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Are you a Psychopath (Trust me it may be good for you)

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The word psychopath conjures a very fixed set of images in our head.   A  criminal mastermind, who gives in to his basic animal instincts with scant regard to morality and convention? The very mention of the word invokes strong and extreme reactions from everyone. The media and movies have ensured that this word has achieved much notoriety, but have you ever wondered,  what is a Psychopath, how does he think, what is his neural network and is there anything we can learn from this type of individual? Kevin Dutton in his book “The wisdom of Psychopaths “tries to answer some of these very questions and gives us a sneak peek in minds of criminally insane and slow-pulsed overachievers. At the outset let me say a word about the headline, personally, the moment I heard about the book, I had to read it. The dichotomy of the name itself was enough to attract me to find out more. Though at times technical, there are enough lessons for all of us to reflect and think about. ...