Influence, New and Expanded
Book Review
Good, easy to read overview book of a sociological approach to influence. Although, it had way too many stories for my liking. I think the book could have been half as long and just as effective. I usually read the first several pages of each chapter and skimmed the rest. I now have a new set of criterion to add to my meditations on how to best lead people. Not that anything was new or that profound. It is more that reading an official presentation of these things will cause them to stand out bigger in my thinking and thereby help me give better attention to their value.
That said, I have personally had a strong aversion to these things for many years that has only grown stronger with time. These types of approaches seem cheap to me, and Robert Cialdini tries to address this in his book. What causes me to pay closer attention to these things now is that my aversion to these things has actually hurt my leadership. It is time at level up here and carefully use these tools.
I am nuts about books. I read on all kinds of topics. I attempt to review each book I read for the sake of my own enrichment as well as conversation starters with others.
You never know what you will find in an attic! Usually there is a hodgepodge of things buried under dust.
Most of what is included here are notes to myself. The majority of folks will not find interest in these posts.