#paul babiak

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[paginadepsihologie]

"Vipere la patru ace": cum operațiunile moderne atrag și manipulează psihopații în lumea corporatistă, dezvăluită într-o lectură crucială pentru siguranța și succesul în afaceri. 

[jimi-rawlings]

Game Theory Psychopath & NOUCHI Triad

This is to make Psychopaths not only more appealing but more Marketable regardless of City of Origin. Game theory is a branch of decision theory focusing on interactive decisions, applicable whenever the actions of two or more decision makers jointly determine an outcome that affects them all. 10% of people in the financial services industry are psychopaths. And that’s a conservative estimate, according to Christopher Bayer, a Wall Street psychotherapist cited by DeCovny. Roughly 4% to as high as 12% of CEOs exhibit psychopathic traits, according to some expert estimates, many times more than the 1% rate found in the general population and more in line with the 15% rate found in prisons. In their ground-breaking 2006 book “Snakes in Suits,” Paul Babiak and Robert Hare were among the first to attempt to quantify the presence of corporate psychopaths in the C-suite. They estimated the rate of psychopathy in the executive suite to be 3.9%. Since the release of the book there has been much disagreement over the extent of the presence of psychopaths in corporate America with most other estimates landing between 8% and 12%. In a corporation, one’s ability to advance is determined in large measure by a person’s ability to favorably impress his or her direct manager. Unfortunately, certain of these psychopathic qualities – in particular charm, charisma, grandiosity (which can be mistaken for vision or confidence) and the ability to “perform” convincingly in one-on-one settings – are also qualities that can help one get ahead in the business world. In a recently-published article in the journal Personality Disorders, Emily Lasko, M.S., and I tested whether a very specific psychological process, impulse control, contributed to the development of 'successful' psychopathy. We analyzed data from the Pathways to Desistance study, which followed over 1,000 adolescents (who were convicted of serious criminal offenses) over multiple years to examine what factors predicted who would get convicted for re-offenses and who would not.

As adolescent participants in this study aged into young adults, their impulse control improved, a well-established trend in psychological development. But we went on to find that the more psychopathic traits these individuals had, the more quickly they developed impulse control. We even replicated this finding when we looked specifically at how they suppressed their aggressive urges, finding that more psychopathic individuals learned to inhibit their aggression at a faster rate. We then compared participants who were relatively successful (they didn't commit future criminal offenses) versus those who were relatively unsuccessful (they re-offended), we saw striking differences. Specifically, the successful individuals showed a link between psychopathy and impulse control development that was over twice as strong as those who continued to re-offend. The data were clear, successful psychopaths are those who learn to restrain their antisocial impulses. This critical role of impulse control supports the results of a survey of psychopathy experts who rated conscientiousness (a cluster of personality traits characterized by self-discipline and self-control) as the key differentiating factor between successful and unsuccessful psychopaths. There are a few important implications of these findings. One of which is that interventions that teach teens how to better control their impulses may help reduce the amount of adolescent criminal offending, but it may do so by helping psychopathic individuals learn to make their aggression more covert and insidious. For example, learning impulse control may help steer a psychopathic person away from grand theft auto and towards a Ponzi scheme. In the modern age, sociopaths and psychopaths are usually not the mass murderers that are sometimes portrayed in popular media (with exceptions). Instead, contemporary sociopaths and psychopaths may outwardly appear functional and successful. They instigate abuse and harm through more indirect and insidious means. In personal relationships, sociopaths and psychopaths often initially entice with their superficial charisma and calculated charm, before revealing their cruel and uncaring nature over time (i.e., after a committed relationship is established or an important agreement is made). They deceive, manipulate, and abuse in relationships without remorse, leaving their victims wounded and traumatized by their utter lack of decency and empathy. In their professional careers, higher-functioning sociopaths and psychopaths are nakedly ambitious, shrewdly exploitative, and ruthlessly aggressive. They often maneuver their way to positions of power and status in business, finance, politics, media, and other prominent fields. They attain success at the unethical expense of using and abusing others. This is to show the effect of Suitwear. - Sources: Harvard Business Review (Psychopaths on Wall Street), Forbes (The Disturbing Link Between Psychopathy And Leadership, The Psychopathic CEO), Psychology Today (How Do People Develop Into 'Successful' Psychopaths?) & (7 Characteristics of the Modern Psychopath)

Psychology

Game Theory Environment

Game theory is applied in a number of fields, including business, finance, economics, political science, and psychology

Triad Type - This is an Cognitive Effect Triad

Enclothed Cognition

Science says that the clothes we wear affect our behavior, attitudes, personality, mood, confidence, and even the way we interact with others. This is “Enclothed Cognition“

Dressed Up Effect 

Nicholas Holtzman and Michael Strube of Washington University in St. Louis were interested in looking at the relationship between physical attractiveness and people’s tendencies towards narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. They wanted to find out whether these three traits, referred to as the “dark triad,” are associated with a greater ability to successfully enhance one’s physical appearance.

The dark triad score was positively correlated with their “dressed-up” attractiveness – a finding that mirrors previous findings

Halo Effect 

The "halo effect" is when one trait of a person or thing is used to make an overall judgment of that person or things

Therapy

CBT Impulse Control and Conscientious

Self-discipline & Self-Regulation

personal, behavioral, and environmental

Frame Control and Body Language

PADICE MINUIT

[moonlessnight14]

Sebastian Stan's Bookshelf

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (not sure which edition)

Sean Penn: His Life and Times by Richard T. Kelly

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson

Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making by Michael Caine

Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives by Pia Mellody

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work by Paul Babiak & Robert D. Hare

The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka

The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama & Howard C. Cutler

The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, & Creativity by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels

How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen

Update: The blue and red book on the top shelf is Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger!

Update: 2nd shelf, 4th book from left, white spine is Couples by John Updike (thank you @crispypinenuts & styleofstan (insta)!)

[viperofsand]

(...) civilization, as we know it, is largely the creation of psychopaths. All civilizations, our own included, have been built on slavery and mass murder. Psychopaths have played a disproportionate role in the development of civilization, because they are hard-wired to lie, kill, cheat, steal, torture, manipulate, and generally inflict great suffering on other humans without feeling any remorse, in order to establish their own sense of security through domination. The inventor of civilization — the first tribal chieftain who successfully brainwashed an army of controlled mass murderers — was almost certainly a genetic psychopath. Since that momentous discovery, psychopaths have enjoyed a significant advantage over non-psychopaths in the struggle for power in civilizational hierarchies — especially military hierarchies.

