20% of CEOS are psychopaths. And many more have traits. Good information about Trump for

[Maraya1969]

the Thanksgiving table!

Actually I believe it is good information for people who have a tendency to look at very successful business people with trust and absurd amiration. I've heard some Trump supporters say that they trust business people to run the country because they can run companies. BIG difference between a company and a country.


https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/08/the-science-behind-why-so-many-successful-millionaires-are-psychopaths-and-why-it-doesnt-have-to-be-a-bad-thing.html

1. They often crave validation and recognition from others. This is primarily because their self-esteem is high but fragile. Bosses who constantly show off are probably desperate for others' admiration.

2. They tend to be self-centered. This means they're generally less interested in others and have deficits in empathy. For this reason, they are rarely found displaying any genuine consideration for people other than themselves.

3. They have high levels of entitlement. Narcissists commonly behave as if they deserve certain privileges or enjoy higher status than their peers enjoy.

(Some other sites say the percentage is much lower. About 4% compared to 1% of the total population. Still that is a 4 fold increase. Whatever the numbers they are high and I believe that it is important for people to know this for us to get away from the crazy starry eyed wonder so many people have toward the uber rich)


There are plenty of bad sides to having a CEO boss/ or president. This from The Guardian:

However, the positive attributes are accompanied by manipulation.

“One of the main things that makes them extremely difficult to organisations is their willingness to manipulate through deception,” said Jeff Hancock, a Stanford social scientist who studies psychopathy.

“Psychopaths will handpick people they can use as lackeys or supporters, such as someone in HR they can have in their wheelhouse,” said Woodworth.

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And with regards to the employee turnstool in the Trump Whitehouse:

"Having a psychopath within a company can lead to poor employee retention, said Hancock, referencing FBI research that found that departments managed by psychopaths decreases productivity and morale in the team."
However, when a psychopath isn’t getting his or her way, they lose their veneer of charm. “When things aren’t happening the way they thought they were going to happen, they tend to completely flip and resort to bullying,” said Stolle.

At that point, according to Hancock, their “mask



https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/15/silicon-valley-psychopath-ceo-sxsw-panel

[JoeOtterbein]

1. K n R!

Thanks for posting!

[BigmanPigman]

2. I would say they are closer to sociopaths than true psychopaths.

Neither one is something to be admired by any rational human. I would be willing to bet that at least 20% of politicians are sociopaths. My own doctor told me this about 20 years ago when I asked him what a sociopath was.

[Maraya1969]

5. The only thing I have been told that is the difference is psychopathy is supposed to be something

you are born with.

[BigmanPigman]

8. That seems to go along with what my understanding is too.

[gopiscrap]

3. I have long said that only those with a law degree

should be eligible to run for president

[NCLefty]

4. My partner is in corporate world. He's had some nutty bosses.

Like the one that would cut his toenails in his office after he called you in to talk about something. /puke

[Dirty Socialist]

6. "And it doesn't have to be a bad thing"?

What the fucky fuck!