Quote: (03-22-2014 12:19 AM)dreambig Wrote:
Westcoast is dropping gold all over this thread.
Alpha is contextual. As I see it, most guys find their "thing" at a young age and do that at the expense of other areas - the jocks stick to sports and the nerds stick to the books. This is probably instinctual as our ancestors tended to focus on what they excelled at to survive. There is no point being a warrior if you are weak or an accountant if you are illiterate.
But nowadays you don't need to choose. I'd much rather be an all-rounder. Make money, get in great shape, learn to fight, dress well, have social skills, speak half a dozen languages. I want to be as alpha as I can in all of these areas. This puts me ahead of 90% of the male population.
Obviously it is good to know your strengths but you don't want to rely on any one thing. Rather than relying on your straight right, you want to attack life with a mix of blows.
Yes, I agree, nowadays one can - and should - be well-rounded, although with a "spike" in skills in one's special area of expertise.
But as I said before, I think just because you're good at something that doesn't make you alpha. That's just my personal opinion though. If you dress well, for example, that's great, but it doesn't really have anything to do with being alpha. There are a lot of metrosexual pussy boys who dress sharp, but who are pretty weak-willed and effeminate. But as was discussed above, if you define alpha as just being "best in class" then you can call anybody who is good at something "alpha" in that specific filed.