About this title: Based on in-depth interviews of successful entrepreneurs, and on the biographers of his historical subjects, Gartner defines the hypomanic temperament and its manifestations. Then he demonstrates its power in action, offering some portraits that span America's history - Columbus who discovered America, John Winthrop who defined it, Alexander ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 3/1/2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Subtitled: The link between a little craziness and a lot of success in American. ISBN 0743243447. First edition. Hardcover, price intact dust jacket. Unapaginated photo pages + 356pp including Index, Bibliography, Notes, Appendix. Clean interior. ** flaws: 2 leaves have lower corner creased, Jacket has crease on fold over flap. Signature scrawled on first endpaper thought to be the author, but this has not been verified. VG / VG dust jacket. read more
Description: Gartner, John D., Simon & Schuster, nd (2005), c2005, 1st Edition, boards w/gilt spine titles, fine w/dj, 354 pp w/index, bibliography, notes & appendix, tall 8vo, "The Link Between (a little) Craziness and (a lot of) Success in America" read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005-03-01
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
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Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
Description: Like New in Like New jacket. Book has 355 pages. Both book and jacket are in like-new condition. Hypomania: a mild form of mania, endows many of us with unusual energy, creativity, enthusiasm, and a propensity for taking risks. Why has America so many? It is populated primarily by immigrants. Case histories are included on Alexander Hamilton; Andrew Carnegie; The Selznicks and the Mayers and more. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
Description: New. In this groundbreaking book, a psychologist explores the high presence in Americans of hypomania, a genetically based mild form of mania that endows certain people with energy, creativity, and a propensity for risk-taking--qualities that explain the... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author Inscribed by Author. Yellow hardcover with gilt lettering to black spine. Fine hardcover in Fine unclipped DJ. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Yellow boards, spine and corners are bumped, d.j. has edge wear. Case studies/histories of some famous Americans who represent the phenomenon of hypomania. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743243445ISBN:0743243447
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author A very clean copy with some shelf/edge wear to the dust jacket. Signed by the author. read more
The content of this book was no surprise to me. A first generation immigrant, my father was the founder and CEO of what became the tenth largest residential construction company in the USA. He could have jumped directly from Gartner's book. So could all his business buddies. Being born and raised in what became Silicon Valley, what Gartner says is somewhat old hat to me. It's true! Not only that, I've heard a number of psychiatrists say they known it for ages. So, what should we hope for? A good dose of hypomania? The ability to look through society and see it's pathology? The realization that being crazy (a little crazy) can be a good thing? Yes. All of the above. When I was getting my MA in counseling, my profs pointed out that business leaders can be highly intuitive, just as mystics can. Interesting. I actually was rather annoyed with Gartner for bringing out his book. My new novel, coming out in early spring, 2009, hinges on Gartner's thesis. He beat my time. But there's room in this conversation for more than one."
"The myth of the artist (writer, poet, musician, etc.) as "crazy" has now been passed on to the the entrepreneur -- the new cool in an increasingly materialistic world. Give me a break!"
"More readable, I think, than the more scholarly Exuberance (by Kay Redfield Jamison), John D. Gartner's The Hypomanic Edge is a very accessible explanation of the enthusiastic personality temperament correctly termed hyperthymia (and which Jamison is not incorrect in calling exuberance). Hypomania describes a relatively temporary elevation of mood rather than the long-term personality trait, and Gartner, a therapist, should have known better. Also, this work is not a rigorous scientific defense of his thesis that immigrants with a higher proportion of hyperthymian than those who stayed in the Old World have been a significant factor in American culture. However, his descriptions of well-known immigrants with the propensity to be high on life and to risk so much that they tend either to fail dramatically or to succeed beyond their wild expectations are fun to read and painted a picture that resonated with my own hyperthymia. A fun read!"
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