The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
by Guy Kawasaki
Practical and example-rich, Enchantment offers step-by-step tips for making products, pitches, and people more likable and persuasive. Expect short chapters packed with anecdotes, checklists, and direct how-to pointers useful for sales, marketing, and customer-facing roles. The limitation is a surface-level treatment: deeper organizational strategy or evidence is mostly absent, and repeated examples can feel formulaic. Best read as an idea-sparking handbook to apply selectively rather than a comprehensive guide to influence.
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Enchantment, as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people. It transforms situations and relationships. It converts hostility into civility and civility into affinity. It changes the skeptics and cynics into the believers and the undecided into the loyal. Enchantment can happen during a retail transaction, a...
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Consider Good to Great by Jim Collins. Recommended by 32 sources.
“The book walks you through a multi-year research project, contrasting spectacular performers with mere survivors. The core insight—that sustained greatness hinges on disciplined people, thought, and action—feels sturdy and actionable. But the book’s arguments rely on retrospective selection of companies, and some of its darlings later faltered. You’ll find a methodical, almost monastic tone that rewards patience but may irritate if you want contemporary, tech-savvy lessons.”
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