Behind the apparent insanity of contemporary history, is the actual insanity of psychopaths fighting to preserve their disproportionate power. And as their power grows ever-more-threatened, the psychopaths grow ever-more-desperate. We are witnessing the apotheosis of the overworld — the overlapping criminal syndicates that lurk above ordinary society and law just as the underworld lurks below it.

During the past fifty years, psychopaths have gained almost absolute control of all the branches of government. You can notice this if you observe carefully that no matter what illegal thing a modern politician does, no one will really take him to task. All of the so called scandals that have come up, any one of which would have taken down an authentic administration, are just farces played out for the public, to distract them, to make them think that the democracy is still working.

How can we distinguish between psychopaths and healthy people? What is the portrait of a true psychopath?

Such a dangerous question has almost never been successfully asked. The reason is because we mistakenly confuse healthy for normal. Human psychological diversity is the health of our race. There is no normal because healthy humans continuously evolve beyond all normalizing standards. The terrorism of searching through hierarchies for anyone deviating from normalis no different from witch hunts or Inquisitions. You must remember that hierarchies thrive on such low dramas, torturing victims until they confess to evil beliefs. Not so long ago the church and state ongoingly acquired significant income and property through witch hunts and Inquisitions. This continued for over two hundred and fifty years. Ten generations of Europeans understood pogrom as normal life. Let us not return to that nightmare. Testing for normal is guaranteed to backfire in our face. There is no normal. But there is conscience.

The simplest, clearest and truest portrait of the psychopath is given in the titles of three seminal works on the subject: Without Conscience by Robert Hare, The Mask of Sanity by Hervey Cleckley, and Snakes in Suits by Robert Hare and Paul Babiak. A psychopath is exactly that: conscienceless. The most important thing to remember is that this lack of conscience is hidden from view behind a mask of normality that is often so convincing that even experts are deceived. As a result, psychopaths become the Snakes in Suits that control our world.

They also seem to have little real conception of past or future, living entirely for their immediate needs and desires. Because of the barren quality of their inner life, they are often seeking new thrills, anything from feeling the power of manipulating others to engaging in illegal activities simply for the rush of adrenaline.

-  BEWARE THE PSYCHOPATH, MY SON…

[queen-aoc]

Legion Chapter 18

    I was a little triggered by David this episode, for personal reasons. It had me thinking. Is David a psychopath? Is he just mildly insane? What is Davids’ diagnosis? Detachment. Occasionally Delusional. Outbursts of Anger. Traumatized. Dissociative Behavior. Chronic Liar. PTSD. Suicidal tendencies. Anxiety. Depression. Mildly Manic. Codependency. BPD. Acts of self sabotage. Drug use. Impulsive. Violence. Did I miss anything?

    My thoughts are, can you cure a psychopath? Should you? Can they only be managed? Do you have to manage it early? Farouk equated David with an abuser. So are psychopaths the same, or does the circumstance or context of the psychopathy matter?

“Psychopathy is a personality disorder that is exhibited by people who employ a combination of charm, manipulation, intimidation, and sometimes violence to control others, in order to satisfy their own selfish desires. It is estimated that approximately 1 percent of the adult male population in the U.S. are psychopaths. Men are more likely than women to be psychopaths.

Generally speaking, psychopaths are glib and charming and they use these attributes to manipulate others into trusting and believing in them. Because of their strong interpersonal skills, most psychopaths can present themselves quite favorably on a first impression and many function successfully in society. However, as explained by psychologist Dr. Paul Babiak and his colleagues, a number of the attitudes and behaviors common to psychopaths are distinctly predatory in nature and they tend to view others as either competitive predators or prey.

When psychopaths view others as prey, their lack of feeling and bonding to others allows them to have unusual clarity in observing the behavior of their intended victims. Moreover, they do not become encumbered by the anxieties and emotions that normal people experience in interpersonal encounters”

    I don’t believe David is a psychopath as of yet,(at least a criminal psychopath, there is a difference) but he can be. If he however is, then, no, he can’t be cured. Only managed. My hope, is that David isn’t a psychopath, just broken, and that there is hope for him and his mental health. We will see.

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💙R.J.RED ALDATMA LİSANSI💙 . . 💙Değersizlik duygusu ile başa çıkmaya çalışan Galina’nın, Rus Dış İstihbaratı SVR’ye girdikten sonra nefret, şehvet ve aşk üçgeninde psikolojik, fizyolojik ve cinsel yöntemleri birlikte kullanarak işlediği cinayet ve komploların sürükleyici bir şekilde anlatıldığı roman aynı zamanda aldatma- aldatılmanın temellerine inerken, olumsuz duyguların kafanızda silinip atılması ve sorunların çözümün nereden  başlamanız gerektiğini anlatan kişisel gelişim kitabı özelliği de taşımaktadır.Hayretler içinde ve soluksuzca okuyacagınız bir kitap👍👍Kitabın devamı olmalı bence.Kitap kurtları arkadaşlarım sizlerde okuyun😊👍Bu müthiş kitabimı okumamı sağladığın için yazarımız @r.j.red_author çok teşekkür ederim.😊🙏🙏 @postigayayinevi . . 💙Psikopatların vicdanı yoktur ve kendilerinden başka kimseye karşı empati,suçluluk ya da bağlılık duymazlar.(Paul Babiak ve Robert Hare) . . 💙Bir ilişkiyi az seven yönetir ,Çünkü çok seven kaybetme korkusundan her şeye olur der.(Erich Fromm) . . 💙Kırdığın yerden kırılacaksın... 💝Aşkla okuyoruz. 🥰 📸🖋👏Bu fotoğrafın ve yorumun sahibi @caglanin.kitaplari teşekkürler. 💘Aşkla okumak için takip etmelisiniz. 💖Konu etiketimizi #kitapokufotografcek takip edin ve kullanın 📖📝Gönderi ve hikayenizde bizi paylaş bizde kitaplarınızı paylaşalım. ✅#facebook gebzevecevresifotograflari #tumblr, #twitter,#1000kitap, #google ile tüm sosyal medyada heryerdeyiz #fotografcekkitapoku #kitap#kitapkurdu#yazar#edebiyat#kitaplar#kitapkokusu#okumahalleri#kitapaşkı#kitaptavsiyesi#kitapsevgisi#kitaplik#kitaplariyivar#kitapsever#kitapyurdu#okuyorum#kitapoku#instakitap#okudumbitti#kitapokuyorum#kitapyorumu#kitapaskı#kitapönerisi https://www.instagram.com/p/B7SeZfAJemV/?igshid=yskd35mx600c

[columnistmagazine]

American Psyche

Stuart Napier

Is the American world of business dominated by psychopaths? Is toxicity at the top endemic?

