I didn’t find a single practical take away in the Voss book. The entire thing was him boasting about his “accomplishments”. I’d go as far as saying it was totally useless.
Completely disagree. I recall within the first few chapters using the line “How am I supposed to do that?” on a crazy exec I worked with, which had them reflect on their ridiculous ask of me. They thought about the task some more and dropped it… like magic. Very practical book.
The author's boasting is something I can imagine bothering some people! He definetly has a big mouth and the book beeing an american style writing doesn't help either. (especially at the end the book transforms to the longest advertisement in history for his own company).
But if you can look past that there were a lot of practical take away in the book, at least for me. The largest was how should I think about negotiation and how it is a part of life. My favourite technique I still use from day to day is 'labeling' and 'false labeling'. It just helps naturally start conversations when you meet someone at the office coffee machine.
Anyone who has mental blocks asking for a raise should definetly read it.
then you must have some learning disability because it was very well written. if i were to explain it to someone, i would say that the main idea was that you have two parties, two houses. you walk into the other party's house and simply let them explain their reasoning to you. you are indirectly confronting them. and by letting them do the talking, they have to back up everything they are saying, which leads to "gotcha" avoidance and makes the other side slowly chop off their demands that are not based on the truth until you get to the core of their wants or needs without all the fluff and glitter around it. if the other party would be as good in negotiating as you, they would then come into your house and let you do the talking, exposing your bs, not just theirs. but since that does not happen, you end up victorious, in a sense.
Agree with cpursley. Voss’ “this is a real thing I did and this is how it went!” stories overwhelmed my bullshit-o-meter so badly that I put the book down about 2/3 through. I think I got a paragraph’s worth of actionable information out of the most-of-the-book that I read.
As far as I could tell, the book was an ad for his consulting & training services. Which means that it did its job perfectly, between all the boasting and the nuggets of an idea that are almost, but not quite, useful (“man, this just isn’t working… guess I better pay for some classes!”)
What’s the point of a “nuh-uh!” comment like this?
The forest ain’t there. It’s a PR/advertising illusion that vanishes as soon as you engage critical thinking.
That’s my opinion. You disagree. Ok.
“How can I see the forest?” LOL.
[edit] for others reading this: it’s not that I didn’t find anything useful in the book, just that the useful bits were rare and most of the book is unrealistic BS about how effective the techniques are, which were either made up (the “true” truck-buying negotiation story, oh man, what a whopper) or omitted other factors to make the advice from the book seem to have saved the day all on its own. You’ll get the wrong idea if you take the book at face value, plus you’ll have wasted a lot of time reading a whole book that could have been a couple pretty-decent blog posts.
> The Genius of The Few by Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien, an alternative take for garden of eden and Anunnaki compared to Sitchin
Is there anything that you found convincing in it? Or is it just a fantasy without foundations (or, worse, fake foundations like Daniken)? I find Anunnaki fascinating but people who start writing about them usually stray into their pet theory away from facts.
Your premise that it's just fantasy without foundations is subjective. I have read all Sitchin's bibliography and find the Anunnaki idea of our history the most in line with my own observations ever since I was a kid. So I did not had to be convinced of anything.
As for the book, I liked their different take on the Anunnaki, although they focused on very niche part of the written history and had a different take on the events. By talking only about the garden of eden, they did not have to delve into what came before it, so they avoided the "aliens" controversy. They did the research and translations, so it's not yet another armchair warrior type of thing, like Tellinger, for example. And their interpretation does not go against what Sitchin wrote. It's just different take on it, well worth reading if you are a fan of Anunnaki stuff.
Since you mentioned Daniken, he is a sensationalist. Sitchin is, well was, a scholar. They are not playing on the same field and should not be even compared. Daniken is great to read, don't get me wrong, but he uses a lot of fantasy and "what-ifs" and sensationalism. Sitchin on the other hand was a researcher that did the ground work, he did the travelling, he did the translations and he always backed up everything he claimed.
If you want to get the book, I bough it at goldenageproject.org.uk because it is extremely expensive on Amazon. This is an independent reprint of it. But I would recommend to first read Sitchin, he's the foundation for everything else. No one else has done more research and delved as deep as he did. Although after 12th planet, the books become too technical and observational. Less story telling and more describing which does not read to well. If you get the Sitchin bug after 12th planet, go for it. There is a nice set called the complete earth chronicles. Or you can get the summarized version the anunnaki chronicles.
I don't claim it's a fantasy, I'm asking. As a kid I loved Daniken and it was a great disappointment when I discovered later that several discoveries (but not all) he based his books on were fake. Those that are debatable are perfect because it is thanks to debate and research that progress is made.
The Genius of The Few by Christian and Barbara Joy O'Brien, an alternative take for garden of eden and Anunnaki compared to Sitchin
Built To Sell by John Warrillow, on how to build a business you can exit with a profit.
I read 30+ books in the last and this year so there are others but three is enough for this list.