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Author Weinman, Sam, author.

Title Win at losing : how our biggest setbacks can lead to our greatest gains / Sam Weinman.

Publisher New York : TarcherPerigee, [2016]

ISBN 9780143109587 (hardcover)
0143109588 (hardcover)



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 Holland Branch Adult  158 Wei    AVAILABLE  ---
 Maumee Branch Adult  158 Wei    DUE 04-04-24  ---

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Description 242 pages ; 22 cm
Contents How we win from losing (and occasionally lose from winning) -- A masters in humility: how Greg Norman won fans by falling on his face -- Pride and perspective: what Michael Dukakis gained when he didn't gain the White House -- The "why bother?" point: Susan Lucci's real-life soap opera -- What goes up-- can come back up again: Fay Vincent and the resilience of the mind -- The power of rewriting: how Dan Jansen revised his own script -- "Good things come out of chaos": a soccer player's powerful rebirth -- "My startup failed. Fuck": the surprising profits in bankruptcy -- The power of stick-to-itiveness: the greatest team that never won a game -- So what have we learned? Lessons from the last guy cut.
Summary A sports journalist describes his attempts to parent his sons through life's inevitable setbacks, a challenge that prompted his interviews with experts in a range of fields to explore the fear of failure and how setbacks can be used productively.
Subject(S) Failure (Psychology)
Success.
Added Title How our biggest setbacks can lead to our greatest gains
ISBN 9780143109587 (hardcover)
0143109588 (hardcover)