Kevin Dutton

An analysis of what can be learned from psychopaths incorporates advances in brain scanning and neuroscience to illustrate the scale of mental health that impacts everyone, the role of functional psychopathic behaviors in success, and the misunderstandings that impact treatments.

What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Andy McNab

What is a good psychopath? And how can thinking like one help you to be the best that you can be? Professor Kevin Dutton has spent a lifetime studying psychopaths. He first met SAS hero Andy McNab during a research project. What he found surprised him. McNab is a diagnosed psychopath but he is a GOOD PSYCHOPATH. Unlike a BAD PSYCHOPATH, he is able to dial up or down qualities such as ruthlessness, fearlessness, conscience and empathy to get the very best out of himself – and others – in a wide range of situations. Drawing on the combination of Andy McNab’s wild and various experiences and Professor Kevin Dutton’s expertise in analysing them, together they have explored the ways in which a good psychopath thinks differently and what that could mean for you. What do you really want from life, and how can you develop and use qualities such as charm, coolness under pressure, self-confidence and courage to get it? The Good Psychopath Manifesto gives you a unique and entertaining road-map to self-fulfillment both in your personal life and your career.

The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success

From the malign but fascinating powers of psychopaths, serial killers and con men to the political genius of Winston Churchill - via the grandmasters of martial arts, Buddhist monks, magicians, advertisers, salesmen, CEOs and frogs that mug each other - this book explores what science can teach us about the techniques of persuasion.

The Art of Split-second Persuasion

Flipnosis

A groundbreaking and timely book about how evolutionary biology can explain our black-and-white brains, and a lesson in how we can escape the pitfalls of binary thinking. Several million years ago, natural selection equipped us with binary, black-and-white brains. Though the world was arguably simpler back then, it was in many ways much more dangerous. Not coincidentally, the binary brain was highly adept at detecting risk: the ability to analyze threats and respond to changes in the sensory environment—a drop in temperature, the crack of a branch—was essential to our survival as a species. Since then, the world has evolved—but we, for the most part, haven’t. Confronted with a panoply of shades of gray, our brains have a tendency to “force quit:” to sort the things we see, hear, and experience into manageable but simplistic categories. We stereotype, pigeon-hole, and, above all, draw lines where in reality there are none. In our modern, interconnected world, it might seem like we are ill-equipped to deal with the challenges we face—that living with a binary brain is like trying to navigate a teeming city center with a map that shows only highways. In Black-and-White Thinking, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton pulls back the curtains of the mind to reveal a new way of thinking about a problem as old as humanity itself. While our instinct for categorization often leads us astray, encouraging polarization, rigid thinking, and sometimes outright denialism, it is an essential component of the mental machinery we use to make sense of the world. Simply put, unless we perceived our environment as a chessboard, our brains wouldn’t be able to play the game. Using the latest advances in psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, Dutton shows how we can optimize our tendency to categorize and fine-tune our minds to avoid the pitfalls of too little, and too much, complexity. He reveals the enduring importance of three “super categories”—fight or flight, us versus them, and right or wrong—and argues that they remain essential to not only convincing others to change their minds but to changing the world for the better. Black-and-White Thinking is a scientifically informed wake-up call for an era of increasing extremism and a thought-provoking, uplifting guide to training our gray matter to see that gray really does matter.

The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World

Black-and-White Thinking

Ermisler, Casuslar ve Seri Katillerden Hayat Dersleri

Olagan Psikopatlar

Olağan Psikopatlar

Over thirty different examples of situations and ideas to show you how you can change your approach and change your life . . . Looking to nail an INTERVIEW? Want to make a better first impression on a DATE? Trying to make your MONEY go further? Bet you never thought being a bit more PSYCHOPATH could be the answer. Time to grab that bullsh*t by the horns! Dr KEVIN DUTTON studies psychopaths and his latest subject is SAS hero ANDY MCNAB. Andy’s a bit different, he’s a GOOD PSYCHOPATH. He can control qualities like decisiveness, ruthlessness and fearlessness to get the BEST out of himself and life. Together, this unlikely duo has established what they call the SEVEN DEADLY WINS, the good psychopathic quirks that can help make you more SUCCESSFUL. And now it’s time to put their theories to the test. SORTED! THE GOOD PSYCHOPATH’S GUIDE TO BOSSING YOUR LIFE offers a new approach to the everyday to help you get more out of life than it gets out of you.

The Good Psychopath’s Guide to Bossing Your Life

Sorted!

