Winner Take None

I have always been attracted to subjects that evoke strong feelings and rarely get talked about, and my experience and research in competition has shown me there's a great need for us to talk about what happens socially and personally when one person wins and when others lose.

Winner Take None is a nonfiction book that speaks to organizational leaders and cultural critics who want to look at competition and society in a new way. Whether you love competition or loathe the very idea, you'll find something in this book to that speaks to your heart and helps you get more of what you want.

In this book, you'll learn about four different approaches to competitive situations and how to make your experiences and tastes work better for you. You'll hear ...

• How the body interprets and reacts to cues that someone is competing with you

• How to manage people's competitive fire without your office going full Machiavelli

• What factors make competition healthy vs. traumatic for kids and adults

• How people are using “meta-gaming” to get the joy of playing hard without the problem of creating winners and losers

My hope is that, in reading this book, you will discover a new consideration of competition and the role it has played in your life. I hope to spark in you the same sort of passion and excitement that I have for both character-building games and for inclusive community. Ultimately, I want you to see this book as a tool to help you be less hard on yourself and to fully engage in the possibilities open to humanity at this crucial point in our history.