Top dog
Subtitle: the science of winning and losing
By: Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
Contributors: Merryman, Ashley
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Twelve
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781455515158
Subjects: Competition (Psychology); Success; Failure (Psychology); Psychological aspects
Other titles: Science of winning and losing
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Foundations. Introduction: parachutists and ballroom dancers ; The competition machine ; What goes down when the stakes go up; title: Part II: Formation. How the worries can beat the warriors ; Even odds: why women need them and men don't ; The utter importance of pillow fights; title: Part III: Individual. The difference between winning and not losing ; How one night of blackjack sped up the world economy ; The 'roid rage of chess; title: Part IV: Collective. The hierarchy of teams ; Michelangelo had an agent ; How the Black Sox cleaned up Wall Street.