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Top dog : the science of winning and losing / Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman.

Bronson, Po, 1964- (Author). Merryman, Ashley. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781455515158 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781455515141 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: vi, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Twelve, c2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-319) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: parachutists 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.
Subject: Competition (Psychology)
Success > Psychological aspects.
Failure (Psychology)

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

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0 current holds with 1 total copy.

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Top Dog : The Science of Winning and Losing
Top Dog : The Science of Winning and Losing
by Bronson, Po; Merryman, Ashley
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Top Dog : The Science of Winning and Losing


New York Times Bestseller Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's work changes the national dialogue. Beyond their bestselling books, you know them from commentary and features in the New York Times , CNN, NPR, Time , Newsweek , Wired , New York , and more. E-mail, Facebook, and Twitter accounts are filled with demands to read their reporting (such as "How Not to Talk to Your Kids," "Creativity Crisis," and "Losing Is Good for You"). In Top Dog , Bronson and Merryman again use their astonishing blend of science and storytelling to reveal what's truly in the heart of a champion. The joy of victory and the character-building agony of defeat. Testosterone and the neuroscience of mistakes. Why rivals motivate. How home field advantage gets you a raise. What teamwork really requires. It's baseball, the SAT, sales contests, and Linux. How before da Vinci and FedEx were innovators, first, they were great competitors. Olympians carry Top Dog in their gym bags. It's in briefcases of Wall Street traders and Madison Avenue madmen. Risk takers from Silicon Valley to Vegas race to implement its ideas, as educators debate it in halls of academia. Now see for yourself what this game-changing talk is all about.

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