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- How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
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- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Made to Stick
- Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
- Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds—from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony—draw their power from the same six traits.
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3 out of 5 stars
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too much fluff
- By Parineeta P on 2021-06-22
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
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The Power of Moments
- Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
- Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation, insight, pride, and connection. If we embrace these elements, we can conjure more moments that matter. What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember 20 years later? What if a manager knew how to create an experience that would delight customers? What if you had a better sense of how to create memories that matter for your children?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- By Greg P on 2017-10-06
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
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Upstream
- The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
- Written by: Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Dan Heath
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
New York Times best-selling author Dan Heath examines how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from his innovative behavior research, as well as hundreds of new interviews with unconventional problem solvers. Most of us spend our days handling a deluge of pressing issues. We’re so accustomed to managing emergencies as they strike that we often don’t stop to think about how we could prevent crises before they happen. Why stop at treating the symptoms when you could develop a cure?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring and unoriginal
- By HM on 2022-07-26
Written by: Dan Heath
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Decisive
- How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
- Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In Decisive, the Heaths, based on an exhaustive study of the decision-making literature, introduce a four-step process designed to counteract these biases. Written in an engaging and compulsively listenable style, Decisive takes readers on an unforgettable journey, from a rock star’s ingenious decision-making trick to a CEO’s disastrous acquisition, to a single question that can often resolve thorny personal decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Vademecum for people that want next level
- By credit on 2019-12-10
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
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Making Numbers Count
- The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
- Written by: Chip Heath, Karla Starr
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and data - from best-selling business author Chip Heath.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but get a physical copy instead
- By Ryan James on 2023-06-10
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
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Contagious
- Why Things Catch On
- Written by: Jonah Berger
- Narrated by: Keith Nobbs
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 161
Why do some products get more word of mouth than others? Why does some online content go viral? Word of mouth makes products, ideas, and behaviors catch on. It's more influential than advertising and far more effective. Can you create word of mouth for your product or idea? According to Berger, you can. Whether you operate a neighborhood restaurant, a corporation with hundreds of employees, or are running for a local office for the first time, the steps that can help your product or idea become viral are the same.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This book is common sense. Don't waste your time.
- By Lord Patrick on 2021-01-06
Written by: Jonah Berger
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Made to Stick
- Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
- Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Charles Kahlenberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 152
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 130
In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds—from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony—draw their power from the same six traits.
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3 out of 5 stars
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too much fluff
- By Parineeta P on 2021-06-22
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
-
The Power of Moments
- Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
- Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 169
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation, insight, pride, and connection. If we embrace these elements, we can conjure more moments that matter. What if a teacher could design a lesson that he knew his students would remember 20 years later? What if a manager knew how to create an experience that would delight customers? What if you had a better sense of how to create memories that matter for your children?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- By Greg P on 2017-10-06
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
-
Upstream
- The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen
- Written by: Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Dan Heath
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 80
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 68
New York Times best-selling author Dan Heath examines how to prevent problems before they happen, drawing on insights from his innovative behavior research, as well as hundreds of new interviews with unconventional problem solvers. Most of us spend our days handling a deluge of pressing issues. We’re so accustomed to managing emergencies as they strike that we often don’t stop to think about how we could prevent crises before they happen. Why stop at treating the symptoms when you could develop a cure?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring and unoriginal
- By HM on 2022-07-26
Written by: Dan Heath
-
Decisive
- How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
- Written by: Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In Decisive, the Heaths, based on an exhaustive study of the decision-making literature, introduce a four-step process designed to counteract these biases. Written in an engaging and compulsively listenable style, Decisive takes readers on an unforgettable journey, from a rock star’s ingenious decision-making trick to a CEO’s disastrous acquisition, to a single question that can often resolve thorny personal decisions.
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5 out of 5 stars
-
Vademecum for people that want next level
- By credit on 2019-12-10
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
-
Making Numbers Count
- The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
- Written by: Chip Heath, Karla Starr
- Narrated by: Kathe Mazur
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and data - from best-selling business author Chip Heath.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but get a physical copy instead
- By Ryan James on 2023-06-10
Written by: Chip Heath, and others
-
Contagious
- Why Things Catch On
- Written by: Jonah Berger
- Narrated by: Keith Nobbs
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 207
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 161
Why do some products get more word of mouth than others? Why does some online content go viral? Word of mouth makes products, ideas, and behaviors catch on. It's more influential than advertising and far more effective. Can you create word of mouth for your product or idea? According to Berger, you can. Whether you operate a neighborhood restaurant, a corporation with hundreds of employees, or are running for a local office for the first time, the steps that can help your product or idea become viral are the same.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This book is common sense. Don't waste your time.
