A couple of things collided to make me want to read this…
Over the past winter I watched a movie called Crazy, Stupid Love. In the movie, Ryan Gosling’s character sweet talks the ladies with very little effort and great success. Yeh yeh I know – it’s a movie. One of the many reviews on this (actually pretty good) movie mentioned the Mystery Method for pick up artists.
My “pick up chicks” days are far, far behind me. If, indeed, they ever happened – girls don’t have keyboards attached or disk drives. In my quest to understand the intricacies of how selling works, I saw “pick up” and thought “how to engage and sell”.
This is, without doubt, the best book on selling I have ever read. It explores the nuances of human nature, narrows in on common misconceptions about dealing with people for the first time and presents solid method and process to engage, maintain attention and turn interest into buying. Well, the “buying” is something different in the book – but I know what they mean.
Another thing that stuck with me: we’re only alive for around 28,000 days. Made me want to get up and do something worthwhile.
A fascinating read and worth your attention if, for whatever reason, you struggle to communicate in social situations.
