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Life's a Pitch [Kindle Edition]

Stephen Bayley (Author), Roger Mavity (Author)

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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"

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

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 517 KB
Print Length: 304 pages
Publisher: Transworld Digital (31 July 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B0057WTF4I
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #43,969 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #69 in Books > Business, Finance & Law > Management > Management Skills > Communication & Presentation > Presentations

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

The Power of Persuasion 26 Mar 2007

By Dr. P. F. Kiernan

Format:Paperback

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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something quite different 26 Mar 2007

By I. M. Nettleship

Format:Paperback

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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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

Life's a Pitch 24 Mar 2007

By Ms. Michele Beint

Format:Paperback

This is a brilliant book. It's so wittily instructive whether you're in business or not. Beautifully designed too. I would recommend the book to all young people starting out after university or college as well as anyone selling anything to anyone.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

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 7 months ago by Mark123

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 15 months ago by Gerard Van Stijn

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 21 months ago by The Emperor

sexist

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... Read more

Published 21 months ago by A. Carter

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 23 months ago by Digital Kati

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 on 29 April 2010 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 on 15 Mar 2010 by Dancinglady

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

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

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

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