Taming Toxic People
The Science of Identifying and Dealing with Psychopaths at Work & at Home
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Taming Toxic People
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Narrated by:
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Sam Haft
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By:
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David Gillespie
About this listen
Psychopaths are everywhere. They are your toxic boss, controlling boyfriend, lazy colleague, annoying mother-in-law and negligent friend - the person who gets away with bad behaviour time and time again. While often superficially charming, they are also rude, aggressive, manipulative, duplicitous and dishonest.
Five per cent of the population is psychopathic, which means they are missing the critical human ingredient of empathy. Because they are programmed to put themselves first, these people routinely disrupt and even destroy relationships and organisations, seemingly without consequence.
Drawing on the latest science, bestselling author David Gillespie offers a detailed and practical guide to identifying the psychopath in your midst, then managing the behaviour to minimise the effect on your family, workplace, friendship group or community organisation.
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That aside it was an interesting book about toxic people but I didn't find the chapter on dealing with toxic family members informative enough, as I have a family member who lacks empathy and is toxic (but isn't a psychopath), and dealing with them is much more complex than the tips provided. Nevertheless I found the part about these people being unsocialized, with the temperament of toddlers and a developmental stage they haven't grown out of informative and relevant.
I'd also critize the authors suggestion that communal societies are worse places for psychopaths. He cites South America and Indonesia where I live but these societies have weak judicial systems which facilitate corruption on a grand scale, and thus the psychopath. But the authors observation that they thrive in the Corporate world in the West I'd agree with.
The next book I'll read about psychopaths I'll make sure is written by a psychologist as I found it disconcerting listening to facts about psychopaths made up by the author and used too generally to describe anyone who is simply toxic, unempathetic and difficult.
Interesting in places but not scientific
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Exceptional
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Brilliant from beginning to end !!!
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