Stress is good; more stress is better

摘要

One of the curious phenomena of publishing since the turn of the millennium has been the success of books in the business market that started out as being as far away from that sphere as it is possible to be. Moneyball by Michael Lewis was a huge hit, supporting as it did the use of data analysis rather than gut feel, despite the fact it centered on a plucky baseball team that ultimately never won anything. Similarly, other books that have looked at political empires, creativity, historical events and even episodes in fiction have garnered praise and sales in equal measure for the insights they purport to bring business leaders.