Top dog

the science of winning and losing

Top dog

the science of winning and losing
Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
Book - 2013

Studying competitive arenas from the workplace, the stock market, sport, politics, the military and schools and using the latest findings in genetics, neuroscience and behavioural 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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37413314449010 Available Non-fiction 302.14 BRONSON
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Main Author: Bronson, Po, 1964-
Other Authors: Merryman, Ashley
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Twelve, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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