Sure. Like the one guy I knew growing up. He’s a bona fide antisocial psychopath, and has committed way more murders and other acts of violence than the average Joe. He’s also in prison for much longer.
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A lot. Ive also been diagnosed with strong sociopathic and narcisstic tendencies so I understand what goes through the head of someone who’s brain isnt ‘normal’ 
It doesn’t take a genius to realize highly successful people are mentally different than average joes…
Peace
I would be cautious: propensity to prematurely diagnose people with mental health disease has been linked with lupus.
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That’s cool. What about the countless sociopaths who make it up the ladder and become successful? Many of those too. Its the difference between dumb sociopaths and smart sociopaths. The smart ones learn to blend in and become corporate leaders.
slay, I really think you should just stick to looking pretty and let other people do the thinking. This really isn’t going well for you.
there’s a lot here to sift through, but here’s the advice I would give the OP…
pushups50: I’m going to give you the best advice you’ll hear on this subject. Assume that your girlfriend is going to either break up with you in the first few weeks of college, or fuck dozens of dudes behind your back (assuming she is even moderately attractive). Just assume it, doesn’t have to be true. But assuming this will put you in the best position to make a good decision for yourself going forward. That decision could involve accepting that the two of you should part ways. That decision could also be you being ok with her doing what she wants while she’s in school, and being with you exclusively when she’s around.
Every kid your age thinks he/she has a strong grasp of self. You do not. I went to school at SMU, which is also known for some epic shindigs. I had a girlfriend going in, and had planned to be with her while I was at school. I got to campus, saw the hundreds of beautiful women around me, saw how incredible the single life would be, and I called her and broke up with her a few nights later. You DO NOT KNOW what that life is like, and you won’t until you experience it.
I guess one more thing that has already been said but should be reiterated: get this ‘alpha male’ shit out of your head. Just do you. Work hard to improve yourself in every way you can. Build confidence. And just be awesome. Don’t worry about the degree to which you have these alpha vs beta tendencies. People are complex. Nobody is all 1 thing.
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i would be catious too. People who respond like jackasses have no real arguments. It’s called 12 year old debate tactics. I
Nah. All this shows is a poor understanding of traits vs. The actual manifestation of a real personality disorder.
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meaning you have at least 1 degree in the subject? Or you at least took a handful of abnormal, behavioral, and developmental psyc classes in college? I majored in psyc in undergrad, it sounds like we would have plenty to talk about if you did as well.
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I feel you took that comment way more personally than intended. You have my apologies if it upset you, as that was not my intent.
Ego is what makes people make posts that just say “first” on forums, videos and pictures. I can definitely see how that same driving force is behind the great success stories of the world.
Anyway, the latest research suggest that humility is a big factor in leadership (and, yes that includes the names you posted) because humility allows you to fail and learn from it where ego puts you in denial.
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That’s cute. Here’s a successful neuroscientist who has psychopathy
1 in every 100 people has psychopathy. Are all of them in jail too?
It feels like everyone here loves to circle jerk each other. I’ll leave you guys to it. Make sure you swallow 
it’s best this way.
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You continue to prove several previous points.
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What can I do to make this work out the way I want it to? Like in the context of our relationship?
Want something different.
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What do you mean
If you want things to work out the way you want them to work out, and you can’t control how things turn out, what you CAN do is change what you want so that it turns out being what was going to happen anyway.
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Is there really nothing I can do? Like, do you think things can’t turn out the way I want?
Changing what you want is a BIG thing. That isn’t “nothing” at all. It is mastery of the self.
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You need to understand what you can control.
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There is you and currently you don’t have a grasp on this. Get skills in this area because it will take your entire life to get right (you need to be able to know how much is enough)
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There are people you have influence over. This currently seems to be very small and your skills are limited. Getting skilled at this requires good skills in 1. Work on this in the background.
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Then there are the people who can be influenced by the people you can influence. This is hard for anyone to achieve but your scope of control is pretty enormous at this point.
Everything else is up to the Gods. Outside of 1. the rest is only partly in your control. Work on 1.