Post 15: Dan Pink, To Sell Is Human

Activities

(1)  Reflect on some of the following items...

Here is my experience with the book:
JAN. 2013:  I rejected its suggestions at first
APRIL 2013:  I picked up the book again and then I became hooked.  I really didn't want to admit that I needed to learn the skill of selling.   His point about "we are all in sales" and that many of us spend 40% of our time in cajoling and non-selling persuasion ... to move people to part with time and attention... that's compelling.

INTERNET ACTIVITIES
Dan Pink has posted some interesting videos.  See the links below.

Email Pitch               Rhyming Pitch

(a) visit his webpage http://www.danpink.com/books/to-sell-is-human/

(b) Here are some links to videos

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Get it

(2) Find a quote in the book and tell us about it.

Type in the quote on the bottom (in comments) and guide the readers to intimate understanding of the reading that you have selected.


Discussion Guide

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NEXT?
Sign up for some training by video and by email.

LINK

click here

Sign up for "Office Hours" (the Dan Pink interview show that is called "Car Talk for the human mind."

Post 12: Dan Pink, Free Agent Nation

Type in the quote on the bottom (in comments) and guide the readers to intimate understanding of the reading that you have selected.

Post 9: Dan Pink, Drive

Dan Pink
Drive



Type in the quote on the bottom (in comments) and guide the readers to intimate understanding of the reading that you have selected.

Post 8: Let's start looking at Dan Pink's work, p. 133 of A Whole New Mind (the Fedex Logo)

When mentioning Dan Pink, the temptation is to give an overview with lots of interesting details.


If you want to see the span of an author's life, Dan Pink's journey from speechwriter for a Presidential candidate in 2000 to his current role as "trend watcher" is fun to analyze and describe.

For the rest of the posts on this blog, the title of the book and author will be placed in the blog post, but the student is going to find the link on Amazon.com, put up a cover shot and select a page to focus on.   Type in the quote on the bottom (in comments) and guide the readers to intimate understanding of the reading that you have selected.

Ideally, there will be colored type and at least one image on the post.

For example, page 133 in A Whole New Mind has a logo for a delivery company.  What do you see?