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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion [Review]

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion [Review]

by | Aug 18, 2014

Influence, by Robert Cialdini Ph.D., is a book about how we get duped all the freaking time. And, how we might be inadvertently duping other people all the freaking time. I was first introduced to these concepts by The Personal MBA, which really didn’t do...
Deep Survival [Review]

Deep Survival [Review]

by | Aug 12, 2014

Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales came out of left field for me (a referential analogy that I decidedly do not understand). I sometimes choose books off of the Personal MBA reading list, which is where I found this one. And since I typically don’t download...
Stonewall [Review]

Stonewall [Review]

by | Aug 6, 2014

I went to the Gay Pride parade in DC a few months ago. It would be my first time going, because I didn’t much feel like I had any business being there. Of course, I was wrong. There was a world of curiosities waiting there for me. I stood on the sidewalk...
The Path of Least Resistance [Review]

The Path of Least Resistance [Review]

by | Aug 5, 2014

Whenever I read an old, well-liked, book and then sit down to write a review, I suddenly feel kind of silly calling it a review. In fact, that happens almost every time. “Uh, that ship has sailed buddy.” I imagine people must be thinking when they read my...