{"id":7780,"date":"2016-05-03T13:25:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T17:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=7780"},"modified":"2016-05-03T19:28:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T23:28:58","slug":"alpha-male-whisperer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/alpha-male-whisperer\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Male Whisperer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Me and\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #000000;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/detroit-lions\/post\/_\/id\/23398\/the-lions-told-miles-killebrew-they-didnt-want-him-then-drafted-him\">Miles Killebrew<\/a>\u00a0were undergrad engineers who played a sport as student athletes. This means we got yelled at sometimes and did not get 100% all-As. Engineering classes are hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This truth forms the basis for my hobby:\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">I am the Alpha Male Whisperer.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are some tips if you want to do well as a student athlete who goes pro. Miles went pro in &#8220;football&#8221;. I went pro as a First Round Draft Pick at a Fortune 100 Company, Nalco<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>## Tip Number ONE ##<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Takes notes by putting pen to paper. Nothing slows down a fast talking alpha male than when you take your pen from paper, comma raise your pen carrying hand, and say <b>CAN YOU REPEAT THAT<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1511AC03-A068-4C33-9BDB-2705F9E4D4CC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image15.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" \/><br \/>\nI am taking paper notes at a school I do not attend.<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/727195835935526912?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">5\/2\/16, 10:59 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>I am the Alpha Male Whisperer bc I sit in the front row and take notes like a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23NerdNation&amp;src=hash\">#NerdNation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eF6BBOkXCO\">justinkan.com\/three-stories<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0BnyufwMNJ\">pando.com\/2015\/10\/15\/sec\u2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">## Tip Number TWO ##<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>SIT in the front row.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Andrew Luck sat in the front row. He was also a student athlete that played football. Alpha males can be charmed by location of where you plop your 222 pound, 6&#8217;5&#8243; ass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/210125292319154176?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/5\/12, 2:45 PM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Cesar Milan&#8217;s sequel should be &#8220;Alpha Male Whisperer&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sequelToABook&amp;src=hash\">#sequelToABook<\/a>\u00a0I didn&#8217;t write\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/471zXqZA\">\u2026tstanfordbusinessschool.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/22\/7-m\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n## Tip Number THREE ##<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">COUNTERINTUITIVE- alpha males are going to be dicks to us because they want to network with alpha males rising. For example,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #000000;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/detroit-lions\/post\/_\/id\/23398\/the-lions-told-miles-killebrew-they-didnt-want-him-then-drafted-him\">Miles Killebrew and when he was networking with the Detroit Lions<\/a>. They gave him a &#8220;hardship interview&#8221;. Investment banks do this too.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Tip: get fortitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Tip. Don&#8217;t get flustered.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Tip: Don&#8217;t cry on the outside even though you&#8217;re crying on the inside.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Tip: Don&#8217;t go home and curl up in a ball. Open up your heart chakra and let those critical words pour in. Then whip out your Peets moleskin, and say with a strait face, &#8220;<b><i>can you repeat and expand that.<\/i><\/b>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/727513961533329408?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/3\/16, 8:03 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Got fortitude. You&#8217;re gonna need it in spade\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zkiMvPp3o\">twitter.com\/jowyang\/status\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n## Tip Number FOUR ##<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WE are going to need to succeed via the losers bracket.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/727512953835020288?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5\/3\/16, 7:59 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Reminds me of the PG essay: power of the margins. Reminds me of Coach: Winners inside the Losers Bracket\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ch5&amp;src=hash\">#ch5<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ch11&amp;src=hash\">#ch11<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0zkiMvPp3o\">twitter.com\/jowyang\/status\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"E28A51C9-CA41-4D0A-A6D2-7BB740674245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/image23.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" \/><br \/>\nAfter a back injury, this student athlete redirected her energy into entrepreneurship. Lots of fortitude in the notes I took when I sat front row at Stanford Entrepreneurship Week <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/LFalzone710\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/LFalzone710<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/detroit-lions\/post\/_\/id\/23398\/the-lions-told-miles-killebrew-they-didnt-want-him-then-drafted-him\">2016 NFL draft: Detroit Lions told Miles Killebrew they&#8217;d pass on him &#8211; Detroit Lions Blog- ESPN<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Jeremiah Owyang\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jowyang\/status\/727440664837812224?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">Tweet<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">## Tip Number FIVE ##<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">old people, aka DINOSAURS need to be faxed, smoke signaled, telephone-talked-to, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Back when I was a superstar, I used to make aspiring prepreneurs and pre Entrepreneurs meet and do meeting at Ramona&#8217;s Nails. Such an alpha male move.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/608863335946145792?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/10\/15, 10:08 PM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Call me &#8220;The Dinosaur Whisperer&#8221;. Like man-charm<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1782524908\/Prevette_Headshot_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Sarah Prevette (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahprevette?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@SarahPrevette<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahprevette\/status\/5505525017?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/7\/09, 5:03 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>\u00a0Thanks Larry. I enjoyed your David Hasselhoff posters. Ps How on earth did you manage to Build-a-Bear with man charm?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23GOAP&amp;src=hash\">#GOAP<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a>\u00a0the Twitter app<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1180833697\/Photo_336_VintageColors_4_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">matsume kai (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matsume?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@matsume<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matsume\/status\/2192533873?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6\/16\/09, 7:10 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>\u00a0Just checked out Man Charm, lol!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n## Tip Number SEVEN ##<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">ALPHA males show up late.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">## Tip Number EIGHT ##<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">TIP: to charm an alpha male, read what they wrote and promote what they promote.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">## Tip Number NINE ##<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">I have ten more tips. They cost $9<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/PayPal.me\/larrychiang\/9\">https:\/\/PayPal.me\/larrychiang\/9<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang Me and\u00a0Miles Killebrew\u00a0were undergrad engineers who played a sport as student athletes. This means we got yelled at sometimes and did not get 100% all-As. Engineering classes are hard.\u00a0 This truth forms the basis for my hobby:\u00a0I am the Alpha Male Whisperer.\u00a0 Here are some tips if you want to do well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stanford-student-athlete-tips"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}