Over thirty different examples of situations and ideas to show you how you can change your approach and change your life . . . Looking to nail an INTERVIEW? Want to make a better first impression on a DATE? Trying to make your MONEY go further? Bet you never thought being a bit more PSYCHOPATH could be the answer. Time to grab that bullsh*t by the horns! Dr KEVIN DUTTON studies psychopaths and his latest subject is SAS hero ANDY MCNAB. Andyâe(tm)s a bit different, heâe(tm)s a GOOD PSYCHOPATH. He can control qualities like decisiveness, ruthlessness and fearlessness to get the BEST out of himself and life. Together, this unlikely duo has established what they call the SEVEN DEADLY WINS, the good psychopathic quirks that can help make you more SUCCESSFUL. And now itâe(tm)s time to put their theories to the test. SORTED! THE GOOD PSYCHOPATHâe(tm)S GUIDE TO BOSSING YOUR LIFE offers a new approach to the everyday to help you get more out of life than it gets out of you.

How to Own Your Day-to-Day the Psychopath Way

Sorted! - The Good Psychopath's Guide to Bossing Your Life

Nominated as a NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB must-read by curators ADAM GRANT, SUSAN CAIN, DANIEL PINK and MALCOLM GLADWELL 'Fascinating, important and entirely convincing.' SIR PHILIP PULLMAN 'Essential insights into the character of human choice and decision-making.' ROBERT CIALDINI, bestselling author of Influence __________ A groundbreaking and timely book about how evolutionary biology can explain our black-and-white brains, and a lesson in how we can escape the pitfalls of binary thinking. We isolate ourselves from people who are not the same as us. We refuse to listen to the other side of the argument. We think in black and white - them or us, left or right, Leave or Remain - and dangerous possibilities arise. The Alt Right. ISIS. Brexit. Trump. Our hardwired binary brains have led to increasingly polarized beliefs and a rising tide of religious intolerance and political extremism. But by understanding our evolutionary programming we can learn how to see the grey areas and make rational sense of a complex world. In this alarm call for a better future, Oxford University psychologist Dr Kevin Dutton argues for a world in which we make subtler - and far better - decisions. __________ 'Kevin Dutton is a Special Forces style psychologist. Daring. Original. All-action. No nonsense.' SIR RANULPH FIENNES

The burden of a binary brain in a complex world

Black and White Thinking

binarny mózg jako balast w skomplikowanym świecie

Myślenie czarno-białe

" Todos nós temos tendências psicopatas. E talvez o segredo do sucesso esteja no nosso lado mais sombrio. A sociedade em que vivemos está mais psicopática do que nunca. Afinal, esse comportamento é caracterizado pela ausência de medo, pela confiança extrema, pelo charme, distanciamento e foco - qualidades que se encaixam com perfeição no ideal de triunfo do século XXI. Em A sabedoria dos psicopatas, o renomado psicólogo Kevin Dutton mergulha na vida e no comportamento de indivíduos que receberam esse rótulo. Segundo o autor, há ""psicopatas funcionais"" entre nós, que - diferentemente dos assassinos - utilizam suas personalidades distantes, afiadas e carismáticas para ter sucesso. Em determinadas áreas, para surpresa geral, quanto mais ""psicopata"" for o indivíduo, maiores serão suas chances de sucesso. Durante o processo de pesquisa para este livro, Dutton entrou em contato com os internos da ala de segurança máxima de um hospital de custódia, entrevistou um dos estelionatários mais bem-sucedidos do mundo e passou por uma estimulação magnética transcraniana para descobrir, em primeira mão, como é ver o mundo pelos olhos de um psicopata. Ao analisar os avanços mais recentes da neurociência e da neuroimagem, o autor demonstra que um neurocirurgião brilhante com pouca empatia tem mais em comum com alguém que mata por prazer do que gostaríamos de admitir. Esta obra é fruto do trabalho minucioso de Kevin Dutton, que, por meio de entrevistas ousadas e pesquisas científicas inéditas, busca desconstruir o frequentemente mal interpretado diagnóstico de psicopatia. A sabedoria dos psicopatas revela que talvez o segredo do sucesso esteja em nosso lado mais sombrio, em uma escala de ""loucura"" na qual todos temos algum lugar. "

O que santos, espiões e serial killers podem nos ensinar sobre o sucesso

A sabedoria dos psicopatas

din experienţa de viaţă a sfinţilor, spionilor şi criminalilor în serie

Înţelepciunea psihopaţilor

When Grey Matter and Grey Matters Collide

Dutton argues that there are indeed "functional psychopaths" among us - different from their murderous counterparts - who use their detached, unflinching, and charismatic personalities to succeed in mainstream society, and that shockingly, in some fields, the more "psychopathic" people are, the more likely they are to succeed. Dutton deconstructs this often misunderstood diagnosis through bold on-the-ground reporting and original scientific research as he mingles with the criminally insane in a high-security ward, shares a drink with one of the world's most successful con artists, and undergoes transcranial magnetic stimulation to discover firsthand exactly how it feels to see through the eyes of a psychopath.

