How to Become an Alpha Male (Page 2)

[Tokana]

Awesome take on what exactly an Alpha male is. Your points are dead on.

[GamerQueen46]

I hate this whole Alpha/beta male thing. We're not in the caveman times anymore.

[The_Empty]

The real answer is to become an utter sociopath.

[Anonymous]

But #20... That's like the polar opposite of how players are, unless you're not talking about them?

[myTake Owner]

An alpha male is not the equivalent of a player. This is the misconception I tried to show with this take, but it seems many of you didn't understand it, I guess I didn't state my point clearly enough.

[DaddyRollingStone]

reading a list off the internet won't make you an alpha, living in the real world will.

[myTake Owner]

Emmm, obviously xD But how are you gonna be something if you don't know how to be it. Reading a science book isn't gonna make you a scientist, doing it in the real world will. Reading a recipe isn't gonna make the food, doing it in real life will.
You first have to know what to do.

[bananatossing]

yeah I can live without being an alpha male though more leadership in any man's life would be awesome... how to learn it well that's a different story

[Arthurred]

Interesting take though others will probably rag on the concept

[myTake Owner]

Others are focusing on the definition douchebags use claiming they're alphas, but it's not what I was trying to say.
At least I know you understood what I was trying to say.

[apexalpha]

I don`t think it is something you can "become" you are either born Alpha or not!!!

[myTake Owner]

I dint think that way, you can always change to be a better person, in this case a man.

[apexalpha]

yeah, you can do self improvements in your character, but intuitively you can`t change your self, just refine/polish your traits!!!

[myTake Owner]

I don't agree with you, but I respect your opinion, I do think you can change who you are if you really put effort in it.

[apexalpha]

According to most personality type theories, the individual’s type is inborn and does not change. However, individuals can develop traits and habits that differ or even directly contradict the description of their type. How does that happen?

Let’s use an example. Imagine that lights in your flat suddenly go off and you are in complete darkness. You may be able to navigate your way to the door, but what senses are you going to use? Touch? Hearing? Smell? It would be anything but vision, your preferred sense. However, as soon as the lights come back on, you will switch back to using vision again as it makes it much easier to navigate around the flat.

The way your personality works is very similar. The environment you are in shapes your personality in a certain way, forcing you to develop traits and habits that might be foreign to your type. For instance, if you are naturally casual and spontaneous (Prospecting), but your work schedule is very structured and your manager is obsessive about schedules, your preferences are likely to change. However, you will probably switch back to being a Prospecting individual as soon as you leave that job. The same rule applies to other traits as well.

[Anonymous]

You forgot to mention testosterone help the alpha male

[bunnyy]

You should call this take "How to be a try-hard"

[myTake Owner]

Why?

[bunnyy]

People like that are obnoxious it's like a kid pretending to be James bond all the time. Except it's a grown man clinging to every shred of stereotypical masculinity that he can, so he can fit this silly mold and forgetting to be an individual person. I just have no time for people who try too hard instead of just being who they are. If you want to fulfill a mental checklist of traits all the time that's your business but I'd rather be around genuine people who accept their natural personality.

[myTake Owner]

They're obnoxious if they take this overboard. It's just trying to be a better person, a man in this case. This are characteristics to become this type of person, just like when people try to become more confident; it's trying to take control of your own life, instead of letting other people lead your life.
You're not getting my point here. Trying hard to fulfill this "checklist" won't make you be an Alpha male.
I don't know how to explain this anymore, I thought it was clear on the Take... my bad.

[bunnyy]

It seems more like an obsession than self improvement. I'm just glad my boyfriend isn't obsessed with this childish "Alpha male" thing I find it a huge turnoff.

[myTake Owner]

It can become an obsession, but it doesn't necessarily has to be one. I for example wanna become more confident, take more risks and not care too much what other people thing. I don't do this so that I become a better person to other people's eyes, but because I believe it will improve MY life. It's all about being successful, and after all, being successful in life is being someone happy.
That's how I view this, and I tried to explain it on the take, that it's not about what other think, but what you think.

[bunnyy]

Well then you want to be confident and successful, it's just strange to use the term "Alpha Male" you are not a dog.

[myTake Owner]

That's the point, it's like a metaphor. Being Alpha is the same as being successful.

[bunnyy]

Hopefully you grow out of this phase honey haha even other men here think this is stupid.

[myTake Owner]

*sigh* I'm done, no one gets what I'm trying to say here. Everyone is just focusing on the word "ALPHA", instead on the actual Take. I could have name this "How to become a Successful man" and the reception would've been totally different, and positive.
I chose bad my words, I guessed I thought people would understand.

[Kshppatel]

OP you forgot Gamma like Bruce Banna

[Anonymous]

kewlllll. kewl take