10 Success Secrets of Psychopaths
When most of us hear the word ‘psychopath,’ we immediately picture a serial killer with a trail of dead bodies behind him. A psychopath is not always a killer, however. In fact, many of them aren’t violent at all. Psychopaths are characterized by their lack of empathy for others, their inflated self-confidence, their self-centered impulsiveness, and ability to be utterly ruthless. Some psychiatrists and scientists have studied psychopaths and found they have a damaged amygdala, or the portion of the brain that controls emotions. Others believe that a combination of genetic and environmental factors
lead to psychopathic tendencies. Regardless of how people develop into psychopaths, many of them never commit violent crimes and have incredibly successful careers in high-profile industries. While many of their qualities can damage relationships, or impact their ability to connect with others, some psychopaths succeed in their careers not despite their character flaws, but because of them.
Psychopaths tend to fall on a spectrum. In fact, some believe that we all fall on the spectrum somewhere, though most of us are so low on the spectrum that we are not considered psychopathic. The ‘psychopaths’ who tend to display the behaviors we traditionally think of as abnormal fall very high on the spectrum. High functioning psychopaths who can control violent impulses and mimic normal emotions are those who often rise quickly to the top of the corporate ladder. Here are ten of their ‘success secrets’ and how they utilize their deficits to get ahead.
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