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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. Life’s 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. Life’s a Campaign exposes the
tactics, tricks, and truths that help people get ahead–and
can help you, too, whatever your field of ambition. Written in the assertive, good-natured style that is
Matthews’s trademark, Life’s a Campaign is the most useful
kind of investigative reporting. You’ll benefit from his
insider’s 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 win–and the life lessons they provide for the rest of us. You’ll learn about Bill Clinton’s laser-focused ability to
listen to those he wants to seduce–and how he’s 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. You’ll also find out,
for the first time, about Matthews’s own wild ride through
the turbulent, converging rapids of politics and journalism. The big payoff in Life’s a Campaign is what you’ll learn
about human nature: • People would rather be listened to than listen.
• People don’t mind being used; what they mind is being
discarded.
• People are more loyal to the people they’ve helped than
the people they’ve helped are loyal to them.
• Not everyone’s going to like you.
• No matter what anybody says, nobody wants a level playing
field. Knowing such truths is the successful person’s number one
advantage in life. As you’ll learn in Life’s a Campaign,
mastering–and employing–these truths separates the leaders
from the followers.
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