A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
by Robert Cialdini
Recommended by 4 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Derek Sivers
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Robert Cialdini shows how small cues set up a message before it’s delivered, using staged experiments, marketing case studies, and sales vignettes to illustrate moments that raise receptivity. The useful part is a steady supply of specific attention-shaping tactics you can try in pitches, emails, or landing pages. The writing is conversational and example-heavy, which makes ideas memorable but also lets anecdotes pile up. Limitations: repetition softens the novelty and the book stops short of step-by-step protocols or hands-on drills for implementation.
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The acclaimed New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from Robert Cialdini??the foremost expert on effective persuasion? (Harvard Business Review)?explains how it?s not necessarily the message itself that changes minds, but the key moment before you deliver that message.What separates effective communicators from truly successful persuade...
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Recommended by 9 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, Psychology, and Business.
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Consider Influence by Robert Cialdini. Recommended by 16 sources.
“This is a book that pulls apart the psychological shortcuts we use to make decisions, then shows how to deploy them in business contexts. The writing is clear and heavy on real-world examples from sales and marketing, which makes the principles stick but can leave you feeling like you’ve just taken a master class in manipulation. Its useful part is giving a language for the invisible forces that shape everyday choices. The main limitation: it can feel overly tactical, as if relationships are just a series of triggers to be pulled, offering little on building genuine influence through trust.”
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