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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Sticky ideas have to be simple.
Chapter 3: Sticky ideas have to be unexpected.
Chapter 4: Curiosity gaps help make ideas stick better.
Chapter 5: Sticky ideas are tangible and descriptive.
Chapter 6: Sticky ideas have to be credible.
Chapter 7: Emotional appeals move people to act.
Chapter 8: Calls to action work best when there's a clear personal benefit for audiences involved.
Chapter 9: Ideas stick best when they're shared as stories.
Description
Made to Stick explains why some ideas become popular, while others wither and die.
The book lays out the most important characteristics of “stickiness”; that is, what makes ideas “stick” in the mind, and how to make them work for you.
Who Should Listen
Anyone with an idea to share
Anyone interested in why some ideas catch on and others don’t
Every film director, advertising executive, NGO worker and so on.
About the Authors
Chip Heath is a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford University. He holds a BSc in industrial engineering and a PhD in psychology.
His brother Dan Heath is an academic, consultant and founder of the publishing company Thinkwell, which takes a new, didactic approach to writing textbooks.