The Big T personality

My boss is a thrill seeker. I knew him before he was my boss and I have always respected his business acumen, his integrity, and his strong sense of character. If he wasn't my boss, he'd still be someone cool to hang out with. It tends to amaze me why such a successful guy does crazy sh*t like climbing mountains and skiing out of helicopters.

Christopher Munsey's American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology article, Jul/Aug 2006 called "Frisky, but more risky" started off describing University of Delaware psychology professor Marvin Zuckerman's findings in the 1960s of behaviors of high sensation-seekers that pertained more to me..."more likely to smoke, abuse alcohol and use drugs". My boss does none of that.

Then, Munsey goes on to report about Temple University psychologist Frank Farley, PhD who has developed a personality model that describes the Big T (thrill-seeking) personality. In Farley's model, the Big T "positive" personality can account for involvement in entrepreneurship, extreme sports such as parachuting and hang-gliding, or creative science and art. My boss is good at all that. Farley's study of thrill-seeking has taken him to Nepal, where he interviewed Mt Everest climbers and doesn't that just beat all...

My boss and his sig other are in Nepal climbing Mt Everest as we speak.

God Bless...