Constructed in the 1970’s by psychologist Robert D. Hare, the PCL-R, or ‘psychopath checklist’ in plain English, is a 20-point list used to spot psychopaths. It details common character traits of psychopaths and determines individuals as psychopaths if their responses reflect half of the checklist strongly. 

Psychopathy is a personality disorder associated with lack of empathy, egotistical behaviour, and lack of inhibitions. Psychopaths are said to be extremely cunning and manipulative individuals, thus, with these behavioural traits it is no surprise that a much higher number of criminals are psychopaths than the population at large: 15-25% for prisoners, but only 1% among the population at large.

However, there are possibly other societal domains in which psychopaths are vastly over-represented — one such area being the world of business. This is the position of Paul Babiak, who together with Robert D. Hare, creator of the checklist, published a book called Snakes in Suits. The corporate world could be a breeding ground for psychopathy, and as Babiak and Hare posit, not all psychopaths are criminals: some just desire money, fame, power or material possessions; the primary metric of success to many in a modern capitalist setting.  

The disconcerting thing about this is that one does not have to look far or wide to find examples of unsavoury individuals at the top of America’s business world — people whose ethics take a backseat in business. Needless to say, America is not unique here, but it features an infamous few characters to draw from. President Donald Trump rightly comes to mind here, ticking many checklist items: item 2, grandiose sense of self-worth; item 4, pathological lying; item 8, callous lack of empathy; item 13, lack of realistic long-term goals. Those are just the most immediately striking ones. Another prominent example is Martin Shkreli, hedge fund manager turned pharmaceutical CEO turned convicted felon. Briefly, Shkreli was public enemy number one in 2015 after his company, Turing Pharmaceutical, hiked the price of the drug Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per pill overnight, thus lacking empathy (item 8) would be a generous label. The ‘poster child of greed’, in Bernie Sanders’s words, is apparently an online provocateur, too, for soliciting assault in the view of one judge after offering $5,000 for a strand of Hillary Clinton’s hair on his Facebook page, resulting in his remand and being placed back in jail. Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud earlier in that year and currently awaits sentencing, which only paints him as a frightening figure for American business ethics.

Travis Kalanick, former CEO of taxi service Uber, is another name that could hardly be hailed as the finest bearer of ethical standards. He was pushed into resigning from the CEO position at Uber amid accusations of widespread misconduct and sexual harassment within the company —  with supposedly little done by Uber internally to hold him to account.  The toxic culture of Uber is well known in the business world and has been described to resemble a bar more than an office. Workplace cultures such as those reported at Uber appear unhealthy for many employees and leads one to wonder if the reason they exist is because they are healthy for the bottom line. Interestingly, Kalanick still holds a position on the board of Uber, now worth an estimated $60 billion.

Kalanick and Shkreli are not alone by any means. Despite being Time Magazine’s person of the year in 1999, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has been referred to as the world’s worst boss by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in 2014.  The general secretary of the ITUC said: “Jeff Bezos represents the inhumanity of employers who are promoting the North American corporate model”. Amazon is an innovator and clear market leader, therefore these practices must be effective, perhaps showing growing businesses who wish to imitate their success a dark path.

What remains to be answered is whether these people are the exceptions to the rule, or if this kind of behaviour is endemic. The answer may lie in looking more broadly at the system in which these people have thrived. Capitalism and free enterprise serve a function of filtering out weakness; poorly operated or inefficient businesses die out because they cannot be sustained or there is no demand for their existence.  What is left, when the only success metric is profit, is a system where greed, bending the rules and treating people badly is rewarded, and as Babiak and Hare convey, psychopaths will come and have a platform in which they prosper. Given the examples of American business leaders today, their insight could be more relevant than we may like.

Illustration by: Craig McEwan

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Jacqueline B. Arnold as La Chocolat, Robyn Hurder as Nini, Holly James as Arabia and Jeigh Madjus as Baby Doll from Moulin Rouge!. Photos: © Matthew Murphy, 2019

My Top Ten Theatrical Experiences of 2019

By Ross

So here goes. I’m not that good at making lists, especially in an order that defines saying one thing is slightly better or somewhat worse, because on any given day, the order and assigned number might shift around quite dramatically.  But on this cold NYC morning, this is what I was thinking. Of course, my special mentions are as long as this list of my top ten (by twice), but so be it.  I feel grateful every time I walk in the theatre, particularly since becoming an Outer Critics Circle voting member. There is just so much to love about New York City’s dynamic and eclectic theatre scene, and although I wanted to add a few from London, England, Washington, or Toronto, I tried my hardest to keep it tuned in to what is happening on Broadway and Off this calendar year. So disagree or agree. It’s all good, and let me know your thoughts. I always love hearing about someone’s passionate loves.

J.D. Mollison (center) and the cast of Octet. Photo by Joan Marcus.

10: Octet

“This one certainly got under my skin and had me thinking late into the night. It also forced me, quite intensely and wisely, to think twice before each and every impulse I had to look at my phone…It’s insanely beautiful and achingly real emotionality that forces itself on me even as I attempted to fall asleep after I got home from this enlightenment…The simpleness of this musical has one of the more important messages that the world seems to be desperate to hear and learn.” Full Review 

Danny Burstein. Photos: © Matthew Murphy, 2019.

9: Moulin Rouge!

