When Genius Failed & How to Calm Your Mind 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein. How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Productivity in Anxious Times by Chris Bailey. Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN (When Genius Failed): 9781841155043. ISBN (How to Calm Your Mind): 9781035001996. Publisher: Fourth Estate / Pan Macmillan. Age Range: Adult. Overview. This two-book paperback collection pairs a landmark work of financial journalism with a modern, science-backed guide to mental wellbeing. When Genius Failed dissects the spectacular rise and collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management, while How to Calm Your Mind offers practical tools for reducing anxiety and working sustainably. Together they suit readers who want to understand high-stakes risk-taking alongside strategies for protecting their own focus, calm and resilience in everyday life.. About the Books. When Genius Failed tells the story of Long-Term Capital Management, a hedge fund founded by legendary bond trader John Meriwether and staffed with Nobel laureates and Wall Street's sharpest minds. Hailed early on as a new gold standard in investing, the fund's supposedly foolproof mathematical models eventually collided with the chaos of real markets, triggering a collapse so severe it threatened the global financial system and forced the Federal Reserve to broker an emergency bailout. Roger Lowenstein, drawing on confidential internal memos and interviews with key players, crafts a gripping account of ambition, arrogance and unchecked leverage.. How to Calm Your Mind takes a different but complementary path, exploring how genuine productivity depends on mental calm rather than relentless hustle. Chris Bailey, a researcher and productivity expert who experienced his own burnout, lays out accessible, evidence-based strategies for creating the mental space needed to think clearly, work sustainably and feel more in control. Rather than offering more to-do-list hacks, the b