Here are 5 things I learned reading: Influence, By: Robert Cialdini

1. Authority can make you taller.

2. Tupperware Parties were (are?) genius.

3. How to stop a kid from lying.

4. Killing the messenger is about association.

5. If you want something to be irresistible, forbid it. Or make it slightly out of reach.

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Here are 5 things I learned reading: Tough Jews, By: Rich Cohen

1. If done right, lunch can be perfect.

2. There are few resources on the “Macedonian Fruit Fly.”

3. The Jewish mafia, was different.

4. I learned what a Mohel is.

5. And labor racketeering sure sounds like a cushy job.

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