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Barking up the wrong tree : the surprising science behind why everything you know about success is (mostly) wrong
- Title
- Barking up the wrong tree : the surprising science behind why everything you know about success is (mostly) wrong / Eric Barker.
- Author
- Barker, Eric
- Publication
- New York, NY : HarperOne, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | BF637.S8 B3326 2017 | Off-site |
Details
- 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.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-307).
- 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?
- ISBN
- 9780062416049
- 0062416049
- 9780062416056
- 0062416057
- 9780062675040 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017013614
- OCLC
- ocn957301868
- 957301868
- SCSB-14228241
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries