I'm too alpha for my own good

backbreaker

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as they say your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness.


My biggest strength if i had to name is that I'm extremely self sufficient. I pride myself in not needing anyone's help, not asking for help, getting **** done on my own. which in turn compounds itself because people see this and automatically ask me to help them fix **** or work on something or help them with something and I do so because, I'm just that ****ing alpha lol. It makes me feel good about myself thus raising my self esteem which in turn, not only allows me to keep my wife in life but allows me to keep my entire life in line.

Right now, not even talking about regular work with my company and the horse racing, I have 2 iphones that I have to fix for people, a business plan that I am putting together for someone and i'm organizing a camp out for our NA group in 1 month.


Anyway, our business is growing. To the point where I can't do my horse racing anywhere near as much as I usually do, which is costing me money because i make more money doing that than this. But in the end game, this business is more important because it ties into my long term goals, so growing it is what i want to happen.

Here is the problem. We are growing too fast. i have more clients to deal with, more proposals to put together, more project checklists to create, more accounting /bookkeeping to do , more errands to run. Right now we are working on 9 projects, about to be 10 and none of them are small. in the past we would work on 3-4 big jobs and like 4-5 med sized jobs. right now we are working on 8 big jobs and one job i'm doing as a favor for a friend basically.

The last.. really since may, i have not been sleeping well. I found out that I do have a slight intolerance to lactose that just recently developed so I cut that out of my diet, and it got a little better. At first I was not having any energy in the day AND i could not sleep. Once I cut the lactose out, i just couldn't sleep or stay asleep. Also i was too tired to have sex so we have probably avg'ed one sexy time a week the last 2 months. just beat man.

Anyway, this week i have been so ****ing tired i have not been able to work one day this week since last Sunday. I have not slept since sunday. at least not real sleep. I was virtually delirious yesterday. Snapping on everyone, even my son, which i felt like **** for. I was done self diagnosing myself so I went to the doctor yesterday (I hate going to the doctor) after my wife pretty much strapped me down in the car and took me.

My blood pressure is slightly high (140/86) but keep in mind, i haven't slept in 4 days. i doubt it's usually that high. though i am black so that is something i will keep a close eye on. Anyway, my point being, he thinks i'm just stressed the **** out. i'm in perfect shape. I eat good. I don't eat a lot of salts. I don't drink caffeine at all, i don't drink alcohol, don't use drugs obviously.

so the doctor prescribed me Trazodone as an anti depressant which also causes drowsiness, and i took one last night and slept like a freaking baby full of titty milk. then woke up and tore my wife a new ******* lol. i literately ****ed her to sleep. Later today I will take my son and my wife to the waterpark.


I guess what I am trying to say is 2 things. 1. I can't do everything by myself , no one on earth is that bad ass, at least I"m not and 2. it's hard to find people you trust. every time i reach out to someone and try to find solid help, outside of my wife and my one programmer that i trust i get ****ty results and i'm like **** it i will do it all myself. which has worked so far,but now its' too much and I don't know what to realistically do. I have to do something that I have a really really hard time doing.. reach out to \someone, open up to someone. it's the only way i can grow / get where i want to get. and i hate doing it /don't want to do it because it NEVER works.
 

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You are NOT alpha bro. :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:

Also.. if when you reach out to others you say things like: "I'm too awesome for my own good and I need your help making me more awesome" or some other non-sense.. then of course people work against you. Human psychology 101.

Here are reasons you are not alpha:

- You equate materialism and money with being alpha
- You believe being a Type-A workaholic makes you alpha
- You bust your ass instead of delegating and when you try to delegate you FAIL
- You live for others instead of worrying about your own issues --> Mental and physical health.
- You are married

So you are not alpha at all. Stop worrying about being alpha and START worrying about gaining control over your life before you have a massive heart-attack at age 45.

When I see a workaholic I see an incompetent moron. Most CEO's see the same. If you're competent and talented you make sh!t look easy. If you break a sweat.. its because you're weak and in over your head. Generally speaking.
 

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PlayHer Man said:
- You believe being a Type-A workaholic makes you alpha
The Type-A workaholics that I know are some of the biggest beta chumps I've ever met in my life.

Not saying backbreaker is one, I don't know him. But he and other SS'ers should be reminded of a very important phrase: work smart, not hard.

Work/life balance, my friends.
 

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I don't agree backbreaker is an alpha either. The reason is pretty simple:

He's scared shítless of his wife, and being "alpha" pertains to your relationship with women,

RT will tell you nightlong stories about successful businessmen who don't have a clue about women.

His problem about work issues, I have no opinion.
 

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If there were a few hundred sosuavers stranded on an island with just a few women, I have little doubt that backbreaker would be one of the few of us who was fvcking one of those women.

Having said that, I think that this web site tends to view "alpha" as something purely positive, mostly because so many guys here are betas. They see an alpha with a woman and think that must be the definition of success.

But it's not that simple. I have known a lot of alphas; many of them are miserable, despite being good with girls. Always being able to walk into a bar and get a girl, and always being able to influence the men around you is nice and all, but it is not the ultimate recipe for happiness. Prisons are full of alphas who were too alpha for their own good.

