We were all once Alphas

--HankMoody-- · 2016-04-08T23:34:53+00:00

Everyone should read the Book of Pook. As a complete collection, it is the most solid advice ever published in the manosphere. Nothing else even comes close.

eccentricrealist · 2016-04-09T03:48:15+00:00

I don't know, I was a pretty quiet kid. Definitely didn't give a shit, though. One time in a bbq, I was like 6, the guys and I were sitting at the table waiting for the girls to bring the salsas and guac, and I was seeing how we were waiting for what was practically free service, and I said, "Oh, so guys work and women are just good at cooking and cleaning, then?"

My father, uncles, and grandfather were laughing their asses off, and their girlfriends and wives stared at me pretty severely. I got told off pretty harshly but I still felt what I said was true. I always saw my grandma cooking and cleaning, my mother and the maid did it as well, my uncle's gf didn't really do anything (she's long gone now too the stupid bitch), I don't know, life's funny like that.

rife_omeqa · 2016-04-09T10:37:07+00:00

Good post.

Reminds me of:
"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it"
- Robin Williams

"Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart.”
- Mencius

This childlike spark is the mentality I work to foster when I go out or am in any social situation. I don't see any social interaction as wasted time or effort because I'm always gaining experience and furthering my comfort level with this mentality and any time spent learning is not time wasted. It's difficult to explain but the more I worked on it the easier and more extensive it became.

I suppose the cultivation and easy use of this childlike playful nature is what we call natural alpha. Doing things for yourself and your own enjoyment, being curious, bold, unrelenting, steadfast but also easy and inclusive.

The people who manage to keep and cultivate this spark also tend to be the most interesting, adventurous and happy people I know. They're not always the most mature people or the sharpest tools in the shed but they're the friends that go out and do shit, who network without trying, make parties memorable and are somehow involved in all the stories when you look back years later.

This spark is key to what it is to be naturally alpha. Cultivate yours, whatever tickles your pickle, and run it up the flag pole and see who salutes. Have fun with it.

Redpill_Hannibal · 2016-04-08T23:59:13+00:00

Girls were stupid so you threw things at them

nothing changed from kindergarden, girls are still stupid

also I wondered: is it possible to nurse this boyish charm that we all once had, or is it impossible, due to age?

EBPLLRP · 2016-04-09T05:56:14+00:00

Book of Pook is next on my list. Will ~~try to~~ start tomorrow.

Beautiful Post.

I truly reminisced about my childhood while reading this post. I closed my eyes and remembered the smile on my face.

Tomorrow, when I get up I'll go through my childhood photos. I'll make sure to keep one in my room. Look him in the eyes and tell him "I do this for you."

Whenever, I struggle with an urge to cheat on diet, sleep late, consume media(video games, TV) before I do any activity which could contribute to a relapse. I'll make sure to perform that action.

I do this for him, my past and future self.

The present me will utilize the present and deliver the fruits of my labor to my future self.

WeedDaddy · 2016-04-09T13:19:17+00:00

Childhood is a time of solipsism. However when kids are put into a group, socialization begins and hierarchies form, even in kindergarten. It intensifies as puberty sets in and testosterone levels rise (more in some than in others).

You see kids gang up on and bully the weaker and weird ones, those are betas or gammas. The most popular kids are alphas who have their higher beta lackeys. I'd guess the strongest predictor of how much a guy gets laid is how popular he is around puberty.

"Basically we're all winners, we all went through as a journey as sperm cell, where millions of them were racing"

Our dads were winners because they succeeded in procreating. We will only be winners if we procreate. Otherwise we are evolutionary dead-ends.

redpillnexus · 2016-04-09T21:53:28+00:00

I actually really connect to this post alot. I was just like how the OP described, but gradually I became more reserved and conscious of how the world viewed me as I grew older. We were definitely born Alpha and turned Beta by society.

BeautyQuark · 2016-04-09T02:26:32+00:00

No we all were not once Alpha. Society functions because of the many different types of personalities. A man may rise to Alpha level, but not all men were born or meant to become Alpha. Warrior cultures encouraged and cultivated Alpha traits, and all of those societies are gone. Not everyone will become Alpha, and that is OK.

The Alpha's were the ones that designed a civilization where 1 man and 1 woman got married. This is what created our modern world. A man without a woman is impossible to control. A man who is not alpha will be controlled by his woman, and his woman will be controlled by the Alpha's.

misterbadattitude · 2016-04-09T12:28:50+00:00

Basically we're all winners, we all went through as a journey as sperm cell, where millions of them were racing to reach and penetrate the egg of the host from a woman.

illimitableMan34 · 2016-04-09T23:12:24+00:00

I truly like how you're so optimistic, but you must understand not all has had that childhood.

jakeinmn · 2016-04-13T20:36:00+00:00

Up until i was 14, My father used to play softball in a higher level tier, and I would tag along and command the playground. Each kid by the end of every game would be a friend and a part of whatever games I would organize.

However, since this was a family thing, I never had used this kid-charisma to school life. I wish I knew if this has a name, personality changes in anonymous/established settings. I was the quietest kid in my grade 'til college.

I still lead and mentor, but there was a considerable gap until I relearned that childhood skill of rallying for mutual fun.

[deleted] · 2016-04-09T01:22:20+00:00

Fantastic post. Found myself agreeing all the way through, and said to myself, look at where lifting has taken you. It is an intellectual, technical and of course, physical pursuit, that can become really absorbing. Absorbing in a way that takes you out of yourself at the same time, since there are so many aspects of lifting that are fascinating.

XbattlefieldX · 2016-04-09T03:09:34+00:00

I dunno man a bitch mom and a drunk dad fucks with a toddlers alpha development. I'm proof

NeoreactionSafe · 2016-04-09T14:08:09+00:00

Children have no Frame.

In childhood we imitate others.

We literally have no filter and absorb and react to the world around us and this creates a kind of Androgyny.

It's only when you develop the ego boundry... the Frame... that we actually start to gain our masculine polarity.

So I'll disagree with this "Childhood Alpha" concept.

If you think children are Alpha you might not understand Frame and Game.

"Boys to men" is a theme that has been true since the beginning of time.

It's the childs lack of Frame (beta) that is disgusting to women when they see it in a male she hoped to be her Hypergamy solution.

No Frame, No tingles.

xray777 · 2016-04-10T13:04:51+00:00

Alot of those natural, budding alpha qualities were killed by their dads. My life is living proof of how overbearing, almost schoolmarming with a veneer of "my way or the highway" fathering produces many sniveling, confirming betas. People who hide failures, are ever dishonest with authority figures, and subconsciously crave every scrap of social approval.

Try pulling alpha out of that stalling dive 1000 feet off the ground in your late 20's. Ain't easy. Forget women, just having a healthy career is tough.

TheRealMewt · 2016-04-09T02:06:39+00:00

Yeah, don't talk about our childhoods like you know what they were like...

We were all once Alphas

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Title	We were all once Alphas
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Date	April 8, 2016 10:51 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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