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The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success

By: Andy McNab, Kevin Dutton
Narrated by: Andy McNab, Kevin Dutton
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If you are bored and unfulfilled by dry and overly worthy self-help manuals, then this is the book for you! Read this and take a very different look at yourself!

Former SAS hero Andy McNab and eminent psychologist Professor Kevin Dutton are unlikely partners. As Oxford academic and bestselling author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths, Kevin Dutton has plenty of experience of psychopaths, but he’d never met anyone quite like Andy McNab, decorated war hero and special forces warrior. And although they took very different paths on their roads through life, their personal stories are remarkably similar.

Together they decided to explore the subject of the psychopathic condition using a unique combination of McNab’s personal experiences of 20 years in the army and Dutton’s ability to analyse them. In their words, McNab pulls the trigger, Dutton explains why the gun goes bang!

This book sets out to answer two main questions: What is a GOOD PSYCHOPATH? And how can you use the positive attributes of that psychology to be the ‘best that you can be’ In order to do so, they have created a Psychopath Manifesto, an alternative set of rules for life, which begins by asking ‘what do you really want from life’ and ‘what does success look like to you’?

It then offers a candid and penetrating insight into those questions viewed using Dutton’s expertise through the prism of Andy McNab’s wild and various career. It aims to provide an unusual and entertaining roadmap to self-fulfillment whether in your personal life, your business life or your social life.

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Would you listen to The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success again? Why?

I really enjoyed this book. I've read most of Andy's books since 'Bravo Two Zero', and this one is very different, as with Kevin's input, providing the background to Andy's perspective and thoughts, it has a more scientific element. There are plenty of little nuggets of information that are very useful and could be used by the reader to enhance their lives. It is written in Andy's inimitable style, as some of the language used in the book is a little blunt and coarse.

It all seems to come down to an ability to seize an opportunity when it exists, without fear of the consequences for others. In other words the psychopath just does something (often with purpose and planning) without much conscience, agonising or consideration. He or she just sees that "the opportunity is there" and "if I don't take it someone else will." and "it's what has to be done." I felt that this book was aimed at giving you confidence in yourself and for you to believe in your own decisions? It's a more rigorously intellectual approach to decision making, but pros weigh more than cons, opportunities more than threats. In some scenarios getting our feelings out of the way is very useful, in others getting our thoughts and feelings to work together is a saner approach

There's an interesting, and rather different approach to life described in this book, particularly around making decisions and taking actions. It may not be everyone's way of working, but you can learn a lot from this approach. I would not recommend that everyone who reads this book implement all the ideas Andy and Kevin discuss in this book, but there are certainly some great little ideas that most people could use to enhance their lives and make some big improvements.

A must read!

What other book might you compare The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success to, and why?

Nothing like it to compare with.

Have you listened to any of Andy McNab and Kevin Dutton ’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No - just very thought provoking.

Any additional comments?

No

Andy McNabb does it again!

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a great book that cuts out all the happy clappy stuff and cuts through to the core of the ideas

brilliant

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I loved it, it really sets things in perspective. Also, i never liked to set things in stone, so saying psychopaths are always bad just did not sit with me. I also personally found out that having psychopathic traits can be greatly helpful in certain circumstances, and that has been the books sole purpose, to make the best of what you have got regardless of perception and stigma. It all comes down to how your behaviour fits with the situation, and what you persoanlly can do to reach the desired outcome. Mind over body

Excellent!

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If you could sum up The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success in three words, what would they be?

Interesting - inspiring - a good guide

What did you like best about this story?

The Professor has covered an area which has been overlooked. As someone who sits very close to this category, I learned a lot about how to maximize my own skills.

Any additional comments?

It is a shame it is written with too much of a lads day out style with Steve Mitchell telling us how great he is. It's old and boring. I would have much rather had another person who could give us insight without Mitchell telling us to kiss his feet.

Look at me, look at me!!!

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Very useful content, but: 1, lacks advice on necessary restraint in using techniques, 2 the bloke-ish style wears thin after the first few minutes. I'd definitely recommend it.

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