#069 - A First-Rate Madness (Dr. Nassir Ghaemi)

11/19/18 • 57 min

Renegade Ape - Psychology, Philosophy, and the Overton Wasteland

Psychiatrist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Nassir Ghaemi joins us to explore the link between leadership and mental illness. We discuss the subject of Psychobiography and the methods involved in learning to understand the psychology of historical figures, we explore the link between manic depressive illness and leadership through examples such as Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, why mentally normal politicians make for good peacetime leaders but poor crisis leaders, and how people with mental illness can learn to channel their illness into something positive. *** PATREON *** http://patreon.com/myownworstenemy *** BOOKS MENTIONED *** "A First Rate Madness" https://amzn.to/2FtqUhE *** SOCIAL MEDIA *** Facebook: http://facebook.com/myownworstenemyorg Twitter: http://twitter.com/dannydwhittaker *** CREDITS *** Theme Music: Falling Down by Ryan Little http://youtube.com/user/TheR4C2010 Podcast Image: Nasir Ghaemi / Penguin Press / Nicole Laroche DISCLAIMER: My Own Worst Enemy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and affiliated sites.

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