tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post6046583106448158882..comments2024-03-22T00:35:19.082-07:00Comments on Casual Kitchen: CK Friday Links--Friday December 20, 2013Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-37862194711775295542013-12-20T09:36:09.752-08:002013-12-20T09:36:09.752-08:00Really liked the ThinkProgress piece. It's ea...Really liked the ThinkProgress piece. It's easy to focus on the quotidien negative, but when you can stand back and take the long view there is no doubt things are getting better. :-)chacha1http://www.ombailamos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-89213482936715915702013-12-20T08:06:51.601-08:002013-12-20T08:06:51.601-08:00Thanks for the mention! Thanks for the mention! Owlhavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08914960326214046859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-88430555253389594032013-12-20T07:36:10.882-08:002013-12-20T07:36:10.882-08:00Spectacular comment Stuart. Really interesting rea...Spectacular comment Stuart. Really interesting reading of that article. As an occasional (and hopefully non-psychopathic?) Forbes reader myself, I'd agree that they have a demographic to appeal to, and it's going to be corporate/C-suite people, or at least people aspiring to the C-suite realm. <br /><br />But all that aside, my reading of this article is much more literal than yours, I suppose. In fact, I found the information useful in particular in the investment and personal finance domain--where you have to get past your mistakes, you have to operate in an "alone" environment, you have to take calculated risks, etc. In this domain (at least in my life) this advice is *literally* true. <br /><br />DKDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-22360576141450254732013-12-20T06:21:36.065-08:002013-12-20T06:21:36.065-08:00That Forbes article is horrific. As I looked down ...That Forbes article is horrific. As I looked down the list I couldn't help thinking about the studies reviewing the levels of psychopathy in C-level personnel, and half of that list panders to that personality type.<br /><br />To paraphrase the first part of the list, the part that immediately set off alarms in my head:<br />1. Lack of self-awareness.<br />2. Lack of empathy.<br />3. Impulsiveness.<br />4. Emotional shallowness.<br />5. Grandiose self-worth.<br />6. Calculating manipulativeness.<br />7. Superficiality.<br />These are core parts of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist, the gold standard for assessing psychopathic personality types.<br /><br />And OF COURSE Forbes' customers loved that kind of list, because they are psychopaths themselves and they see a nice list apparently praising them for the issues that led to the economic meltdown, provided conveniently by their own peer group magazine.<br /><br />Everything about that article has left a really bad taste in my mouth.Stuart Carterhttp://www.addictedtocanning.comnoreply@blogger.com