“Truth. Beauty. Freedom. And above all things, Love. That’s what is splashed before our hungry eyes and ears at the Moulin Rouge! – The Musical decadently and gorgeously mashing together with high-wired spectacular spectacular-ness…Within this new musical, directed dynamically and deliciously…” Full Review

MaYaa Boateng and Roslyn Ruff. Photo by Henry Grossman.

8: Fairview

“Utterly fascinating and forceful play. Like a good food fight, it wildly throws out implied conventions and disturbing vantage points…It transitions dramatically into a heady examination of race, strongly held expectations, and white privilege. Layered on top is an upsettingly accurate internal dialogue…Directed with resolution and unabashed confidence…the piece pounds us forward dramatically, challenging us to overcome.” Full Review 

Heidi Schreck. What the Conststution Means to Me. Photo by Joan Marcus.

7: What the Constitution Means to Me

“As directed with a free-flowing and creative hand by Oliver Butler, it hits us deep and sharp, almost as complicated as the ripples of distrust and pain that strike through Schreck, shaking and overwhelming her composure that feels, most definitely, out of the box…It lightens my load, seeing the smart and funny ‘What the Constitution Means to Me,’ although my broken heart stays confused and perplexed in these trying times.” Full Review

James Jackson, Jr., John-Michael Lyles, Jason Veasey, Larry Owens (in red jacket and hat), Antwayn Hopper, John-Andrew Morrison, L Morgan Lee. Photo by Joan Marcus.

6: A Strange Loop

“Directed with crafty ingenuity…The thrills of that first number sent me into joyous giggles of delight and surprise. And it just kept getting deeper and smarter, wittier and wiser with each effervescent and boundary-free song. The show is like no other…There are times we don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or clap along to the sounds of this collision of hurt and humor, as the players all bring forth an authentic slap to each well crafted song.” Full Review 

Eva Noblezada, Andre De Shields, Reeve Carney. Photo credit: Matthew Murphy.

5: Hadestown

“The ‘Road to Hell’ has never been finer…With Mitchell’s spectacular retelling of the old Orpheus myth…It’s clear from the hot and fiery opening that…Chavkin has a pure vision of tense and muscular motion…The songs are beautiful…’Hadestown’ delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience, filled to overflowing with passion, artistry, and love, even as are hearts are crushed in the end by our human frailties.” Full Review 

Zawe Ashton, Charlie Cox, Tom Hiddleston in Pinter’s BETRAYAL at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre. Photo by Marc Brenner.

4: Betrayal

“A triangle built with a ballet-like precision within a circle against a long rectangular wall. This is the essence of this masterful revival. They are poised for interaction from that first visual, one by one, in pairs (for the most part), as directed with tight thoughtfulness by the gifted Jamie Lloyd.” Full Review

The full cast of SLAVE PLAY (On Ground L to R): Ato Blankson-Wood, James Cusati-Moyer, Sullivan Jones, Annie McNamara, Joaquina Kalukango, Paul Alexander Nolan. (In red boxes L to R): Irene Sofia Lucio and Chalia La Tour. (photo by Matthew Murphy)

3: Slave Play

“It’s provocative and uncomfortable, pushing boundaries and buttons that are hidden within every single soul in the theatre, daring us with staggering urgency to take notice and check our own prejudicial thoughts and politics…So sign up for this sexy and dynamic experiment and become engaged in a conversation that will likely continue long after the last group member leaves the stage.” Full Review

2: The Sound Inside

“The piece floats forward in segments, delicately ushering in the ideas of encapsulated loneliness and the acceptance of praise that resides within, ever so quietly…The two come together in a (Tony deserving) way that will haunt your imagination as you try to make sense of the imagined.” Full Review 

1: The Inheritance

“‘The Inheritance’ truly surprises us, moment to moment, with its tender power and strong parallel story-telling. It slides in almost unsuspecting, finding a way to deliver a heart breaking truth and an emotional reality that sends me, almost, over the edge. ” Full Review 

  Steven Skybell, Jennifer Babiak in Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. Photo by Matthew Murphy.

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order):

NYTW’s Sing Street, LCT’s Greater Clements, PH’s The Thin Place, Little Shop of Horrors, St. Ann’s Warehouse’s History of Violence, PH’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, ATC’s Blue Ridge, Public’s Sea Wall/A Life, ATC’s The Mother, St. Ann’s Oklahoma!, Gary: A Sequel…, Public’s White Noise, Rattlestick’s No One is Forgotten, LCT’s The Rolling Stone, Broadway Bounty Hunter, MCC’s The Wrong Man, 59E59’s Square Go, TNG’s one in two. I did not get a chance to see Fleabag or many others, as I only have me, and I do need to work occasionally and make some money to live and eat…And I have yet to see The Lehman Trilogy, but I will get my chance in the Spring. Along with the new West Side Story directed by Ivo van Hove and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker that started previews early December. I’m guessing they might make my Best of 2020.

Heroes of the Fourth Turning Written by Will Arbery Directed by Danya Taymor FEATURING Jeb Kreager — Justin Julia McDermott — Emily Michele Pawk — Gina Zoë Winters — Teresa John Zdrojeski — Kevin Scenic Design: Laura Jellinek Costume Design: Sarafina Bush Lighting Design: Isabella Byrd Sound Design: Justin Ellington Fight Direction: J. David Brimmer Production Stage Manager: Jenny Kennedy Assistant Stage Manager: Madolyn Friedman

Greater Clements LCT 11-09 257 Greater Clements, written by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Davis McCallum Lincoln Center Theater 11/13/19 Lighting Design: Yi Zhao Costume Design: Kaye Voice Scenic Design: Dane Laffrey Sound Design: Fitz Patton Photo Credit: T Charles Erickson © T Charles Erickson Photography tcepix@comcast.net

Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes

White Noise By Suzan-Lori Parks Directed By Oskar Eustis David Diggs Sheria Irving Thomas Sadoski Zoe Winters

#frontmezzjunkies gifts u his #bestof2019 #OctetNYC @MoulinRougeBway #TFANAFairview @TheatreforaNewA @constitutionbwy #astrangeloop @phnyc @hadestown @betrayalbwy @SlavePlayBway @nytw79 @SoundInsideBwy @Inheritanceplay My Top Ten Theatrical Experiences of 2019 By Ross So here goes. I'm not that good at making lists, especially in an order that defines saying one thing is slightly better or somewhat worse, because on any given day, the order and assigned number might shift around quite dramatically.

