Edge turning adversity into advantage

• Main Author: Huang, Laura (College teacher) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: [New York] Portfolio/Penguin 2020
• Subjects: Success; Success in business > Psychological aspects; Performance > Psychological aspects
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"Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. Some people seem to naturally have it. Now, Huang teaches the rest of us how to create our own from th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. Hard work, plus
• Enrich. Your basic goods ; Recognition of the incongruous ; The value of constraints ; Honing your gut feel and what you bring to the table
• Delight. The power of the unexpected ; Reflective improvisation ; Shaping and delighting in situ
• Guide. All the ways your diamond sparkles ; Turning biases and stereotypes in your favor ; Framing perceptions and attributions your way ; You need at least two points to create a trajectory
• Effort. Reinforcing your edge
• Edge principles.