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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

The Small Big

Steve Martin · 2014
76/100
👍 Worth It

Martin, Goldstein, and Cialdini do what they do best — translate behavioral economics research into chapter-sized, immediately applicable takeaways for anyone who needs to influence people in a professional setting. The evidence base is real, the examples are specific, and the format means you can read two chapters on a lunch break and walk back to a meeting with something new to try. Worth knowing that some behavioral science findings from this era have faced replication scrutiny, but the overall framework holds up well.

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