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rachel_abby_reads's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this book. If you are preparing to make a change, then over-prepare to increase the likelihood of success. I'm buying my own copy and looking at how to implement it in my family and myself. There may even be ways I can use it at work!
mdrfromga's review against another edition
4.0
Novel approaches to influence and based on evidence and research. What's most helpful about this read is the approach to narrowing down to the most likely options to create influence in any particular situation, big or small.
bobbypowers's review against another edition
4.0
See my review of this book: https://businessbookreviewer.com/2015/02/28/influencer-the-power-to-change-anything/
heatherinthenether's review against another edition
3.0
Very informative! Difficult concepts to apply, but definitely gets you thinking.
stephreeds's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
csnyder0018's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
clayalbracht's review against another edition
1.0
This is just more terrible story telling. Read Malcom Gladwell of you want the same exact classical psychology research studies told in an entertaining way.
jereshkigal's review against another edition
2.0
Ugh! My therapist REALLY, REALLY wanted me to read this book. I didn’t think it was worth the hype. I got a few good notes out of it but, all in all, it was kinda annoying.
For one thing, the use of the phrase, “we (the authors),” was used WAY too much. Every time I saw that cursed phrase, my eyes automatically rolled and I had a hell of a time attempting to suppress a hefty sigh. It came across as presumptuous and arrogant to me. “We (the authors) met with blah, blah, blah…” Shut up! Enough already! Just stop!
Another thing that annoyed me was that the book seemed to be written by two of the “we (the authors).” Some of the chapters used that phrase all the time and the other chapters didn’t use it at all. The chapters that used the phrase seemed to be told in more of a story sort of format whereas, the other chapters, presented the points/ideas of the chapter and then gave in depth explanations. I liked those chapters better.
Lastly, when it came to real world examples of what they were talking about, some of the examples were extremely vague to the point where I’m not sure if they even occurred. In one example, a U.S. company flew some of it’s underperforming employees to Japan so they could observe how their better performing competitors worked. The US employees believed that the Japanese competitors were putting on a show for their observation, so they decided to come back later for an unannounced observation in order to see if they really worked that hard. Yeah, okay.
Other examples were told in bits and pieces throughout the book. It would’ve been better to present each example’s story in one chapter and then another example in another chapter. I just didn’t like how the examples were broken up and told throughout the book.
I seriously doubt that I’m gonna read anymore books by “we (the authors).” Sorry y’all.
For one thing, the use of the phrase, “we (the authors),” was used WAY too much. Every time I saw that cursed phrase, my eyes automatically rolled and I had a hell of a time attempting to suppress a hefty sigh. It came across as presumptuous and arrogant to me. “We (the authors) met with blah, blah, blah…” Shut up! Enough already! Just stop!
Another thing that annoyed me was that the book seemed to be written by two of the “we (the authors).” Some of the chapters used that phrase all the time and the other chapters didn’t use it at all. The chapters that used the phrase seemed to be told in more of a story sort of format whereas, the other chapters, presented the points/ideas of the chapter and then gave in depth explanations. I liked those chapters better.
Lastly, when it came to real world examples of what they were talking about, some of the examples were extremely vague to the point where I’m not sure if they even occurred. In one example, a U.S. company flew some of it’s underperforming employees to Japan so they could observe how their better performing competitors worked. The US employees believed that the Japanese competitors were putting on a show for their observation, so they decided to come back later for an unannounced observation in order to see if they really worked that hard. Yeah, okay.
Other examples were told in bits and pieces throughout the book. It would’ve been better to present each example’s story in one chapter and then another example in another chapter. I just didn’t like how the examples were broken up and told throughout the book.
I seriously doubt that I’m gonna read anymore books by “we (the authors).” Sorry y’all.