- By Lord Patrick on 2021-01-06
Written by: Jonah Berger
Publisher's Summary
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?
The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed best seller Made to Stick.
Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems - the rational mind and the emotional mind - that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort - but if it is overcome, change can come quickly.
In Switch, the Heaths show how everyday people - employees and managers, parents and nurses - have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results:
- The lowly medical interns who managed to defeat an entrenched, decades-old medical practice that was endangering patients
- The home-organizing guru who developed a simple technique for overcoming the dread of housekeeping
- The manager who transformed a lackadaisical customer-support team into service zealots by removing a standard tool of customer service
In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change
Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.
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- Renee
- 2021-01-23
worth several listens!
Loved it so much I listened to it twice. it's an easy listen so I am sure it will grace my ears several more times in the future. Full of interesting information and behaviour tips, it helps one decide different avenues on to which we can create lasting positive change.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-15
Terrible narrator
I wouldn't recommend this at all. This is my second book by Dan and Chip Heath, and both books could be summarized in about five pages. The narrator is one of the worst I've listened to in the last 12 months. Save your precious time
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- Kristine
- 2021-05-08
good but dry
good book overall on how to get people to on board and conform to change but it is very dry and I found myself losing interest at spots
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-05-11
Great listen with amazing tips for success
Actionable ways to help evoke change in not only your own world but in your professional world.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-01-10
Practical and insightful!
Overall a good listen and easy to follow with practical and insightful change insights. Would recommend.
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- Gareth L.
- 2022-06-22
Excellent book w/ great systems approach to change
I love the approach and simple breakdown for each component if the system. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to make change and coaches.
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- neena mackinnon
- 2022-05-18
wow
they have found the formula for change. I have learned so much from this book its incredible. I truly appreciated the many real life examples of how to put these teachings into practice and knowing the outcome to expect.
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- Immanuel
- 2022-02-02
Another brilliant work by the Heath brothers
I like the stories, for their inspirational and practical attributes. They often highlight previous principles when they reappear in another situation / stories - repetition without the annoyance.
and the Clinics are useful to get the reader to practice immediately, albeit under pressure.
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- Dnune048
- 2021-05-25
Great beginner book
A wonderfully written book that is very easy to follow. The authors do a great job of ensuring their ideas are concise and properly put together. At no time throughout this book was I confused or not fully engaged. Their ideas put into words intelligent actions about effective life changing human interaction skills that in my opinion are greatly effective for being a leader. This book is wonderful for a beginner reader such as myself because it is short, to the point and brings a huge amount of value.
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- Jeanette M.
- 2021-02-10
a classic
Overall, this is such a great book. So simple and well-broken down. A few bits are outdated now so it's good to check what the current research says about some of the studies.
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- Jeremy
- 2010-02-24
Even Better Than Made to Stick
Being a left brained artistic type, i'm naturally resistant to these sort of goal oriented psychology books. However, In an effort to challenge my beliefs, i've been reading several of them lately, and this is by far the best. I was a big fan of their last book Made to Stick and actually just read it for the third time. That book seemed a bit derivative of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point on my first listen, but i've since gone back to Made To Stick more than most any other book I own. Mostly because of all the practical, real world applications of interesting scientific experiments. Having just finished Switch, i'm impressed with how much they've outdone themselves. I didn't want to stop listening. There's almost no filler in the whole 8 hours.
I wasn't sure there'd be much practical use to a book about 'change,' but i couldn't have been more wrong. They reference several books i happen to have read recently, and i realized change is at the center of all of them, and Switch is the perfect synthesis of all their ideas. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who's read The Happiness Hypothesis, The Now Habit, James Hollis' books, or anything in the field of positive psychology. If you haven't read those books, save your money and just get Switch.
