Reading Collection
HourLife Collection · 8 books · 45 insights
Marketing & Persuasion
The psychology behind why people buy — and how to apply it.
Collection Index
A shelf with an argument.
Every collection gathers books around a practical life problem. Open the title that feels closest, then let the shelf widen the frame.
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01
All Marketers Are Liars
Marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell.
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Buyology
What we buy is rarely the thing. It is the cue, ritual, fear, memory, and belonging the thing lights up before language arrives.
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Contagious
Ideas spread when sharing them makes people feel smart, useful, moved, and part of a story worth retelling.
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Decoded
Marketing works when it stops arguing with the buyer and starts designing the path toward the buyer's goal.
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Hooked
A product becomes powerful when it stops asking for attention and starts answering the feeling that sends attention looking.
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Influence
The best defense against automatic influence is not suspicion. It is the trained pause that asks which shortcut just got pressed.
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Predictably Irrational
The choice is rarely clean. First the room votes, then you explain why you agreed.
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The Tipping Point
A tipping point is the moment an idea stops asking for attention and starts recruiting the room.
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