About this video

• Video Title: Суператорика - типология преодоления трудностей и принятия ударов судьбы
• Channel: Любимые типологии
• Speakers: None provided
• Duration: 00:31:07

Overview

This video introduces "Superatorika," a typology that explains how individuals cope with life's difficulties and adversities. It explores different strategies people employ to regain stability after experiencing shocks that disrupt their worldview, offering cultural examples and archetypes to illustrate these approaches.

Key takeaways

• Superatorika addresses coping with adversity: The typology focuses on how individuals deal with unpleasant events, setbacks, and emotional shocks by examining the disruption to their mental framework and the strategies they use to restore balance.
• Four core strategies: The video outlines four primary strategies for overcoming difficulties: the Warrior (acting on reality), the Priest (adjusting one's perceptions), the Trickster (finding compromise), and the Magician (transforming the situation).
• Examples illustrate strategies: Simple scenarios like a canceled vacation and more complex ones like a friend's imprisonment are used to demonstrate how these strategies are applied in real life.
• Cultural examples offer insight: The video draws parallels between Superatorika strategies and cultural practices like Kintsugi (Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold), body positivity, the concept of "signature dish" (Kodawari), samurai philosophy, and the Western "culture of success" to illustrate different approaches to resilience.
• Individual profiles and typological differences: While everyone uses all four strategies to some extent, individuals have preferred strategies, forming a "superatoric profile." These preferences are presented as typological differences that influence how people perceive and manage challenges.

1. Introduction to Superatorika: The video begins by introducing "Superatorika" as a typology that examines how people cope with unpleasant events, setbacks, and life's "blows." It highlights that these situations often lead to a disruption of one's worldview or mental framework.

2. Examples of Worldview Disruption: The speaker provides several examples to illustrate how one's worldview can be shattered. These include:

   • A canceled vacation due to unforeseen circumstances (like a pandemic), disrupting a planned future.
   • Discovering a trusted friend has committed a crime, challenging one's perception of that person and their own judgment.
   • A trusted brand producing a low-quality product, undermining one's belief in the brand's reliability.
   • A romantic interest withdrawing unexpectedly, shattering a developing picture of a relationship.
   • These examples range from minor inconveniences to significant personal shocks, all affecting one's sense of stability.

3. The Four Core Strategies: The video introduces four archetypal strategies individuals use to regain psychological stability after their worldview is disrupted:

   • The Priest (Жрец): This strategy involves altering one's internal perceptions and beliefs to align with reality, by removing unrealistic expectations.
   • The Warrior (Воин): This strategy focuses on changing external reality to match one's existing perceptions and expectations.
   • The Trickster (Плут): This strategy seeks a compromise or workaround, finding a path that partially restores the situation with minimal effort.
   • The Magician (Маг): This strategy involves transforming the situation, reframing the "defeat" into a victory or an intended outcome.

4. Application of Strategies to Scenarios: The speaker applies these four strategies to two distinct scenarios:

   • Scenario 1 (Light): A perfectly renovated apartment is defaced by a child's drawing. The strategies are explained as ways to cope: the Priest accepts that perfect conditions are not possible with young children; the Warrior cleans and redecorates; the Trickster hides the drawing; the Magician incorporates the drawing into a new, intentional aesthetic.
   • Scenario 2 (Serious): A spouse leaves the relationship. The strategies are applied: the Priest stops thinking about the shared life and accepts being alone; the Warrior tries to convince the spouse to return; the Trickster seeks a similar relationship with someone else; the Magician reframes the situation as newfound freedom or channels emotions into creative work (like blues music).

5. Typological Differences: The video emphasizes that people differ in their natural inclination towards these strategies. What works for one person might not work for another, leading to typological distinctions in how individuals maintain psychological stability.

6. Superatoric Profile: It's explained that while everyone can employ all four strategies, individuals tend to favor a "superatoric profile," which consists of a pair of their most preferred strategies (e.g., Trickster-Magician, Priest-Warrior).

7. Cultural Artifacts and Strategies: The speaker illustrates Superatorika through cultural examples:

   • Kintsugi (Japan): The practice of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer, highlighting the damage rather than hiding it. This embodies a Priest-Magician approach – accepting the flaw (Priest) and making it a beautiful, unique feature (Magician).
   • Body Positivity (Western Culture): Accepting one's imperfect body as normal (Priest) and seeing it as a unique characteristic (Magician).
   • Kodawari (Japan): The concept of perfecting a "signature dish" or skill, representing a focus on developing one's unique strengths, akin to a Warrior or Magician strategy for building an indispensable personal brand.
   • Samurai Philosophy (Japan): Embodying a radical Priest-Warrior approach by discarding unreliable aspects of life (wealth, long life) and fiercely defending core values (honor, service).
   • Culture of Success (Western): Rooted in Protestant work ethic, this is primarily a Warrior strategy (imposing one's will on the world) combined with Trickster elements (finding alternative paths to achieve goals). The example of a persistent salesperson in network marketing illustrates this.

8. Conclusion and Further Information: The speaker concludes by stating this was an introduction and that future videos will delve deeper into types, profiles, weaknesses, and interactions. Resources for further learning, including a VK group and a book, are mentioned.

The video explains that everyone possesses the capacity to use all four Superatorika strategies (Priest, Warrior, Trickster, Magician). However, individuals have a natural tendency to favor certain strategies over others. This preference leads to the formation of a "superatoric profile."

A superatoric profile typically highlights a pair of strategies that a person uses most readily and willingly. For instance, someone might identify their profile as "Trickster-Magician" or "Priest-Warrior."

The video suggests that these profiles represent typological differences between people. These differences account for why certain strategies feel natural and effective for one person, while they might seem unnatural, ineffective, or even like "self-deception" to another. Essentially, a person's profile indicates their go-to methods for regaining psychological stability when faced with adversity.

The video describes "Kodawari" as a Japanese concept that translates to "signature dish" or dedicating oneself to perfecting a specific skill or area. It's presented as a way to achieve psychological stability by focusing intensely on what one does best and refining it to an exceptional level.

Here's how it relates to the Warrior and Magician strategies:

• Warrior Connection: Kodawari aligns with the Warrior strategy because it involves actively imposing one's will and skill onto the world. By dedicating oneself to mastering a particular craft or talent, an individual strives to become so proficient that they become indispensable. This creates a strong, stable foundation for their life and identity, making them less vulnerable to external disruptions. The Warrior aims to make reality conform to their capabilities, and perfecting a skill is a direct way to achieve this.

• Magician Connection: Kodawari also resonates with the Magician strategy, which is about transforming a situation or one's approach to it. By dedicating oneself to a "signature" skill, an individual essentially turns a potential vulnerability (being average or replaceable) into a unique strength. They transform the ordinary into something extraordinary. Furthermore, by becoming exceptionally good at something, they can reframe their own value and the value of their work, much like the Magician reframes a "defeat" into a "victory" or an intended outcome. It's about creating something unique and valuable from one's focused efforts, making their contribution distinct and appreciated.

In essence, Kodawari encourages individuals to find their unique strength, perfect it, and thus build a stable identity and value that is difficult for external circumstances to dismantle, embodying both the assertive, reality-shaping nature of the Warrior and the transformative, reframing power of the Magician.