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The Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy
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The Psychology of Selling

Business and economics
First published
1988
Print length
220 pagesThomas Nelson, 2006

Description

Brian Tracy’s The Psychology of Selling focuses on the attitudes and ideas associated with successful sales work. The supplied summary identifies sales motivation, goal achievement, reasons people buy, creative selling, customer growth, and key elements of sales success as its central subjects. Together, these topics connect a salesperson’s aims with an understanding of buyers and the development of a larger customer base. The book is therefore best approached as a broad guide to sales performance and motivation, although the available information does not establish its exact chapter structure, exercises, or step-by-step techniques.

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Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).

Writing
How much attention the sentences and language require.
Ideas
How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
Structure
How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
Background knowledge
Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
Emotional intensity
Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.

Writing style

Conversational · Direct · Essayistic

Pace

Brisk

Tone

Earnest · Hopeful · Uplifting

Structure

Argumentative

Focus

Ideas · Information

Emotional intensity

2 / 5

Reading complexity

1–5 · higher means more demanding
Writing
2 / 5
Ideas
2 / 5
Structure
2 / 5
Background knowledge
1 / 5

Themes

AmbitionKnowledge and truthWealthWork

Book details

For the print edition listed above.

Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
ISBN
9780785288060
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