Nassir Ghaemi

I loved the premise of the book, and Ghaemi, but he doesn't do the best job backing up his argument. My problem is that I felt he spent too much time linking the respective leaders with a mental/mood disorder and not enough time explaining how that disorder aided them in their leadership endeavors; in other words, concrete evidence is lacking. It isn't enough to just explain how [disorder] enforces [character trait].

The book is also a bit repetitive. I stopped reading after I finished the introduction to empathy, but I definitely intend to go back and read the section on "mentally healthy" leaders, which I expect to offer a change of pace.… (más)