[rafapros]

Toma decisiones sin miedo. No hacerlo trae muy malas consecuencias.

Toma decisiones sin miedo. No hacerlo trae muy malas consecuencias.

  En este artículo quiero narrar dos casos reales que documentan lo pernicioso que puede ser, para una empresa u organización, no tomar la decisión adecuada a tiempo.

Dado que no soy psicólogo, primero quiero apoyarme en algunas opiniones y definiciones del Dr. PAUL BABIAK , psicólogo industrial organizacional:

Los psicópatas son maestros de la manipulación, invirtiendo mucho esfuerzo y habilidad…

[jimi-rawlings]

Hola Leonor, Princess of Asturias,

I use Game Theory and a Presentation Triad to create a new type of Psychopath to go with Impulsive Borderline Psychopathy.

Game Theory Psychopath & Forbes Triad

This is to make Psychopaths not only more appealing but more Marketable regardless of City of Origin. Game theory is a branch of decision theory focusing on interactive decisions, applicable whenever the actions of two or more decision makers jointly determine an outcome that affects them all. 10% of people in the financial services industry are psychopaths. And that’s a conservative estimate, according to Christopher Bayer, a Wall Street psychotherapist cited by DeCovny. Roughly 4% to as high as 12% of CEOs exhibit psychopathic traits, according to some expert estimates, many times more than the 1% rate found in the general population and more in line with the 15% rate found in prisons. In their ground-breaking 2006 book “Snakes in Suits,” Paul Babiak and Robert Hare were among the first to attempt to quantify the presence of corporate psychopaths in the C-suite. They estimated the rate of psychopathy in the executive suite to be 3.9%. Since the release of the book there has been much disagreement over the extent of the presence of psychopaths in corporate America with most other estimates landing between 8% and 12%. In a corporation, one’s ability to advance is determined in large measure by a person’s ability to favorably impress his or her direct manager. Unfortunately, certain of these psychopathic qualities – in particular charm, charisma, grandiosity (which can be mistaken for vision or confidence) and the ability to “perform” convincingly in one-on-one settings – are also qualities that can help one get ahead in the business world. In a recently-published article in the journal Personality Disorders, Emily Lasko, M.S., and I tested whether a very specific psychological process, impulse control, contributed to the development of 'successful' psychopathy. We analyzed data from the Pathways to Desistance study, which followed over 1,000 adolescents (who were convicted of serious criminal offenses) over multiple years to examine what factors predicted who would get convicted for re-offenses and who would not.

As adolescent participants in this study aged into young adults, their impulse control improved, a well-established trend in psychological development. But we went on to find that the more psychopathic traits these individuals had, the more quickly they developed impulse control. We even replicated this finding when we looked specifically at how they suppressed their aggressive urges, finding that more psychopathic individuals learned to inhibit their aggression at a faster rate. We then compared participants who were relatively successful (they didn't commit future criminal offenses) versus those who were relatively unsuccessful (they re-offended), we saw striking differences. Specifically, the successful individuals showed a link between psychopathy and impulse control development that was over twice as strong as those who continued to re-offend. The data were clear, successful psychopaths are those who learn to restrain their antisocial impulses. This critical role of impulse control supports the results of a survey of psychopathy experts who rated conscientiousness (a cluster of personality traits characterized by self-discipline and self-control) as the key differentiating factor between successful and unsuccessful psychopaths. There are a few important implications of these findings. One of which is that interventions that teach teens how to better control their impulses may help reduce the amount of adolescent criminal offending, but it may do so by helping psychopathic individuals learn to make their aggression more covert and insidious. For example, learning impulse control may help steer a psychopathic person away from grand theft auto and towards a Ponzi scheme. In the modern age, sociopaths and psychopaths are usually not the mass murderers that are sometimes portrayed in popular media (with exceptions). Instead, contemporary sociopaths and psychopaths may outwardly appear functional and successful. They instigate abuse and harm through more indirect and insidious means. In personal relationships, sociopaths and psychopaths often initially entice with their superficial charisma and calculated charm, before revealing their cruel and uncaring nature over time (i.e., after a committed relationship is established or an important agreement is made). They deceive, manipulate, and abuse in relationships without remorse, leaving their victims wounded and traumatized by their utter lack of decency and empathy. In their professional careers, higher-functioning sociopaths and psychopaths are nakedly ambitious, shrewdly exploitative, and ruthlessly aggressive. They often maneuver their way to positions of power and status in business, finance, politics, media, and other prominent fields. They attain success at the unethical expense of using and abusing others. This is to show the effect of Suitwear. - Sources: Harvard Business Review (Psychopaths on Wall Street), Forbes (The Disturbing Link Between Psychopathy And Leadership, The Psychopathic CEO), Psychology Today (How Do People Develop Into 'Successful' Psychopaths?) & (7 Characteristics of the Modern Psychopath)

Psychology

Game Theory Environment

Game theory is applied in a number of fields, including business, finance, economics, political science, and psychology

Triad Type - This is an Cognitive Effect Triad

Enclothed Cognition

Science says that the clothes we wear affect our behavior, attitudes, personality, mood, confidence, and even the way we interact with others. This is “Enclothed Cognition“

Dressed Up Effect

Nicholas Holtzman and Michael Strube of Washington University in St. Louis were interested in looking at the relationship between physical attractiveness and people’s tendencies towards narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. They wanted to find out whether these three traits, referred to as the “dark triad,” are associated with a greater ability to successfully enhance one’s physical appearance.

The dark triad score was positively correlated with their “dressed-up” attractiveness – a finding that mirrors previous findings

Halo Effect

The "halo effect" is when one trait of a person or thing is used to make an overall judgment of that person or things

Therapy

CBT Impulse Control and Conscientious

Self-discipline & Self-Regulation

personal, behavioral, and environmental

Frame Control and Body Language

Regards,

Adrian Blake-Trotman

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Washington, D.C.: the Psychopath Capital of America

By Derek Robertson, Politico, June 23, 2018

As Washington’s shock over winning the Stanley Cup demonstrates, the nation’s capital isn’t used to being first in anything. As a city, it’s not the oldest, nor the biggest, nor the richest. But finally, the capital has a claim to No. 1--and unfortunately, it’s not just in hockey.

