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Be A Good Psychopath And Achieve More Success

by Trey Morgan
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Just read a a book by Dr. Kevin Dutton called the Good Psychopaths Guide To Success.


Now I'm reading his book called the Wisdom of Psychopaths.


The point is, there is actually a lot we can learn from psychopaths.


Another interesting thing I learned is that a lot of successful entrepreneurs, salesman, presidents, policemen, lawyers, and doctors have a lot of traits you would find in a typical psychopath.


People think psychopaths are just freaky crazy people that don't belong in society, but that doesn't change the fact that psychopaths have some character traits that we could use to achieve success on life.


However, the key is to harness the good traits of psychopaths and stay as far away as possible from the bad traits.


Here are 7 Psychopath traits that will benefit you on your journey to success



  • Charm - Ability to communicate with people and attract them with your words.
  • Ruthlessness - Willing to stand for something and not compromise until you get what you want or get your point across (you can be ruthless while still being ethical, just don't do anything illegal, or immoral)
  • Fearlessness - Ability to embrace fear and do what you have to do despite the feelings of fear
  • Mental Toughness - Ability to manage your emotions and your state in tough times
  • Focus - Ability to make a decision or choice and keep your eye on the target despite daily distractions
  • Willingness To Fail - Awareness of the potential of failure, embarrassment, or any other negative emotion but still having the willingness to take action despite the possibility of failure. (If you're willing to fail and act in spite of failure, you will achieve success faster)
  • Action Taker - Ability to stop thinking and over-thinking and just take the first step, then the second step, and so on and so forth until you reach your goal


If you're lacking any of these traits, make an effort to start developing these traits daily.


Think about some successful people that you admire, I guarantee they have at least 6 out of the 7 traits I just listed.
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  • Profile picture of the author RealSocialSignals
    The problem with character traits and definitions is that they partake from the same "attitude pool" common to all of humanity. Just becuase a dr. wrote a book on something it doesn't make the content actual and real. Heck, in a few years I'll be getting my Dr. and trust me when I say that it's just a further specialization, it doesn't make you the voice of providence.

    Regarding this topic precisely, there used to be a sentence: All that is human is familiar to me.
    This means it's more a question of frequency of behaviour. And behaviour depends on situation and interlocutors. Imagining a person with a limited baseline is more of a caricatture than an actual person.
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by RealSocialSignals View Post

      The problem with character traits and definitions is that they partake from the same "attitude pool" common to all of humanity. Just becuase a dr. wrote a book on something it doesn't make the content actual and real. Heck, in a few years I'll be getting my Dr. and trust me when I say that it's just a further specialization, it doesn't make you the voice of providence.

      Regarding this topic precisely, there used to be a sentence: All that is human is familiar to me.
      This means it's more a question of frequency of behaviour. And behaviour depends on situation and interlocutors. Imagining a person with a limited baseline is more of a caricatture than an actual person.

      Hey man I respect your observations.


      I happened to enjoy the book, and I feel as though the psychopathic character traits that are mentioned in the "Wisdom of Psychopaths" are the same character traits you will find in highly successful and productive people in this world.


      So, if you don't have at least 5 of the 7 character traits mentioned, you need to focus on personal development (if you're serious about achieving high levels of success).
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      • Profile picture of the author RealSocialSignals
        That is a great comeback. Especially since we were talking about developing psychopathic traits.
        I rescpet your opinion as well.

        I will try to reccomend this page to a few of my friends.
        Let's all develop ourselves and humanity in the process.
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  • Profile picture of the author jmferret
    I've read many works on the matter and common agreement is it's more related to sociopaths (in simple language, people who are ready to step over the moral boundaries to achieve their goals).

    Psychopaths are generally trouble waiting to happen.

    But frankly I disagree with both theories, because moral standards are subjective.
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  • Profile picture of the author tobyjensen
    CEO’s, lawyers, and entertainment personalities are where psychopaths show up the most. The power, the certainty, and the popularity combined with the wealth are what draw those people into those professions. But it reality is also creates them. Many well-meaning people often start out just being ambitious but in the competitive nature of the workplace they are pressured into becoming something else.

    Oh, and men don’t make the workplace that way. It is the natural result of competition.

    In agreement with the thoughts so far. Keep the good (taking care of yourself, pushing for ever higher standards, etc.) and stay balanced to avoid turning into a machine.

    Also, competition is not all bad either just because it produces psychopaths. It shows us what works while producing at higher levels. Life improves because of competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrew Leatherland
    It's an excellent book and goes some way to make the distinction between good psychopaths and bad ones.

    Part of the way it does that is working with ex SAS member "Andy McNab" . For those who don't know him he rose to fame after writing the book Bravo Two Zero. The book came about after he examined McNab and found he had similar traits of psychopaths in terms of his reactions to extreme stimuli but that he could dial up or down his responses.

    A big part of the book focuses on not getting hung up on those external factors that cause us to flinch from taking action and what it is in the mind that is causing that to happen. We hesitate, stop or back up from things that if we went forward would result in success because of what we put in the way mentally and often we rationalise that many of those hesitations are good but that isn't necessarily true.

    Just because it's about psychopathic traits I recommend giving it a go because it's not a book about being a nasty piece of work.
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