John D. Gartner is a psychologist on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University and the author of The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot of) Success in Armerica.
Hypomania, a genetically based mild form of mania, endows many of us with unusual energy, creativity, enthusiasm, and a propensity for taking risks. America has an extraordinarily high number of hypomanics-grandiose types who leap on every wacky idea that...[SEE MORE]