Jon Ronson

The Psychopath Test

Notify me when the book’s added
To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate. How do I upload a book?
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    “Lots of successful people rebelled against their teachers or parents!” I had prompted. “There’s nothing wrong with that!”
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    got a dent in his car
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    “You’ve had some success. You’re like me. When you reach a certain level, jealous people go for you. Right? They lie about you. They try and cut you down. You did what you had to do to get where you’ve gone. We’re the same.”
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    “Screw them,” Al said. “They’re just jealous. You do what you have to do. So, you understand?”
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    And so the morning continued, with Al redefining a great many psychopathic traits as Leadership Positives.
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    “If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will. You’ve got to believe in you.”
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    “The people you work with are not your friends.”
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    If you need a friend, get a dog.
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    “Sociopaths love power. They love winning. If you take loving kindness out of the human brain, there’s not much left except the will to win.”
  • REINEhas quotedlast year
    One was Martha Stout, from the Harvard Medical School, author of The Sociopath Next Door. (You may be wondering what the difference is between a psychopath and a sociopath, and the answer is, there really isn’t one. Psychologists and psychiatrists around the world tend to use the terms interchangeably.) They are everywhere, she said. They are in the crowded restaurant where you have your lunch. They are in your open-plan office.
fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)