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Nov 2022
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Understanding The Wisdom Of Psychopaths ...

Chris Williamson
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Dr Kevin Dutton is a psychologist, author, and elite performance consultant whose research focuses on persuasion and social influence, psychopathic personality and elite cognition. Psychopaths get a bad rap. Perhaps understandably. They have a branding problem to say the least. But there are some personality traits like emotional control, focus, drive and s ... Show More
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