Earn more by lowering your pitch? [Article]

Yes – but only if you are a male, discovers Martin Gardiner of Improbable Research, in this research paper –

“For the median CEO of the median sample firm, an interquartile decrease in voice pitch (22.1Hz) is associated with a $440 million increase in the size of the firm managed, and in turn, $187 thousand more in annual compensation.” 

Qualities of a CEO [Article]

Scott Adams believes that you ought to have a special kind of mental illness, one suited to capitalism, to set you apart from the scores of other folks who aspire to become CEO’s. 

If you want the top job, you’re competing against risk-taking, narcissistic sociopaths who are just as smart and hardworking as you are. Some of them will self-destruct, but like the zombie apocalypse there will always be another coming at you. In the long run, the crazies always run the show.

A bonus
 January 24, 2010