Common slang term used by organized families, similar organizations, and politicians that the head of the group receives 10 percent gross (traditionally a %, but could be an equivalent fixed amount similar to 10%) from any deal for leadership, direction, brokerage, and coordination of the deal. Usually referred to by one's head director, head executive, or the Number 2 guy.
Hey, don't forget to hold 10 for the big guy in the China business deal.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”