La sabiduría de los psicópatas : todo lo que los asesinos en serie pueden enseñarnos sobre la vida

  Cartea aceasta este despre un soi special de persuasiune care are o perioadă de incubație de numai câteva secunde și poate dezarma instantaneu până și cea mai pătrunzătoare minte. Este centura neagră la controlul minții. Nu doar ca întoarce roata, o dinamitează cu totul.
 De la maligna, dar fascinanta putere a psihopaților, a ucigașilor în serie și a escrocilor până la geniul politic al lui Winston Churchill - trecând prin maeștrii ai artelor marțiale, călugări budiști, magicieni, comici, vânzători, CEO și broaște care se fraieresc reciproc - sclipitor de originala carte a lui Kevin Dutton explorează tot ceea ce ne poate învăța știinta în materie de tehnici de persuasiune.

Arta manipulării

Gandirea in alb si negru. Povara alegerilor binare intr-o lume complexa

Fraser Watts

Each world faith tradition has its own distinctive relationship with science, and the science-religion dialogue benefits from a greater awareness of what this relationship is. In this book, members of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) offer international and multi-faith perspectives on how new discoveries in science are met with insights regarding spiritual realities.The essays reflect the conviction that “religion and science each proceed best when they’re pursued in dialogue with each other, and also that our fragmented and divided world would benefit more from a stronger dialogue between science and religion.” In Part One, George F. R. Ellis, John C. Polkinghorne, and Holmes Rolston III, each a Templeton Prize winner, discuss their views on why the science and religion dialogue matters. They are joined in Part Two by distinguished theologians Fraser Watts and Philip Clayton, who place the dialogue in an international context; John Polkinghorne’s inaugural address to the ISSR in 2002 is also included. In Part Three, five members of the ISSR look at the distinctive relationships of their faiths to science: •Carl Feit on Judaism •Munawar Anees on Islam •B.V. Subbarayappa on Hinduism •Trinh Xuan Thuan on Buddhism •Heup Young Kim on Asian Christianity George Ellis, the recently elected second president of ISSR, summarizes the contributions of his colleagues. Ronald Cole-Turner then concludes the book with a discussion of the future of the science and religion dialogue.

Voices from the International Society for Science and Religion

Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters

How many times a day do you think someone tries to persuade you? Twenty? Thirty? In reality it's more like 400. When you imagine a society based on coercion you start to see how important persuasion is; it literally keeps us alive. Now psychologist Kevin Dutton has identified a powerful strain of immediate, instinctual persuasion, an elixir of influence that can immediately help you disarm skeptics, win arguments, close the deal, get the guy. Mapping the cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience of this incisive new influence, he introduces us to the natural super-persuaders in our midst--Buddhist monks, magicians, advertisers, con men, hostage negotiators, even psychopaths. He shows us which simple triggers can make someone trust you immediately; what hidden pathways in the brain lead us to believe something even when we know it's not true; how group dynamics can make us more tolerant or deepen our extremism; and what we can learn from newborns about winning arguments. Dutton's fascinating and provocative book will help anyone tap into the power of split-second persuasion. -- Cover.

The Ancient Art and New Science of Changing Minds

Split-Second Persuasion

Psychopath. The word conjures up images of serial killers, rapists, suicide bombers, gangsters. But think again: you could probably benefit from being a little more psychopathic yourself. Psychologist Kevin Dutton has made a speciality of psychopathy, and is on first-name terms with many notorious killers. But unlike those incarcerated psychopaths, and all those depicted in movies and crime fiction, most are not violent, he explains. In fact, says Prof. Dutton, they have a lot of good things going for them. Psychopaths are fearless, confident, charismatic and focused--qualities tailor-made for success in today's society. The Wisdom of Psychopaths is an intellectual rollercoaster ride that combines lightning-hot science with unprecedented access to secret monasteries, Special Forces training camps, and high-security hospitals. In it, you will meet serial killers, war heroes, financiers, movie stars and attorneys--and discover that beneath the hype and popular characterization, psychopaths have something to teach us.

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