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At The End of a Needle – The Importance of Psychological Capital
In 2012 a strange craze swept Wall Street.
Well, maybe ‘craze’ is the wrong word. ‘Crazy’ might have been a better way of describing it. Anyway, the growing trend which I am referring to was reported upon at that time in the Financial Times and I have just come across it recently. In the said article[1], a Dr Bissoon described the rationale behind the worrying developments I am referring to: “Since the recession started, more guys want to be on top of their game,” he said…”as one patient told me: ‘There’s a whole bunch of whizz-kids beneath me who are ready to take my place’.”
