Top dog
the science of winning and losing
Bronson, Po
1964-
creator
Merryman, Ashley
text
bibliography
nyu
New York
Ebury Press
2013
1st ed.
monographic
eng
vi, 335 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Why do some less talented students manage to consistently outperform their smarter classmates in crucial exams? Why are men typically prepared to gamble long odds and women aren't? Why do so many market leading-companies unnecessarily cede their number 1 position? This title deals with these questions
Introduction: parachuters and ballroom dancers -- The competition machine -- What goes down when the stakes go up -- How the worriers can beat the warriors -- Even odds: why women need them and men don't -- The utter importance of pillow fights -- The difference between winning and not losing -- How one night of blackjack sped up the world economy -- The 'roid rage of chess -- The hierarchy of teams -- Michelangelo had an agent -- How the Black Sox cleaned up Wall Street.
Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-319) and index.
Competition (Psychology)
Success
Psychological aspects
Failure (Psychology)
Competencia (Psicología)
Éxito
Aspectos psicológicos
Fracaso (Psicología)
BF 637 B869t 2013
302/.14
9781455515158 (hbk.)
9781455529551 (large print hbk.)
9781455515141 (trade pbk.)
9780091951566
0091951569
9780091951559
0091951550
2012033767
DLC
120823
20230410133036.0
17440382