Ryan Murphy, an economist at Southern Methodist University, recently published a working paper in which he ranked each of the states by the predominance of--there’s no nice way to put it--psychopaths. The winner? Washington in a walk. In fact, the capital scored higher on Murphy’s scale than the next two runners-up combined.

“I had previously written on politicians and psychopathy, but I had no expectation D.C. would stand out as much as it does,” Murphy wrote in an email.

When Murphy matched up the “constellation of disinhibition, boldness and meanness” that marks psychopathy with a previously existing map of the states’ predominant personality traits, he found that dense, coastal areas scored highest by far--with Washington dominant among them. “The District of Columbia is measured to be far more psychopathic than any individual state in the country,” Murphy writes in the paper. The runner-up, Connecticut, registered only 1.89 on Murphy’s scale, compared with the overwhelming 3.48 clocked by the District.

What’s going on? There’s one big structural reason: There tend to be more psychopathic personalities in denser areas, and the District of Columbia is denser than even the densest state, so it makes sense that it would top the list. But even when you correct the rankings for density, Murphy says, Washington still ranks first.

This, Murphy hypothesizes, is because psychopaths are attracted to the kinds of jobs Washington offers--jobs that reward raw ambition, a relentless single-mindedness and, let’s admit it, the willingness to step over a few bodies along the way. “Psychopaths have an awfully grandiose way of thinking about themselves, and D.C. has numerous means of seeking and attaining power,” he wrote in an email. The television critics who dismissed Netflix’s “House of Cards” as cartoonish and unrealistic--surely nobody could be that villainous-- may have a few apologies to make. “The presence of psychopaths in the District of Columbia is consistent with the conjecture … that psychopaths are likely to be effective in the political sphere,” Murphy writes in the paper.

To psychologists, a “psychopath” isn’t necessarily a Norman Bates or Patrick Bateman lurking with an ax in the shadows; it’s a person with a particular collection of antisocial traits, including a powerful sense of spite and an inability to consider the welfare of others. Murphy realized it might be possible to plot them on a map of America when he came across a forthcoming paper from psychologists at the University of Georgia and Purdue University that projects those antisocial traits onto the “Big Five” personality traits--openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism--which had already been mapped geographically. By combining those studies, he could get a rough idea of which areas have the most psychopathic personalities.

Psychologists study psychopathy because when it combines with other undesirable personality traits in what they call the “dark triad,” it can lead to dangerous and even criminal behavior. In their less dangerous form, the traits might combine in that person rudely elbowing past you on the Metro in the morning, or cutting the taxi line with a smirk, determined to get her way at your expense if necessary.

Among psychologists, it’s become accepted wisdom that psychopaths can be eerily effective in their given professions. Paul Babiak, a New York psychologist who specializes in business and management, developed, alongside the Canadian psychopathy pioneer Bob Hare, the B-Scan 360, a business tool intended to identify the psychopath in your workplace. According to some psychologists, there’s a good chance it’s the person in the corner office. “Their natural tendency is to be charming,” Babiak told a BBC documentary crew in 2011. “Take that charm and couch it in the right business language, and it sounds like charismatic leadership.”

The top five habitats for such people, by Murphy’s measure, are D.C., Connecticut, California, New Jersey, and New York and Wyoming tied for fifth. The five least psychopathic states are West Virginia, Vermont, Tennessee, North Carolina and New Mexico. (“This is a rare ranking of states where West Virginia is rated as ‘best,’” Murphy points out, “in the sense that psychopathy is generally viewed as a social bad.”)

If that sounds like a pattern, it is: The psychopath/nonpsychopath binary matches up, with a few exceptions, with the urban/rural divide, although there’s still disagreement among experts as to why. A psychopath map of the U.S. would also look quite a bit like the red-blue political map, with the red areas notably lower in psychopathy. (Though not universally: Vermont, a deep-blue state, is extremely low on the list, while red Wyoming is up in the top five.)

In a previous paper, impishly titled “Kissing Babies to Prove You Are Not a Psychopath”--which explored the motivations behind our collective need to witness our leaders displaying empathy--Murphy foreshadowed his findings here, writing that in a system designed to reward the power-hungry, voters are given the unenviable but important responsibility of weeding out the phonies.

Murphy’s findings might ring true to anyone in D.C. who’s found themselves on the wrong end of a ruthless bureaucratic knife-fighter, or just anyone who’s been cut off one too many times by a BMW in downtown Bethesda. On a national level, it raises the troubling question as to what it means to live in a country whose institutions are set up to reward some very dubious human traits. Like it or not, we’re more likely than not to wind up with some alarming personalities in positions of power.

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5 Qualities Malignant Narcissists Look For In Their Victims – And How They Use Them Against You

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5 Qualities Malignant Narcissists Look For In Their Victims – And How They Use Them Against You

Elliott Dunning

Being abused by a narcissist is never a victim’s fault, in any shape, way, or form. Anyone can be a target for an emotional predator – simply being human makes you vulnerable to these toxic types. That being said, it is important to acknowledge the traits that a narcissist looks for in a target so that victims can better protect themselves and cut ties earlier on, especially when they become aware that they’re being exploited.

Many of these traits are absolutely wonderful when they are given a chance to flourish in the context of a healthy relationship (and when moderated by appropriate self-care), but with a malignant narcissist, they can and will be used against you.

1. Conscientiousness.

Perhaps one of the most overlooked qualities narcissists look for is the ability to be conscientious. Conscientious individuals are concerned about the welfare of others and they follow through on their obligations to others. Since they make decisions based on their conscience, they are likely to project their own sense of morality onto the narcissist and assume that the narcissist too will follow through. Narcissists know that when victims are conscientiousness enough to worry about the needs of others, they can exploit that quality to serve them.

Malignant predators know that a conscientious person will give them the benefit of the doubt, will believe in granting them second chances, and will care about serving the narcissist’s needs even at the expense of their own. Narcissists are aware that for their targets, this form of caretaking is related to the “obligation” set up by the romantic relationship – and they trust that highly conscientious people want to fulfill that obligation, even if it places them in harm’s way.

