The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing

by Michael J. Mauboussin

Book Overview

"Much of what we experience in life results from a combination of skill and luck." -- From the Introduction The trick, of course, is figuring out just how many of our successes (and failures) can be attributed to each--and how we can learn to tell the difference ahead of time . In most domains of life, skill and luck seem hopelessly entangled. Different levels of skill and varying degrees of good and bad luck are the realities that shape our lives--yet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422184234
• ISBN13: 9781422184233
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"