The New York Times has an interesting OpEd from a neuroscientist, who links dopamine-resistant brains, thrill-seeking behaviors, and leadership:
The risk-taking, novelty-seeking and obsessive personality traits often found in addicts can be harnessed to make them very effective in the workplace. For many leaders, it’s not the case that they succeed in spite of their addiction; rather, the same brain wiring and chemistry that make them addicts also confer on them behavioral traits that serve them well.
Provocative. And possibly true.
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