Makes for a pretty good opening of a text: «Traits that are common among psychopathic serial killers…are also shared by politicians and world leaders.» It only gets better after that. Go read it.

From Weekly Filet #88, in October 2012.

What Psychopaths Teach Us about How to Succeed

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