—Arthur Schopenhauer
Introduction
xvii
My Story
xvii
Our Journey
xx
Let’s Get Started
xxii
Chapter 1: Why Enchantment?
1
What Is Enchantment?
1
When Is Enchantment Necessary?
2
What Are People Thinking?
3
Where Should You Draw the Line?
4
Examples and How to Use This Book
5
Personal Stories
7
My Personal Story, by Eric Dawson
8
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Chapter 2: How to Achieve Likability
9
Make Crow’s-Feet
9
Dress for a Tie
11
Perfect Your Handshake
12
Use the Right Words
13
Accept Others
14
Get Close
15
Don’t Impose Your Values
17
Pursue and Project Your Passions
17
Find Shared Passions
20
Create Win-Win Situations
21
Swear
21
Default to Yes
24
My Personal Story, by Fran Shea
25
Chapter 3: How to Achieve Trustworthiness 27
Trust Others
27
Be a Mensch
28
Disclose Your Interests
30
Give for Intrinsic Reasons
31
Gain Knowledge and Competence
31
Show Up
33
Bake a Bigger Pie
33
Enchant People on Their Own Terms
34
Position Yourself
35
Be a Hero
36
My Personal Story, by Tony Morgan
37
Chapter 4: How to Prepare
39
Do Something Great
39
Conduct a “Premortem”
42
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Set Yourself Up for Success
43
Make It Short, Simple, and Swallowable
45
Remove the Fences
47
Provide a Default Option
49
Establish Goals
50
Create a Checklist
51
My Personal Story, by Mike Stevens
53
Chapter 5: How to Launch
55
Tell a Story
55
Immerse People
57
Promote Trial
60
Prime the Pump
61
Plant Many Seeds
61
Ask People What They’re Going to Do
63
Reduce the Number of Choices
64
Increase the Number of Choices
65
Illustrate the Salient Point
66
Present the Big, Then the Small Choice
66
Get Your First Follower
68
My Personal Story, by Matt Maurer
68
Chapter 6: How to Overcome Resistance
70
Why People Are Reluctant
70
Provide Social Proof
72
Create the Perception of Ubiquity
74
Create the Perception of Scarcity
75
Show People Your Magic
77
Find One Example
78
Find a Way to Agree
81
Find a Bright Spot
83
Assign a Label
84
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Use a Data Set to Change a Mind-Set
85
Incur a Debt
87
Enchant All the Infl uencers
88
Frame Thy Competition 91
Control the Haptic Sensations 92
Remember Charlie 93
My Personal Story, by Richard Fawal 93
Chapter 7: How to Make Enchantment Endure 95
Strive for Internalization 96
Separate the Believers 97
Push Implementation Down 98
Use Intrinsic Methods 99
Invoke Reciprocity 100
Catalyze Commitment and Consistency 103
Build an Ecosystem 104
Diversify the Team 109
Promote Spreadability 110
My Personal Story, by Chris Anthony 111
Chapter 8: How to Use Push Technology 112
General Principles 113
Presentations 115
Twitter 126
My Personal Story, by Garr Reynolds 133
Chapter 9: How to Use Pull Technology 135
Web Sites and Blogs 135
Facebook 139
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LinkedIn 142
YouTube 144
Think Japanese 148
My Personal Story, by Meryl K. Evans 150
Chapter 10: How to Enchant Your Employees 151
Provide a MAP 151
Empower Them to Do the Right Thing 152
Judge Your Results and Others’ Intentions 153
Address
Suck It Up 154
Don’t Ask Employees to Do What You Wouldn’t Do 156
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