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The Art Of The Sale: An Author Interview on NPR
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:37 pm
by BellePlaine
http://northcountrypublicradio.org/news ... -s-a-pitch
I caught this great interview on NPR with author Philip Delves Broughton on his new book titled,
The Art Of The Sale: Learning From The Masters About The Business Of Life. As a salesperson, I am intrigued about the concept of sales as a study of human nature. I bought the book.
Re: The Art Of The Sale: An Author Interview on NPR
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:12 pm
by SlowLane
Then you may also be interested in Robert Cialdini's
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (though I'm generally reluctant to hand ammunition to people who are likely to use it).
As somone who is emphatically
not a salesperson, I found Cialdini's 6 principles of persuasion to be most enlightening. Now I'm much better able to identify and counter their uses by people trying to sell me something.
Re: The Art Of The Sale: An Author Interview on NPR
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:09 am
by Amskeptic
SlowLane wrote:Then you may also be interested in Robert Cialdini's
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (though I'm generally reluctant to hand ammunition to people who are likely to use it).
As somone who is emphatically
not a salesperson, I found Cialdini's 6 principles of persuasion to be most enlightening. Now I'm much better able to identify and counter their uses by people trying to sell me something.
That was the most hated aspect of my education in the U.C.L.A. Psychology program, the use of psychology to sell . . . to adults, to children . . . .
Colin