“… when the band plays Hail to The Chief, they point the cannon at you…”

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Just about every blog in these parts talks about being “Alpha”.

 

How to act “Alpha”.

 

How to speak “Alpha”.

 

Even how to stand “Alpha”.

 

 

 

Now, as anyone that’s read my work for oh these many years knows:

 

I don’t like to bullshit anyone.

 

Moreso, I sure as Hell don’t like to tell folks to be something they’re not.

 

The Truth is that most men reading this are not “Alpha”.

 

And never will be.

 

 

 

Again, however, as anyone who knows me can attest:

 

That’s not a bad thing.

 

 

 

See, the key isn’t to be “Alpha” or not.

 

It’s to be the man you are.

 

Shamelessly.

 

Unapologetically.

 

Honorably.

 

 

 

Thus, countless “Beta” men, permit me to give you some properly focused advice.

 

You are the mortar that binds the stonework of civilization. 

 

Work for no one – man, woman, government or corporation – that fails to appreciate your contributions.

 

Should, in these difficult times, you find yourself unable to escape such service – look harder. 

 

There is an out and you will find it.

 

 

 

Never follow; choose to be led.

 

There is a tremendous difference between the two.

 

Realize yours is the sword that carves nations.

 

Yours are the hands that build palaces, cathedrals and everything in between.

 

Yours is the shield that defends both land and the way of life upon it.

 

 

 

Understand that, though you do not stand upon the pinnacle, the heights cannot exist without you.

 

Expect praise when warranted.

 

Demand recognition if it becomes necessary.

 

 

Above all else, realize that no matter how powerless you feel at times, you are a free man.

 

Your inaction causes the wheels of the system of which you are a part to grind to a halt.

 

Feel no shame in – and have no fear of – using that tactic.

 

 

 

In short, do not give your loyalty or service lightly.

 

Although you may be many while “Alphas” are few and far between, a chain of one link is nigh on useless.

 

 

 

 

 

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