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Okay, its a highly stupid figure of speech that does not apply to human society in any way shape or form.Let's not break this down on a scientific level. It's a figure of speech for how a man carries himself. An Alpha has a natural ability to capture the attention and respect of the people he is around. It's the ability to lead and influence. For example, Mario Cristobal has these traits.
A beta lacks these "natural" traits. It's more forced and feels fake. It's not a knock on betas, they just have a different role.
Breaking down humans into Alphas and Betas does not work, even by the standards you describe. I've seen the most confident people, true Alphas by your definition, **** their pants because they had to present a topic in five minutes in front of 300 students at a university.
Every psychology professor takes that distribution and throws it in the bin. Humans have abilities that are more developed or underdeveloped. Some people have leading ability and charisma, but they can't finish a project on their own to save their lives. Others are brilliant at being locked into a room and solve a problem with a given amount of time, but if you let them construct a project and work and delegate a team, they're ****ed.
Humans have the ability to learn how to lead and develop by practicing, training and rehearsing the necessary tools to do that. Thats why there are trainee programs and development programs and assistant roles and all that crap for people who want to make a career in a ****load of job fields. And Mario Cristobal went through the same learning process as all of the other coaches did and he is still learning about it to this day.