Life is Luck — Here’s How to Plan a Career Around It
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 27, 2014
Well-run organizations will deal with high-variance projects by relying on process metrics and by judging you on diversified outcomes. Sociologist Robert Merton first recognized this phenomenon in academic success and dubbed it “ the Matthew Effect ,” quoting a Bible passage in which the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
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