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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Bantam Press (14 Feb 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0593056434
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Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 18.2 x 2.2 cm

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"Crammed with ideas and rich in the kind of quotations that have a way of giving you a jolt up the spine and lodging themselves in your brain." -- "Time Out" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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How to be more businesslike with your emotional life and more emotional in your business life

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Power of Persuasion, 26 Mar 2007

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Aristotle and Shakespeare had a name for it - they called rhetoric the art of persuasion, and like Bayley and Mavity, knew that to persuade involved passion, emotion and getting your audience's imagination fired up.'Life's a Pitch' is different from all those boring business How-To-Succeed books because it shows how every transaction in life involves the emotions, whether you're pitching for a new client, asking for a mortgage, or negotiating a tricky sex life. The book's design is a joy to behold, and the style sparkles with wit and passion, seducing the reader -perfect examples of the book's subject - the power of persuasion.

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5.0 out of 5 stars something quite different, 26 Mar 2007

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this book is something quite different - if you're nervous about pitching (yes, I am, how about you?) it tells you how, it gives you the info and the confidence. But it's also very funny, witty and beautiful to look at. I loved it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars sexist, 21 Aug 2010

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There is some amusingly expressed advice in Book 1 and the exploration of the significance of emotion in business practice is refreshing, especially as the glass ceiling has often been attributed to the inability of women to keep emotion out of the workplace.
What a pity then, that Book 2 loses the plot by substituting sex for emotion and abandoning the 'unconventional wisdom' of the first half, for plain old-school male chauvinism. In the chapter, 'Seduction, or, how to get a yes', militant feminists are termed 'anaphrodisiac hordes'; rape is described as 'seduction badly executed'; and the chapter's ending sounds like the drooling of a dirty old man. That put me right off reading further...so the seduction ended there.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful book
Fantastic book, I was a little nervous about giving a business pitch which was coming up so was looking for a book that could give me a couple of good pointers. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Mark123

3.0 out of 5 stars Just read the first half of this book
This book is essentially two books, and with some imagination, you can see it as three books. The first book is good, really good. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Gerard Van Stijn

2.0 out of 5 stars Stephen Bayley is the non-league Oscar Wilde
As parody or satire, it's not funny enough, as serious instruction it is useless.
The authors seem to think that shallowness is a virtue. Read more

Published 17 months ago by The Emperor

4.0 out of 5 stars Get good at getting your ideas across
You know what it means to pitch a good idea in the boardroom but do you realise that you're in a position to pitch your ideas at the company party, in the pub, in the office... Read more

Published 20 months ago by Digital Kati

5.0 out of 5 stars these authors are wise wise-guys
I have read quite a lot of books on pitching ideas, on life skills, presentation skills and communication in the last decade or so. Read more

Published 21 months ago by C. buck

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Excellent service Will shop again thank you. My son loved it and got a lot out of this book

Published 23 months ago by Dancinglady

4.0 out of 5 stars Best business book I've ever read.
Life's a pitch is a fantastic book; easy to read, well written, interesting and not full of pointless mumbo jumbo. Read more

Published on 1 Dec 2009 by Ms. C. Wilson

4.0 out of 5 stars Energizing
'A pitch is made and won in the theater of the heart, not the library of the mind.'

Barring the starting section of Part 2, this book is an engrossing read... Read more

Published on 9 Jun 2008 by N. Marik

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Bag
Weird piece of work this. The first half is really good. It's mildly annoying - ad people seem to be unable to stop themselves sounding smug, but the advice is good, basic common... Read more

Published on 20 May 2008 by W. J. Grist

1.0 out of 5 stars Life - Lite
This book is how to do life 'lite'.

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1 - Impressions are the most important thing at the pitch, at the job interview. Read more

Published on 2 Sep 2007 by Fran Todd

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