My problem with work and career is that I am constantly asking myself if I own the job, or the job owns me. I'm never going to be a CEO with that attitude, but I think I am much more likely to end up being happy with my life. And that is as alpha as I want to be.
 

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The solution is to take regular meds to keep that schizo under control.
 

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If you cannot delegate. You cannot lead and you cannot grow. I've worked with several small businesses and I've seen it a few times, the guy who is trying to do it all is on his way to complete and utter failure. The guy who cannot hire good people and motivate them eventually fails. They give you excuses like, oh well I couldn't trust them to do the job as good as I do. Or good help is hard to find. No, you failed to qualify them, and prepare their duties.
You have to learn how to be a real leader of men. Not a workaholic. You've traded drugs for work. NA that **** bro.

Go read the E-Myth. It will get you started on thinking about creating systems in your business that will free you up to do other things. When you have employees, do they explicitly know their duties? Do they know what is required of them and when? Do you have a job description and operations manuel for that covers what they should be doing every day? Do you have a process of evaluation and review set up? Are there consequences for failing to meet expectations?

Alpha, not alpha...let me tell yah. If you are on SS you aren't alpha. End of story. I don't care if you're pook, roissy or don juan himself. This is a place for beta training. Pook had it right. You have to leave SS to grow.
 

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backbreaker said:
as they say your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness.

backbreaker, since you say you are "too alpha" can i ask you about how that relates to your marriage?


how did you regain your frame in your marriage after your wife struck you?

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=177017

I remember you posting about her punching you but i don't remember you posting about how you got the upper hand in the marriage after that. she hit you and you didn't hit her back right?
 

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backbreaker said:
My biggest strength if i had to name is that I'm extremely self sufficient. I pride myself in not needing anyone's help, not asking for help, getting **** done on my own.
You are living proof that blacks don't need so-called affirmative action. I am happy you never took a cent that a white man worked for, or accepted extra points in college on account of being "underprivileged." You are an inspiration to everyone fighting bigotry and oppression.

Please tell us more about your wife, your luxury cars, and your business. I would really appreciate longer posts with more details. There is so much the men on this forum could learn from you.
 

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Do true alphas really go around proclaiming they are alphas? I have never seen it.
 

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Weaver said:
You are living proof that blacks don't need so-called affirmative action. I am happy you never took a cent that a white man worked for, or accepted extra points in college on account of being "underprivileged." You are an inspiration to everyone fighting bigotry and oppression.

Please tell us more about your wife, your luxury cars, and your business. I would really appreciate longer posts with more details. There is so much the men on this forum could learn from you.

This is his business: Black17media. If you google it it has tons of bad reviews, and also the site doesn't even exist anymore: http://www.black17media.com

Something is off with BB, I have suspected it for a long time.
 

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CostaDeSol said:
and boom goes the dynamite

This is nothing new. He was called out a LONG time ago on this, and he came back with all these POSITIVE reviews he was EMAILED. The thing is, he could have forged them. Why aren't there any positive reviews online?
 

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Malice said:
This is nothing new. He was called out a LONG time ago on this, and he came back with all these POSITIVE reviews he was EMAILED. The thing is, he could have forged them. Why aren't there any positive reviews online?

I get it now.

no wonder he has no friends.
 

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PlayHer Man said:
You are NOT alpha bro.

When I see a workaholic I see an incompetent moron. Most CEO's see the same. If you're competent and talented you make sh!t look easy. If you break a sweat.. its because you're weak and in over your head. Generally speaking.

EXACTLY :rockon: :rockon: !!

No disrespect to Backbreaker or anyone else. But this is one of the laws of power that Robert Greene spoke of: Never EVER show anyone the amount of hardwork it takes to accomplish a task. You must conceal the hardwork and make it look effortless!!

Another law of power I see violated here is: Get others to do the work, but always take credit (delegation).

Robert Greene's works are masterpieces!!

Backbreaker has the right work ethic he has oberved one of Greene's laws: Self-Reliance. When **** hits the fan or when others fvck up (as they usually do), he can accomplish the task by himself and that IS and alpha trait. However, taken to the extreme and without observance of the other laws of power, doing everything yourself can be harmful.
 

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Pretty much every backbreaker post is how he is too alpha for his own good. But at the end of every post, like an episode of Full House, backbreaker has figured out what's wrong, how to fix it, and, cue music, everything will be alright. Oh, and now he's actually MORE alpha after having bested his alphaness.
 

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I find it amusing when people call themselves "alpha." I find it even more amusing when random people they don't even know call them "beta."
 

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Zarky said:
I find it amusing when people call themselves "alpha." I find it even more amusing when random people they don't even know call them "beta."
As amusing as your phony indifference to everything? :whistle:


Aww fvck it, thanks a lot snarky . Now I've gone and posted in one of BB's weak sauce threads I just realised......and brought it to the 2nd page. Gay
 

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:)

Titties make me smile again.

weak sauce thread

so true...
 
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