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What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation, and Success
Random House
October 2007
On Sale: October 2, 2007
224 pages
ISBN: 1400065283
EAN: 9781400065288
Hardcover
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Chris Matthews is like no other TV interviewer. Lifeโs a Campaign is like no other book on success. Famous for demanding the truth from his Hardball guests, Chris Matthews now reveals what the people running this country rarely confess: the secrets of how they got to the top. Here is the first book on power with insight snatched from those who wield it. Lifeโs a Campaign exposes the tactics, tricks, and truths that help people get aheadโand can help you, too, whatever your field of ambition. Written in the assertive, good-natured style that is Matthewsโs trademark, Lifeโs a Campaign is the most useful kind of investigative reporting. Youโll benefit from his insiderโs scrutiny of the Congress, the White House, and the national news media. Here are the methods, showcased in fascinating anecdotes and case histories, that presidents, senators, and other powerful people use to persuade others and winโand the life lessons they provide for the rest of us. Youโll learn about Bill Clintonโs laser-focused ability to listen to those he wants to seduceโand how heโs been teaching that craft to his wife, Hillary; how Ronald Reagan employed his basic optimism to win history to his side; the simple steps in human diplomacy that the first President Bush exploited to assemble a worldwide posse to attack Saddam Hussein and gain global approval in a way his son has failed to do; how Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House by practicing the most fundamental of human qualities: hardnosed loyalty. Youโll also find out, for the first time, about Matthewsโs own wild ride through the turbulent, converging rapids of politics and journalism. The big payoff in Lifeโs a Campaign is what youโll learn about human nature: โข People would rather be listened to than listen. โข People donโt mind being used; what they mind is being discarded. โข People are more loyal to the people theyโve helped than the people theyโve helped are loyal to them. โข Not everyoneโs going to like you. โข No matter what anybody says, nobody wants a level playing field. Knowing such truths is the successful personโs number one advantage in life. As youโll learn in Lifeโs a Campaign, masteringโand employingโthese truths separates the leaders from the followers.
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