Why Killmonger > Black Panther

Published: Fri, 05/04/18

“You are all puppets, tangled in strings.”

— Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron


I finally saw Black Panther a couple days ago.

And while an entertaining Marvel movie, I will say this:

It had one of the best Villains in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. I rooted for Killmonger the entire time. In my humble (but accurate) opinion, he deserved a lot more screen time and a much better fate.

(I found Black Panther and his SJW girlfriend mostly just irritating.)

Anyway, here’s why I bring it up:

Black Panther got me to thinking about why I often root for the Villains in movies, admire the Villains' grit far more than the heroes, and study the best Villains for my own business and persuasion endeavors.

There are actually many reasons.

But, here’s the most important:

Villains are proactive, and heroes are reactive.

In other words, Villains make the heroes and authorities react to them, while heroes wait for something to happen, always chasing after the fires set by the Villain to distract them as they carry out their machinations. (And notice when a hero does try to be proactive, you end up with Ultron…) If you look around at the most successful people in business and life, they may not be evil, but they are Villains, and do the same thing.

For example:

They plot, scheme, and plan to achieve their goals.

They patiently execute their ideas with perfect precision and timing.

And, they even set traps for their competition.

(I often do, and it’s always amusing watching it play out.)

All of which has everyone predictably reacting and behaving like puppets on strings.

This is a subject I’ll be writing a lot more about in “Email Players” in the future. But, if you want to start creating a Villainous mindset like this, you can see exactly how I do it in my “Persuasion Secrets Of The World’s Most Charismatic & Influential Villains” book.

It’s in both Kindle and print.

And, you can get your Villainous paws on it here:

http://www.VillainsBook.com

Ben Settle

P.S. I have a growing number of coaches joining my list (which amuses me for a multitude of reasons), and here’s proof that my Villains book applies as much (or more) to coaches & consultants as anyone.

Villain book reader Ahmed Muzammil writes:

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Hail Rood!! This book was sitting in my bookshelf for quite a long time. I just finished reading it.

I am mind blown and still staying awake at 12.43am and reflecting on much of the concepts that you've portrayed there. And I quickly wanted to drop you a thank you note.

I seriously regret not reading it earlier. I would recommend this to all my coaching clients who are pursuing the expert space as a coach or a consultant.

Every leader who has stepped up will be forced to face such criticism. Fighting naysayers, sheeps' opinions, and criticism is gonna be a cake walk after reading this book and implementing these ideas.

Thanks for such an awesome book!

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Here is the link:

http://www.VillainsBook.com