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- Ricardo
- 2010-07-19
Terrible narrator, wrong book for audio
This is a very good book for someone who's not familiar with the related literature (Dan Ariely, Helen Langer, Malcolm Gladwell, Jonathan Haidt). Even for those familiar with these authors, Switch may be a good read... except for the narrator. Imagine listening to a book read by one of those automated call services. The narration is just about as bad. It seems as if the narrator was asked to read each individual sentence in isolation, and then those sentences were stitched together. The result is pretty bad as one cannot rely on the intonation patterns of the speaker to decipher if he's still talking about the same theme or has switched to a new one. The narration also continuously makes reference to paragraph or subheading number, which for an audio book is useless. The result is tragic, as the book has a lot of interesting material. My suggestion would be to read the actual book or wait for the publisher to release a new version of the audio, which I would not be surprised to see given the number of complaints that the narration has received.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Sarah L
- 2010-02-28
Great book, not great audiobook
This is one of the most approachable and pragmatic books I've come across on behavioral change. Good examples, concrete, step by step. There is a lot to learn here, that pretty much anyone can find value in.
Audio quality is not so great, there are some weird jumps and pauses. The audio side feels several years behind the times, which is a shame because the content is really great.
The book has a number of downloads on the authors' website, but they should be referenced & provided here. The content of the book makes you want to have something to refer to, not just listen to the words.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Darrell M.
- 2010-02-24
Interesting book, poor audio editing
I enjoyed the book, not as much as Made to Stick, but it's worth the read. I'm disappointed in the audio editing (listened to format 4 on an iPhone) - varying levels of background noise (esp. chapter 5 or 6), painfully obvious edits where the reader mispronounced "IDEO" in chapter 7 (six or more references were obviously dubbed with difference background levels), etc. Aside from audio quality issues, there's a lot of numbering of thoughts/ideas which makes the audio format challenging.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Bryan
- 2010-03-02
great book, don't like the voice
Fantastic book. The intelligence behind the insights into why we act as we do offers a great deal of hope for the stuck. The reader unfortunately has one of these cheesy Hallmark Channel movie trailer voices that undercuts the common sense and inventive energy of the book. Malcolm Gladwell's own voice, for example, reading his own books, seems perfect, where this seems cheesy, and especially like the narrator doesn't actually understand the words he's saying -- is just acting them rather.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Ben
- 2010-05-18
Good book, horrible audio
The format of this book is not lend itself well to an audio recording. The chapters, section and subsections can be hard to follow, and the reader, however wonderful he may be as a James Earl Jones stand in, is not the right voice for the job.
If you enjoyed Chip and Dan's last book, Made to Stick, or if you enjoy their column in Fast Company, this is a somewhat formulaic product from the dynamic duo. I found their treatment of the topic to be a little elementary, simplified presumably for the lowest common denominator. For more academically rigorous intellectuals, I would recommend reading something in the area of behavioral economics, like Predictable Irrationality, rather than spending time on a drawn out metaphor about an elephant and it's rider. 3 stars for the book but only 2 for this audio recording.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- Eric Schmidt
- 2010-04-27
Wish it was in the authors voice ;(
Has a many great ideas and message, narrated by a professional for sure, BUT I get so much more when its the actually author speaking.
Then I feel like I'm really having a conversation with the author.
Please re-release this in your own words, then I'll give it 5 stars.
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- funkevin
- 2010-03-23
very good content, narrator doesn't match content
This books is filled with information about why people do or don't change behavior. I started taking notes during the second chapter so that I could remember to apply some of the ideas to my children. My only issue with the book is the narrator has a voice more suited for narrating a drama, mystery, or war documentary. Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed and learned from the book.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Sean
- 2010-07-11
Pretty good book about a fascinating subject
I enjoyed Chip and Dan Heath's earlier book, "Made to Stick", so when the president of my company recommended this book on his blog I decided to give it a shot.
The subject matter is fascinating - what makes people change? How do we change our habits, routines, and personalities? Changing is quite possibly the hardest thing a person can do, and this book talks about how that is done.
The reason I didn't *love* this book is that it discusses ways to change in really anecdotal ways, some of the stories illustrate their point well, others only marginally so.
This is certainly not a "how to" book, though you can gather some ideas about how to apply the things they talk about, if you take a few minutes to ponder it.
I was expecting, or hoping, for more "how to" out of this book, but instead got a lot more "stories of change".
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- A. Yoshida
- 2016-10-15
Drawn from other books
The information is useful in considering how to change people, such as a principal at a troubled school or an environmentalist trying to save an endangered species. However, most of the information in the book has been covered in other books: Mindset, Nudge, Paradox of Choice, and Influence. If you haven't read those other books, it does a nice job of summarizing key points in promoting a change.
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