher value

Demonstration of higher value

Conversation (Commons). DHV is a spike of value, not a résumé.
Field	Pickup
Also known as	DHV, display high value
Origin	Mystery Method

A demonstration of higher value (DHV) is a story, action, or fact that raises how attractive you seem, as opposed to a demonstration of lower value (DLV) — trying too hard, bragging clumsily, or seeking approval. Mystery treated some DHVs as long-term and hard to fake. The ones that survived into later schools:

• Pre-selection — other women already want you.
• Leadership / social proof — people listen when you talk; you have a group.
• Competence — you are actually good at something visible.
• Emotional stimulation — she feels something besides "this man listed his job."

A DHV that is a résumé is a DLV. The Attractiveness fundamentals layer (walk, voice, clothes) is passive DHV: you demonstrate value by existing at a higher resolution.

See also

• Qualification (pickup)
• Peacocking
• Preselection
• Mystery Method
• Hoop theory
• Disqualification
• Compliance (pickup)
• Bait, hook, reel, release
• Mystery (pickup artist)
• Negging
• Set (pickup)
• Kino
• False time constraint
• Welfaremaxxing
• The Game (book)