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Barking up the wrong tree : the surprising science behind why everything you know about success is (mostly) wrong

Call Number

  • 650.1 B2553 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : HarperOne, [2017]

Physical Description

x, 307 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

Discusses the components of success and how to achieve it, discussing such topics as work-life balance, grit, cooperation, confidence, and personality weaknesses.

Contents

  • Introduction. What really produces success?
  • Should we play it safe and do what we're told if we want to succeed?
  • Do nice guys finish last?
  • Do quitters never win and winners never quit?
  • It's not what you know, it's who you know (unless it really is what you know)
  • Believe in yourself...sometimes
  • Work, work, work...or work-life balance?
  • What makes a successful life?

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