Wait
The Art and Science of Delay
by Partnoy, Frank
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Pub Date Jun 26 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Perseus Books Group | PublicAffairs
Description
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. 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 provocative book reveals, taking control of time and slowing down our responses yields better results in almost every arena of life ... even when time seems to be of the essence.
The procrastinator in all of us will delight in Partnoy's accounts of celebrity "delay specialists," from Warren Buffett to Chris Evert to Steve Kroft, underscoring the myriad ways in which delaying our reactions to everyday choices--large and small--can improve the quality of our lives.
Frank Partnoy is the author of F.I.A.S.C.O., Infectious Greed, and The Match King. Formerly an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and a practicing corporate lawyer, he is one of the world's leading experts on market regulation and is a frequent commentator for the Financial Times, the New York Times, NPR, and CBS's 60 Minutes.Partnoy is a graduate of Yale Law School and is the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance and the founding director of the Center for Corporate and Securities Law at the University of San Diego.
Advance Praise
“A fascinating addition to the study of decision-making…. While there is a high premium today for speed, the author suggests that there are serious downsides to rapid decision-making.… Partnoy’s interdisciplinary approach uses elements of behavioral economics, neuroscience, and even sports…. File alongside Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Ariely, [and] Jonah Lehrer."
Roger Lowenstein, author of The End of Wall Street and When Genius Failed
"Having
mined the best of American research in fields as wide-ranging as
finance, behavioral economics, and law, Frank Partnoy has written a
beguilingly readable treatise that boils down to a single, easily
digestible conclusion: in our busy modern lives, most of us react too
quickly. Wait will naturally and rightly be compared to Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow
as a trail-blazing book exploring the hidden crannies and the
treacherous pitfalls of human decision-making. I whole-heartedly
recommend it."
Bethany McLean, co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room and All the Devils Are Here
"Wait
is one of those rare books that will change not just the way you think,
but the way you act. The book is full of ideas that are fascinating,
useful-and at times mind-blowing. I was captivated."
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781610390040 |
PRICE | $26.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 304 |