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That’s a very good trait to have success in business.
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
That’s a very good trait to have success in business.
- ModernMech 7y agoI linked to this in another thread today. Relevant even more here: https://www.psychology.org.au/news/media_releases/13September2016/Brooks/ https://www.psychology.org.au/news/media_releases/13Septembe... "One study of 261 corporate professionals in the supply chain management industry showed extremely high prevalence rates of psychopathy, with 21% of participants found to have clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits - a figure comparable to prison populations."
- christkv 7y agoSo there is a 21% chance according to that study that Tim Cook is a psychopath :)
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoAre you sure that having significant psychopathic traits is the same as being a psychopath?
- tekdude 7y agoThat is how the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) works. Psychologists identify people exhibiting similar disordered behavior, then they extrapolate underlying traits that are likely related to that disorder. The disorder and the traits get published in the DSM, with the guidelines of, "Subjects who exhibit N of these traits can be designated a psychopath."
- dchyrdvh 7y agoThe goal of business is to undermine competitors. It's hard to imagine a good person with such mindset.
- battery_cowboy 7y agoThe goal used to be too provide a good or service that people need and exchange them for a fair price so you can survive. Now, business has been turned into a way to fuck other people over so you can get more resources than you'll need for 1000 lifetimes.
- dchyrdvh 7y agoThe goal has ever been making as much as possible while giving as little as possible. That's how it's been since humans developed ego. You're describing business between post-ego humans also known as saints. We don't have many of those yet.
- Animats 7y agoYes, unfortunately. See "Assholes, a Theory", by Aaron James, a serious book on this topic.
- seppin 7y agoA good businessperson only makes a sale if the person on the other end will come back for more.
- sigkill 7y agoUnless of course, you can drown it out by sheer volume of sales.
- seppin 7y agoThe traveling huckster model breaks down eventually too, there's only so many people you can scam. Also, that life isn't a good one.
- yellow_postit 7y agoAt internet scale though you can get pretty far and if a new huckster is born every minute then it’s a revolving door of trolling. State sponsored money can’t hurt either.
- NortySpock 7y agoBut only if repeat business is relatively frequent. This isn't particularly true for durable goods sellers or people who sell one-off things. Is the car salesman ever going to see you again? Is the realtor ever going to see you again? Is the mattress store salesman ever going to see you again? Is the artist who sells you band merch or paintings going to see you again? Probably not.
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- KarlKemp 7y agoIt's not. Good businesses thrive with their customers/employees/other stakeholders. You're thinking of slavers, or the mafia.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoRead biographies of famous business people. You will find them full of stories where they act in a very cruel manner if it benefits them.