The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated. In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown.
L34 is the embodied-confidence doctrine. Cheap form: posture without substance loses its moment. Expensive form: posture backed by competence builds the runway for further competence. The Naval operator doesn't act like a king; he is a competent operator, which most other operators assume is the kingly register. Substance renders the acting unnecessary.
Pose prefigures the treatment you receive. Naval's appearing-vs-being in generic posture. Lean on this only if the backing competence is real — fake royal posture underperforms because audiences detect it eventually.
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