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The "Successful" Corporate Psychopath is a Myth 🧠

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We've been fed a massive lie by pop culture, the idea of the successful corporate psychopath. We used to think their cold calculation helped them climb the corporate ladder as ruthless, effective CEOs. Well, a brand new meta-analysis of over 49,000 people just proved this is a total myth. Psychopathy actually ruins performance.

It destroys team productivity and skyrockets sabotage. So why do psychopaths get promoted? Because they're masters of surface acting. They fake emotions and charm their leaders, managing upward while destroying their teams from the inside out. They don't succeed because they're good. They succeed because they're great at managing their image and creating optical illusions.

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