“Disturbed characters most often target folks possessing two qualities they don’t posses: conscientiousness and excessive agreeableness (i.e. deference). So, it’s a solid conscience that makes you most vulnerable to narcissistic manipulation. Manipulators use guilt and shame as their prime weapons. But you have to have the capacity for shame and guilt for the tactics to work. Disturbed characters lack that capacity. Conscientious folks have it in spades.”  Dr. George Simon, Personalities Prone to Narcissistic Manipulation

2. Empathy.

The importance of having an empathic target cannot be underestimated. Narcissists do not get a good steady source of supply (praise, attention, resources, etc.) from anyone who lacks empathy. They themselves lack empathy, but their chosen targets often have a great deal of empathy. The emotional fuel that empathic individuals give the narcissist is necessary for them to feel in power and in control; otherwise, they essentially ���starve” and go on the hunt for another source of supply.

This empowering human trait can be used to disempower victims within the abuse cycle. Being willing to see the narcissist’s “perspective” even when he or she is abusing you is something the narcissist counts on in order to keep the cycle of abuse going. A highly empathic individual is also an ideal audience the narcissist’s pity ploys after abusive incidents.

Narcissists feel they can simply give a sob story or a faux apology to erase the abuse, because they know you will strive to rationalize their behavior and make excuses for their toxicity. They rely on your ability to forgive and sympathize with them, even after horrific incidents of mistreatment. By appealing to the empathy of their victims, malignant narcissists are able to escape accountability for their actions, each and every time. Empathic individuals tend to second-guess their decisions to hold the narcissist accountable because they may feel an extraordinary amount of guilt when they see the narcissist being punished (whether by law or society). So instead, they often feel compelled to protect their abusers rather than exposing them for who they are.

3. Integrity.

A person who keeps their word is incredibly attractive to a morally impoverished narcissist. Individuals with integrity have a wealth of attributes that narcissists feel they can exploit for their own gain. After all, if a victim feels it is not within their moral code to cheat or give up on a relationship preemptively, who benefits? The narcissist, who, on the other hand, has no such moral qualms.

While malignant narcissists feel little to no remorse for harming their victims, their victims feel morally apprehensive about retaliating, betraying the relationship in any way or stepping back from their perceived obligations to the narcissist. Their integrity, which can benefit them in relationships with other empathic, like-minded individuals, becomes ammunition in a relationship with a narcissist – a weapon used against them to destroy their sense of self and trust in the world.

4. Resilience.

The ability to “bounce back” from abusive incidents is something that (counterintuitively enough) strengthens the bond with a narcissist. Resilient individuals, such as childhood abuse survivors, make for remarkable supply for the narcissist because they are able to withstand an enormous amount of pain without giving up. This is a beautiful quality to have when it comes to tackling life’s adversity, but in an unhealthy abuse cycle, a survivor’s resilience gets used against him or her to keep them ensnared within the narcissist’s web of deceit.

After all, highly resilient individuals are unlikely to give up even after incidents of abuse – despite the fact that they may have an enhanced ability to detect threats in their environment. They will opt to ignore their instincts and be willing to fight for the relationship against all odds, adopting a “savior” or “fighter” mentality. They may even measure their love by the amount of cruelty they put up with. This is also due to the nature of the trauma bond that we develop with a toxic, abusive person.

5. A high degree of sentimentality.

A victim who is sentimental and loves deeply appeals to a narcissistic individual because he or she can use love-bombing (excessive flattery and praise used to groom a victim) to appeal to that person’s needs and desires with ease. As narcissists idealize their victims in the early stages of the relationship, they are able to secure their trust by appealing to their craving for love. They enjoy creating pleasurable memories that they know their victims will romanticize during the abusive periods of the relationship.

Narcissists enjoy toying with the emotions of their victims; they know they can mirror their victims intensely before they begin to withdraw, in order to create that fabricated “soulmate” effect which will leave their targets depleted and addicted to them. Sentimental, empathic individuals are perfect fodder for narcissists to work their malignant pickup artistry on. Narcissists know they can manipulate their target’s desire to find a meaningful relationship. This is an otherwise natural, human desire that is unfortunately perverted by malignant types.

“As interaction with you proceeds, the psychopath carefully assesses your persona. Your persona gives the psychopath a picture of the traits and characteristics you value in yourself. Your persona may also reveal, to an astute observer, insecurities or weaknesses you wish to minimize or hide from view. As an ardent student of human behavior, the psychopath will then gently test the inner strengths and needs that are part of your private self…The persona of the psychopath – the “personality” the person is bonding with – does not really exist. It was built on lies, carefully woven together to entrap you. It is a mask, one of many, custom-made by the psychopath to fit your particular psychological needs and expectations.” Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert Hare, Snakes In Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work

The good news? All of these strengths and qualities can also be used to detach yourself from the narcissist. You can use your high degree of empathy to practice compassion towards yourself and recognize that you are a divine human being who does not deserve to be mistreated. You can use your conscientiousness, integrity and belief in the good of humankind to connect with other individuals who can support you and who share your values. You can employ it to pursue the love that you truly deserve – with a person who actually has a conscience. Most importantly, you can utilize your resilience to become a survivor and thriver after narcissistic abuse and break the cycle, once and for all.

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5 Qualities Malignant Narcissists Look For In Their Victims – And How They Use Them Against You

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5 Qualities Malignant Narcissists Look For In Their Victims – And How They Use Them Against You

Elliott Dunning

Being abused by a narcissist is never a victim’s fault, in any shape, way, or form. Anyone can be a target for an emotional predator – simply being human makes you vulnerable to these toxic types. That being said, it is important to acknowledge the traits that a narcissist looks for in a target so that victims can better protect themselves and cut ties earlier on, especially when they become aware that they’re being exploited.

Many of these traits are absolutely wonderful when they are given a chance to flourish in the context of a healthy relationship (and when moderated by appropriate self-care), but with a malignant narcissist, they can and will be used against you.

1. Conscientiousness.

Perhaps one of the most overlooked qualities narcissists look for is the ability to be conscientious. Conscientious individuals are concerned about the welfare of others and they follow through on their obligations to others. Since they make decisions based on their conscience, they are likely to project their own sense of morality onto the narcissist and assume that the narcissist too will follow through. Narcissists know that when victims are conscientiousness enough to worry about the needs of others, they can exploit that quality to serve them.

