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Pre-SuasionBook

by Robert B. Cialdini, 2016

Who uses, recommends or left Pre-Suasion, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Jason Evanish
Founder and CEO of Get Lighthouse, a management-coaching software company; former product lead at KISSmetrics who writes about leadership and product management.
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The Godfather of persuasion and behavioral economics is back with a long-awaited sequel to "Influence". If you want to understand why Donald Trump is President, how people can falsely confess to crimes, or just how to be a better marketer, this book is incredible. There are very few books that I wrote in the margins as much, nor sparked as many actionable ideas. Who Recommened: Scott Adams on his blog. 4. "What Every Body is Saying" by Joe Navarro (1.6.11)

His continuously-updated books page (first published 2012-12-16, last updated 2020-10-28), where every book he reads gets a 1-10 rating and a "Why Read it" note. Book links carry his Amazon affiliate tag.

2020-10-28·jasonevanish.com ↗

Naval Ravikant
Angel investor and co-founder of AngelList; writes and podcasts at nav.al.
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Presuasion is good but closer to a single-themed book.

Replying on X to “Is Presuasion as good?” — his verdict is qualified.

2016-11-20·x.com ↗

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Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.