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YOU NEED TO CALL OUT THE ALPHA HANDSHAKE 😱

March 26, 2026 / 01:21

This episode covers social scripts, alpha male behavior, and the power of awareness in interactions. The discussion focuses on how calling out behaviors can transform social dynamics.

The conversation highlights the significance of recognizing and vocalizing underlying social scripts, particularly in situations like handshakes. The host explains that by acknowledging behaviors, such as an overly firm handshake, both parties can gain awareness and lessen the power of those scripts.

One key point made is that openly discussing the desire to assert dominance can disarm the situation. The host emphasizes that this approach is not about ridicule but about creating a space for honest communication.

Listeners are encouraged to consider how awareness can shift interactions and empower individuals to break free from societal expectations.

TLDR

Discussing social scripts and how awareness can transform interactions.

Episode

1:21
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Anything I can get you aware of that's running inside of your own head, I can
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massively [music] start transforming your behavior. So, like if you shook my hand super aggressively or somebody
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shook my hand like a like a pretend alpha male, call out exactly what they're wanting to happen. Wow, that
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handshake is really firm. I just read an article a few weeks ago that only alpha
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males do that. Say the quiet part out loud. any script that's running in the
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background or some kind of social script. If I can surface that, then I become a [music] lot more powerful over
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the situation because I've lessened the power of a script. Any script that we
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push down is going to be a lot more powerful in [music] that person. We're increasing power
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>> by calling it out. What have you done? So, I' I'm the one that's just squeezed
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your hand [music] really tight. Yeah. >> Cuz I want to be an alpha male. You call
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it out. What What does that do? it it disarms me or it makes me feel great. >> No. And and I'm not saying that that's a
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tactic anybody should do, but if there's a script running, I'm making both of us
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more aware of this. [music] >> And that gives us a little permission to break away from it. Your desire to be
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the alpha male in the handshake situation would be temporarily kind of broken because I'm openly saying out
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loud what you didn't want to say out loud. >> Oh, okay. >> Does that make sense?
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>> Oh, okay. So you're like kind of calling it out but without it being without
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making fun of >> aggressive.

Episode Highlights

  • The Power of Awareness
    By calling out social scripts, we gain control over our interactions.
    “Any script that we push down is going to be a lot more powerful.”
    @ 00m 36s
    March 26, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • Say the quiet part out loud.
    YOU NEED TO CALL OUT THE ALPHA HANDSHAKE 😱
  • What does that do? It disarms me or it makes me feel great.
    YOU NEED TO CALL OUT THE ALPHA HANDSHAKE 😱
  • Does that make sense?
    YOU NEED TO CALL OUT THE ALPHA HANDSHAKE 😱

Key Moments

  • Alpha Male Handshake00:14
  • Disarming Scripts00:48
  • Breaking the Script01:01
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