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#1NewYorkTimesBusinessBestseller#1WallStreetJournalBusinessBestseller#1WashingtonPostbestsellerFromthebestsellingauthorofDriveandAWholeNewMindcomesasurprising--andsurprisinglyuseful--newbookthatexploresthepowerofsellinginourlives.AccordingtotheU.S.BureauofLaborStatistics,oneinnineAmericansworksinsales.Everydaymorethanfifteenmillionpeopleearntheirkeepbypersuadingsomeoneelsetomakeapurchase.Butdigdeeperandastartlingtruthemerges:Yes,oneinnineAmericansworksinsales.Butsodotheothereight.Whetherwe’reemployeespitchingcolleaguesonanewidea,entrepreneursenticingfunderstoinvest,orparentsandteacherscajolingchildrentostudy,wespendourdaystryingtomoveothers.Likeitornot,we’reallinsalesnow.ToSellIsHumanoffersafreshlookattheartandscienceofselling.AshedidinDriveandAWholeNewMind,DanielH.Pinkdrawsonarichtroveofsocialscienceforhiscounterintuitiveinsights.HerevealsthenewABCsofmovingothers(it'snolonger"AlwaysBeClosing"),explainswhyextravertsdon'tmakethebestsalespeople,andshowshowgivingpeoplean"off-ramp"fortheiractionscanmattermorethanactuallychangingtheirminds.Alongtheway,Pinkdescribesthesixsuccessorstotheelevatorpitch,thethreerulesforunderstandinganother'sperspective,thefiveframesthatcanmakeyourmessageclearerandmorepersuasive,andmuchmore.Theresultisaperceptiveandpracticalbook--onethatwillchangehowyouseetheworldandtransformwhatyoudoatwork,atschool,andathome.