Malignant predators know that a conscientious person will give them the benefit of the doubt, will believe in granting them second chances, and will care about serving the narcissist’s needs even at the expense of their own. Narcissists are aware that for their targets, this form of caretaking is related to the “obligation” set up by the romantic relationship – and they trust that highly conscientious people want to fulfill that obligation, even if it places them in harm’s way.

“Disturbed characters most often target folks possessing two qualities they don’t posses: conscientiousness and excessive agreeableness (i.e. deference). So, it’s a solid conscience that makes you most vulnerable to narcissistic manipulation. Manipulators use guilt and shame as their prime weapons. But you have to have the capacity for shame and guilt for the tactics to work. Disturbed characters lack that capacity. Conscientious folks have it in spades.”  Dr. George Simon, Personalities Prone to Narcissistic Manipulation

2. Empathy.

The importance of having an empathic target cannot be underestimated. Narcissists do not get a good steady source of supply (praise, attention, resources, etc.) from anyone who lacks empathy. They themselves lack empathy, but their chosen targets often have a great deal of empathy. The emotional fuel that empathic individuals give the narcissist is necessary for them to feel in power and in control; otherwise, they essentially “starve” and go on the hunt for another source of supply.

This empowering human trait can be used to disempower victims within the abuse cycle. Being willing to see the narcissist’s “perspective” even when he or she is abusing you is something the narcissist counts on in order to keep the cycle of abuse going. A highly empathic individual is also an ideal audience the narcissist’s pity ploys after abusive incidents.

Narcissists feel they can simply give a sob story or a faux apology to erase the abuse, because they know you will strive to rationalize their behavior and make excuses for their toxicity. They rely on your ability to forgive and sympathize with them, even after horrific incidents of mistreatment. By appealing to the empathy of their victims, malignant narcissists are able to escape accountability for their actions, each and every time. Empathic individuals tend to second-guess their decisions to hold the narcissist accountable because they may feel an extraordinary amount of guilt when they see the narcissist being punished (whether by law or society). So instead, they often feel compelled to protect their abusers rather than exposing them for who they are.

3. Integrity.

A person who keeps their word is incredibly attractive to a morally impoverished narcissist. Individuals with integrity have a wealth of attributes that narcissists feel they can exploit for their own gain. After all, if a victim feels it is not within their moral code to cheat or give up on a relationship preemptively, who benefits? The narcissist, who, on the other hand, has no such moral qualms.

While malignant narcissists feel little to no remorse for harming their victims, their victims feel morally apprehensive about retaliating, betraying the relationship in any way or stepping back from their perceived obligations to the narcissist. Their integrity, which can benefit them in relationships with other empathic, like-minded individuals, becomes ammunition in a relationship with a narcissist – a weapon used against them to destroy their sense of self and trust in the world.

4. Resilience.

The ability to “bounce back” from abusive incidents is something that (counterintuitively enough) strengthens the bond with a narcissist. Resilient individuals, such as childhood abuse survivors, make for remarkable supply for the narcissist because they are able to withstand an enormous amount of pain without giving up. This is a beautiful quality to have when it comes to tackling life’s adversity, but in an unhealthy abuse cycle, a survivor’s resilience gets used against him or her to keep them ensnared within the narcissist’s web of deceit.

After all, highly resilient individuals are unlikely to give up even after incidents of abuse – despite the fact that they may have an enhanced ability to detect threats in their environment. They will opt to ignore their instincts and be willing to fight for the relationship against all odds, adopting a “savior” or “fighter” mentality. They may even measure their love by the amount of cruelty they put up with. This is also due to the nature of the trauma bond that we develop with a toxic, abusive person.

5. A high degree of sentimentality.

A victim who is sentimental and loves deeply appeals to a narcissistic individual because he or she can use love-bombing (excessive flattery and praise used to groom a victim) to appeal to that person’s needs and desires with ease. As narcissists idealize their victims in the early stages of the relationship, they are able to secure their trust by appealing to their craving for love. They enjoy creating pleasurable memories that they know their victims will romanticize during the abusive periods of the relationship.

Narcissists enjoy toying with the emotions of their victims; they know they can mirror their victims intensely before they begin to withdraw, in order to create that fabricated “soulmate” effect which will leave their targets depleted and addicted to them. Sentimental, empathic individuals are perfect fodder for narcissists to work their malignant pickup artistry on. Narcissists know they can manipulate their target’s desire to find a meaningful relationship. This is an otherwise natural, human desire that is unfortunately perverted by malignant types.

“As interaction with you proceeds, the psychopath carefully assesses your persona. Your persona gives the psychopath a picture of the traits and characteristics you value in yourself. Your persona may also reveal, to an astute observer, insecurities or weaknesses you wish to minimize or hide from view. As an ardent student of human behavior, the psychopath will then gently test the inner strengths and needs that are part of your private self…The persona of the psychopath – the “personality” the person is bonding with – does not really exist. It was built on lies, carefully woven together to entrap you. It is a mask, one of many, custom-made by the psychopath to fit your particular psychological needs and expectations.” Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert Hare, Snakes In Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work

The good news? All of these strengths and qualities can also be used to detach yourself from the narcissist. You can use your high degree of empathy to practice compassion towards yourself and recognize that you are a divine human being who does not deserve to be mistreated. You can use your conscientiousness, integrity and belief in the good of humankind to connect with other individuals who can support you and who share your values. You can employ it to pursue the love that you truly deserve – with a person who actually has a conscience. Most importantly, you can utilize your resilience to become a survivor and thriver after narcissistic abuse and break the cycle, once and for all.

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Book Review - Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work

Book Review – Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132615.Snakes_in_Suits Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work by Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare Bruce‘s review Apr 23, 2017   The first two thirds of the book was quite good and entertaining. The latter third however moved too far afield the primary topic. My other complaint is that the editors didn’t edit. Too much repetition for me. It’s clear that Hare is…

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Corporate Psychopathy: Web Conversation with Dr. Paul Babiak

by David Kosson The recent economic slowdown and transitions that companies are going through are creating a favorable environment for corporate psychopaths. This was just one of the issues raised … https://t.co/xr7ZYp13lK via Psychopathy Genetics Facebook Page