Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing - Hardcover

Bronson, Po; Merryman, Ashley

3.8

1,790 ratings by Goodreads

9781455529551: Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1455529559 ISBN 13: 9781455529551

Publisher: Twelve, 2013

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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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Review:

"Fascinating ... Bronson and Merryman, the award-winning authors of the 2011 bestseller NurtureShock, clearly and cogently explain why, physiologically, some of us are at our best when it counts while others choke." (San Francisco Chronicle)

"Terrific" (Daniel Coyle, author of Talent Code)

"Intriguing" (Booklist)

"Illuminating and entertaining" (Kirkus Review)

"Bronson and Merryman’s investigation will have folks rethinking the impulse to win at work and play" (Publisher's Weekly)

Book Description:

The psychology and science behind our competitive drive by the New York Times number one bestselling author

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