The capacity of the 'successful psychopath' to identify and outwardly display the qualities corporate leaders admire helps them climb the career ladder quickly despite being poor managers.

“成功的精神病患”的能力在于能够认清并体现出公司领导们所希望看到的特质，从而在职业生涯中迅速攀升，即便他们有着自我管理上的缺陷。

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But the damage done -- bad morale, poor teamwork, ineffective execution of strategy -- can be difficult to quantify on corporate bottomlines, unless the psychopath veers into actual crime.

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