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The Success Equation (2012)

by Michael J. Mauboussin(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1422184234 (ISBN13: 9781422184233)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harvard Business Review Press

review 1: Low rating despite agreeing with most of the author's facts as well as his conclusions. Whenever that is the case it's usually because I've already spent a lot of cognitive time exploring the same or closely-related ideas and topics. This often leads, as it does here, to disappointment when the author inevitably leaves out particular details that I personally believe are important, presenting nuanced and complex phenomena as more certain, uncomplicated, and predictable.'It's still a recommend from me.You know what? I talked myself into it - I'll bump that rating up another star. Fuck it, there's no reason to agonize over such an unimportant decision, after all(if only my crippling anxiety felt the same way).
review 2: I enjoyed this book because of a few reason... mores. First up, we like to think of successful people as doing something different, something right. While this is sometimes the case, often plain dumb luck drives their success. Ditto companies. Mauboussin does a great job of weaving in statistical theory, a swath of examples, and the most influential psychological research. There's plenty of Kahneman, as to be expected. Bottom line: We're not as good as we think we are in separating luck from skill. This book provides some helpful tips at the end, but to me its greatest value is in calling attention to this very serious problem. less

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