I finally read Isaacson’s book on Steve Jobs and got to thinking about his narcissistic behavior. Though living around this sort of person is extremely difficult, he achieved great things. The question I have, was his narcissistic behavior part of what made him so successful or was this behavior something he had to overcome to achieve success?

Here are some other examples of narcissistic people that achieved great things.

Greek King Alexander the Great
Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
United States General Stonewall Jackson
United States Entrepreneur Henry Ford
United States General George Patton
United States Entrepreneur Steve Jobs

I’m omitting people that had narcissistic behavior that caused great harm to society, that will be another list.

Can you think of others?