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Winning as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Harvard Business Review

Looking up, there in the bowsprit chair of a racing boat was the photographer, Paul Barnett, snapping photos from a long telescopic lens. Quality aside, we know that those with a reputation for past success tend to get disproportionate credit for future wins – the “ Matthew effect ” described by the sociologist Robert K. But of course!

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