The success equation : untangling skill and luck in business, sports, and investing / Michael J. Mauboussin.
By: Mauboussin, Michael J
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TextPublisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xi, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781422184233 (hbk. : alk. paper); 1422184234.Subject(s): Success | Success in business | Ability | Fortune | Decision makingDDC classification: 650.1 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 650.1 M44 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003571700 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction" sorting the sources of success -- Skill, luck, and three easy lessons -- Why we're so bad at distinguishing skill from luck -- The luck and skill continuum -- Placing activities on the luck-skill continuum -- The arc of skill -- The many shapes of luck -- What makes for a useful statistic? -- Building skill -- Dealing with luck -- Reversion to the mean -- The art of good guesswork.
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