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  • A response to a response
  • Who's for Dinner?
  • Link to an Existing Narrative to Tell Your Story
  • Our greatest weakness is not
  • Bullseye!
  • Time passes, meaning changes
  • The Great Maldini and the lesson of the Wheelbarrow
  • Forecast Phobia
  • People buy for their reasons
  • The Promiscuous Nature of So-Called Partnership

Top Sales Books

  • Malcolm Gladwell: Blink

    Malcolm Gladwell: Blink (*****)

  • Martin Lindstrom: Buyology: How Everything We Believe About Why We Buy is Wrong

    Martin Lindstrom: Buyology: How Everything We Believe About Why We Buy is Wrong (*****)

  • Sam Deep: Close the Deal: 120 Checklists for Sales Success

    Sam Deep: Close the Deal: 120 Checklists for Sales Success (*****)

  • Ian Moore: Does Your Marketing Sell? : The Secret of Effective Marketing Communications

    Ian Moore: Does Your Marketing Sell? : The Secret of Effective Marketing Communications (*****)

  • David Mattson: Five Minutes with VITO

    David Mattson: Five Minutes with VITO (****)

  • Rick Page: Hope Is Not a Strategy: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale

    Rick Page: Hope Is Not a Strategy: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale (*****)

  • Dave Stein: How Winners Sell: 21 Proven Strategies to Outsell Your Competition and Win the Big Sale

    Dave Stein: How Winners Sell: 21 Proven Strategies to Outsell Your Competition and Win the Big Sale (*****)

  • Neil Rackam: Major Account Sales Strategies (****)
  • Rick Page: Make Winning a Habit: 20 Best Practices of the World's Greatest Sales Forces

    Rick Page: Make Winning a Habit: 20 Best Practices of the World's Greatest Sales Forces (*****)

  • Greg Alexander: Making the Number: How to Use Sales Benchmarking to Drive Performance

    Greg Alexander: Making the Number: How to Use Sales Benchmarking to Drive Performance (****)

  • Herb Cohen: Negotiate This! By Caring, But Not T-H-A-T Much

    Herb Cohen: Negotiate This! By Caring, But Not T-H-A-T Much (*****)

  • Keith Ferrazzi: Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

    Keith Ferrazzi: Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time (****)

  • Heiman and Sanchez: The New Strategic Selling

    Heiman and Sanchez: The New Strategic Selling (*****)

  • Jeff Lehman: The Sales Manager's MENTOR

    Jeff Lehman: The Sales Manager's MENTOR (*****)

  • Paul Lanigan: The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them

    Paul Lanigan: The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them (*****)

  • Alan Weiss: The Ultimate Consultant: Powerful Techniques for the Successful Practitioner (Ultimate Consultant Series)

    Alan Weiss: The Ultimate Consultant: Powerful Techniques for the Successful Practitioner (Ultimate Consultant Series) (*****)

  • Maister, green & Galford: Trusted Advisor

    Maister, green & Galford: Trusted Advisor (*****)

  • David H Sandler: You Can't Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar : The Sandler Sales Institute's 7-Step System for Successful Selling (*****)

Top Personal Development Books

  • Bruce H. Lipton: The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles

    Bruce H. Lipton: The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles (****)

  • Carol S. Dweck: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

    Carol S. Dweck: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (*****)

  • Carol Tavris: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

    Carol Tavris: Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (*****)

  • Chris Frith: Making Up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World

    Chris Frith: Making Up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World (*****)

  • Cordelia Fine: A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives

    Cordelia Fine: A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives (*****)

  • Dale Carengie: How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carengie: How to Win Friends and Influence People (*****)

  • Don Richard Riso: Personality Types : Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery

    Don Richard Riso: Personality Types : Using the Enneagram for Self-Discovery (*****)

  • Dr Micheal Hall: The Games Business Experts Play

    Dr Micheal Hall: The Games Business Experts Play (****)

  • Dr Thomas Harris: I'm OK, You're OK

    Dr Thomas Harris: I'm OK, You're OK (*****)

  • Elliot Aronson: The Social Animal

    Elliot Aronson: The Social Animal (*****)

  • Harry Beckwith: You, Inc: The Art of Selling Yourself

    Harry Beckwith: You, Inc: The Art of Selling Yourself (*****)

  • Ian Stewart, Vann Joines : TA Today - A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis

    Ian Stewart, Vann Joines : TA Today - A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis (*****)

  • James & Jongeward: Born to win

    James & Jongeward: Born to win (****)

  • Kathleen Taylor: Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control

    Kathleen Taylor: Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control (*****)

  • Kevin Dutton: Flipnosis: The Art of Split-Second Persuasion

    Kevin Dutton: Flipnosis: The Art of Split-Second Persuasion (*****)

  • Kevin, Dr. Leman: The Birth Order Book: Why You Are The Way You Are

    Kevin, Dr. Leman: The Birth Order Book: Why You Are The Way You Are (****)

  • Malcolm Gladwell      : Blink

    Malcolm Gladwell : Blink

  • Philip G. Zimbardo: The Time Paradox

    Philip G. Zimbardo: The Time Paradox (*****)

  • Robin Sharma: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

    Robin Sharma: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari (*****)

  • Stuart Sutherland: Irrationality

    Stuart Sutherland: Irrationality (*****)

  • Tony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within

    Tony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within (****)

  • Valerie Pierce: Quick Thinking on Your Feet

    Valerie Pierce: Quick Thinking on Your Feet (*****)

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