almost true. they are near psychopaths. true psychopaths committ crimes and end up in jail. near psychopaths are likely to be highly focused and successful people. they also have the characteristic of making the lives of their employees, family and girl friends miserable with their controlling manner and excessive demands.
What characterizes the most successful people on Wall Street?
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Not all psychopaths are serial killers, there also generally clever and can hide what they are and pretend to get on with other people for there benefit.
My Ex was 1, had me fooled for years!
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Here’s a medical riddle: When is just a touch of a disease worse than the full-blown thing?
And here’s a hint: worse for whom? Suppose it’s not the sick person you’re worried about, but that individual’s friends, family, colleagues and clients? The authors of “Almost a Psychopath” suggest that people with just a few of the dangerous characteristics of a psychopath may take a greater toll on the community than those with the real diagnosis, only because the partly psychopathic are so much more pervasive and elusive.
“Psychopaths are part of our professional lives,” write the authors (Dr. Ronald Schouten has both law and medical degrees and is a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School; James Silver is a criminal defense lawyer). Most people, though, are unlikely to run into one of these career criminals; experts estimate that they constitute only about 1 percent of the population.
It is far more common to fall under the wheels of someone on the psychopathic spectrum, with enough of the charm, egoism, deceitfulness, aggression, manipulativeness and lack of empathy to ride blithely over the heads of others — and just enough normalcy to avoid detection. In fact, what these authors call “almost psychopaths” are also called “successful psychopaths,” because they often do quite well in life despite the gradual accumulation of victims in their wake."
Sociopath is nearly the same, just without the high IQ, therefore they can't fake being normal and don't end up in good jobs and more likely to be stupid and get caught doing crimes.
1% of population pyschopaths, 4% socipaths.
it is a line. it is doubtful that your wife was a full blown psychopath. full blow psychopaths usually reveal themselves.
Just Friend, then Fake Girlfriend to take my money knew her for 4 1/2 years.
Compulsive Liar, hated everyone but pretended otherwise, huge ego, super intelligent IQ 152, used to like discussing ways to kill mass people ( yep give away that for sure ), the list goes on.
That does not sound right at all. Is it possible that you have some misconceptions on this subject? Just a question
false-- freaking finance professors bring home $250k plus--- where do you get this false information??
This is a function of the limited context I've gained through the hiring process, but most attended good schools, can fly through brainteasers, write decent to quite good code, and are generally just excited about trading. Most prop traders I've met at good firms are very passionate about trading and decided to do trading around their junior/senior years in college despite grad school/investment banking/big tech offers. They're just generally very smart people as well.