TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mauboussin,Michael J.
TI  - The success equation: untangling skill and luck in business, sports, and investing 
SN  - 9781422184233 (alk. paper)
AV  - BF637.S8 M34125 2012
U1  - 650.1 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Harvard Business Review Press
KW  - Success
KW  - Success in business
KW  - Ability
KW  - Fortune
KW  - Decision making
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-280) and index; 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
N2  - In this provocative book, Michael Mauboussin offers the structure needed to analyze the relative importance of skill and luck, offering concrete suggestions for making these insights work to your advantage by making better decisions
ER  -