Success and luck [electronic resource] : good fortune and the myth of meritocracy / Robert H. Frank.
2016
HB71 .F69584 2016eb
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Success and luck [electronic resource] : good fortune and the myth of meritocracy / Robert H. Frank.
Author
Frank, Robert H., author.
ISBN
9781400880270 (electronic book)
9780691167404
9780691167404
Published
Princeton [New Jersey] : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 187 pages) : illustrations
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HB71 .F69584 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
650.1
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Success and luck.
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Table of Contents
Write What You Know
Why Seemingly Trivial Random Events Matter
How Winner-Take-All Markets Magnify Luck's Role
Why the Biggest Winners Are Almost Always Lucky
Why False Beliefs about Luck and Talent Persist
The Burden of False Beliefs
We're in Luck: A Golden Opportunity
Being Grateful.
Why Seemingly Trivial Random Events Matter
How Winner-Take-All Markets Magnify Luck's Role
Why the Biggest Winners Are Almost Always Lucky
Why False Beliefs about Luck and Talent Persist
The Burden of False Beliefs
We're in Luck: A Golden Opportunity
Being Grateful.