I also never understood this weird "alpha / beta" distinction
  thing. It's based upon questionable perspectives of animal group
  behavior, mostly done in the 80s from what I remember. Lots of
  books written about the "Alpha male", with Donald Trump always
  heralded as the frontrunner back in the day. Then this thing
  called "Beta male" started being a thing. I dunno. Never seemed
  logical. = Well, that's the thing about it: the alpha/beta thing
  always struck me another MBTI: a personality sorting tool. It's
  useful for those who use it, but without any real ontological
  status that's worthy of much serious discussion, imo. =