• bumblebee
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  • Registered: 2004-10-18

Topic: Is you boss a psychopath?

An article about psychopathy at work:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/96/open_boss.html

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  • Registered: 2004-04-21

Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

Most of our society is sick and it only gets worse at the top.

"Why wouldn't we want to screen them?" he asked. "We screen police officers, teachers. Why not people who are going to handle billions of dollars?"

Because they are part of a good-ole-boy network that is certainly not based on fine character traits.

  • From: aworld w/out invisible borders
  • Registered: 2005-06-09

Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

Why stop at the boss position?  What about people, corporations, society, media and politics?

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  • Registered: 2004-09-03

Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

Soloflecks wrote:

Most of our society is sick

It seems to me that the bulk of society just goes throughout their lives never questioning many things in some close-minded sort of 'mind-controlled' zombie state - and it's THAT type of behavior which I would more easily equate to psychopathy. Because they're faced with so much evidence in the world but still so desperately cling to their 'comfort zone' that they have completely lost touch with reality.

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  • Registered: 2005-08-20

Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

From all the crap I was subjected to in the game industry, corporate culture seems to suck that type of person in...

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Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

Test your Machiavellian aptitude: http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/1 … index.html

This survey itself measures only one thing -- whether you subscribe to the ideas of a 16th century Italian political philosopher. But experiments have shown that reactions to Machiavelli act as a kind of litmus test, delineating differences in temperament that can be confirmed with more traditional personality inventories. High Machs constitute a distinct type: charming, confident and glib, but also arrogant, calculating and cynical, prone to manipulate and exploit. (Think Rupert Murdoch, or if your politics permit it, President Clinton.)

True low Machs, however, can be kind of dependent, submissive and socially inept. So be sure to invite a high Mach or two to your next dinner party.

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Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

montalk wrote:

Test your Machiavellian aptitude: http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/1 … index.html

Hehe, ok.  Well Apparently I'm High at 67.  But honestly I met most of the questions with a response of *shrug* thus, neutral.  No clue what that means -- I guess I'm just a person who doesn't give a flying shoot about 80% of stuff! hah

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  • Registered: 2004-03-25

Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

Molto, molto interessante.

You may now invite me to your dinner parties...if you dare. wink

  • Registered: 2006-03-29

Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

I Osokin wrote:

I work for a multinational holiday company, where most of the employees live in constant fear of losing their jobs. You can feel the vibe as soon as you get to the office building.
In the management structure, Psychos abound. I try and love em all, it really confuses them and you can watch em try and work out what angle you are coming from.

LoL.  That's the one thing they have no counter-measure for.  Love.  Some may consider love as some woowoo fluffy bunny thing but really at it's basic it's understanding and acceptance.  To go farther it would be seeing each other person as just another expression of the Infinite Creator.

  • Registered: 2006-03-29

Re: Is you boss a psychopath?

Exactly.  It's not even done because it's the only counter measure.  It's done because it's part of who you've become after integrating the concepts of understanding and acceptance of ALL.

The other thing is that the love concept is no longer in the realm of the new-age ignore reality syndrome.  It's fully integrated with reality or else it's not real love.  All aspects of all situations involving all people are taken, internalized and balanced with their counter emotion and counter thought.  Then every interaction adds not just the current reality but also the counter balance for each nuance of the situation.  At some point, for me, this turned acceptance into appreciation due to the sheer amount of knowledge integration I was able to do in each moment.  Thus, my new motto;  Knowledge is Bliss.