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The Science of Winning and Losing
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Studying competitive arenas from the workplace, the stock market, sport, politics, the military and schools and using the latest findings in genetics, neuroscience and behavioral psychology, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman unveil the astounding, often counter-intuitive truths about how we compete and
… More »Studying competitive arenas from the workplace, the stock market, sport, politics, the military and schools and using the latest findings in genetics, neuroscience and behavioral psychology, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman unveil the astounding, often counter-intuitive truths about how we compete and the crucial ingredients that sometimes stand between winning and losing.
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Imprint:
New York, NY - Twelve
Pages:
335
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781455515158, 1455515159, 9781455529551, 1455529559, 9781455515141, 1455515140, 9781455515165, 1455515167, 9781611130126, 1611130123
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-319) and index
Part I. Foundations -- 1. Introduction: parachutists and ballroom dancers -- 2. The competition machine -- 3. What goes down when the stakes go up -- Part II. Formation -- 4. How the worries can beat the warriors -- 5. Even odds: why women need them and men don't -- 6. The utter importance of pillow fights -- Part III. Individual -- 7. The difference between winning and not losing -- 8. How one night of blackjack sped up the world economy -- 9. The 'roid rage of chess -- Part IV. Collective -- 10. The hierarchy of teams -- 11. Michelangelo had an agent -- 12. How the Black Sox cleand up Wall Street
Part I. Foundations -- 1. Introduction: parachutists and ballroom dancers -- 2. The competition machine -- 3. What goes down when the stakes go up -- Part II. Formation -- 4. How the worries can beat the warriors -- 5. Even odds: why women need them and men don't -- 6. The utter importance of pillow fights -- Part III. Individual -- 7. The difference between winning and not losing -- 8. How one night of blackjack sped up the world economy -- 9. The 'roid rage of chess -- Part IV. Collective -- 10. The hierarchy of teams -- 11. Michelangelo had an agent -- 12. How the Black Sox cleand up Wall Street
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Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
Characteristics:
vi, 335 p. :,ill. ;,24 cm
Author (Original Script):
Bronson, Po
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