Marca - Your First Battle.

Your First Battle.

Once you decide to better yourself and trudge out of the bogs of mediocrity and into paradise you will find yourself faced by the sentinels of scorn.

They will gaze upon your slowly oakening spine and attempt to cut you down. Force you to retreat back into the bog from which you emerged. These sentinels are all around you. The strongest of them hide behind faces of false smiles and twinkling eyes.

Your first test is upon you.

They may be your parents. Your dearest friends. Even your lover. They will notice the slow change in your thinking. They will see the desire in your eye to preserver over the boondock which they call home. They are moved by jealousy. They long ago have succumbed to a belief of hard determinism.

They have accepted that they were not special and that no one is truly special. To see your previously dull eyes gleam with a better future irritates them. Trudge on with sword in hand.

I have seen a few boys grow into alpha-dogs over the year and I have seen the exact same challenge face them from the beginning.

These boys first begin to discover that the world can be molded in their hands. They begin to assert themselves. They begin to dress better. Then the sentinels strike.

They make statements such as liking the old you: the you that was friendlier and more willing to make stupid faces and act goofy in pictures. The you that did everything in your power to make everyone’s time more enjoyable while getting no props.

The you that could be relied on to make anothers life more interesting.

They do not wish to lose their carnival monkey. They enjoyed the ability to get you to do things to please the group. They fear your ability to dictate your path.

They will bombard you with false prophecy. They will attempt to hammer through your slowly strengthening wall of alpha with sledge hammers of guilt.

They will tell you that you used to be such a nice guy. Nice guy translates to easily malleable and not getting laid. (Confident guy can be polite and get laid. Think about it).

They will inevitably drop the Hiroshima: “I can not be around the person you’ve become.”

This is the final onslaught you will face. Do not waiver. If it was a male that said this to you, they were never truly your friend. If it is a female you can smell her arousal slowly wafting.

Remember never to waiver. You must be firm and confident in your chosen path. You should question yourself, but crush the doubt quickly and fearlessly.

Do you not believe people told Teddy Roosevelt that his dreams of slaughtering animals on the plains of Africa were out of his reach due to his childhood disabilities. Without question he exposed to the sweet poisonous words of the sentinels before him. He most likely hesitated. In the end, he squashed the demons of doubt and forced his illness out of him.

Charles Lindbergh faced an onslaught of “helpful friends” who told him that flying an airplane via periscope was foolish and pointless. He lifted into the air as the eagle that he was and conquered records.

When you are faced with detractors, questioners, doubters, and haters you must remember that this is expected.

The path to alphadom is solitary. You will find few and far in between on your path to attainment. Only a few conquer their inner fears and make the choice to leave mediocrity and carve out a world where they are king.

You must earn your smirk. Prepare for battle. Hopefully we will see you among our ranks.

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