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Author: Frank Partnoy
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1610390040

Wait: The Art and Science of Delay

What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts to craft a picture of effective decision-making that runs counter to our brutally fast-paced world. Get Wait diet books 2013 for free.
Even as technology exerts new pressures to speed up our lives, it turns out that the choices we make--unconsciously and consciously, in time frames varying from milliseconds to years--benefit profoundly from delay. As this winning and provocativ Check Wait our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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