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The key takeaways from the book 'Made to Stick' that are actionable for entrepreneurs or managers are:
1. Simplicity: Keep your ideas simple and core. Avoid unnecessary complexities.
2. Unexpectedness: To grab people's attention, present your ideas in an unexpected way.
3. Concreteness: Make your ideas clear and concrete. Avoid abstract concepts.
4. Credibility: Ensure your ideas are credible. Use experts, statistics, or demonstrations to support your ideas.
5. Emotions: Make your audience care about your ideas by appealing to their emotions.
6. Stories: Tell stories to get your ideas across. Stories are easy to remember and share.
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Even if someone is presented with a simple idea, is unexpected by it, can understand it because it's concrete and believe it because it's credible, there is no guarantee that the idea will be "sticky," because there are no guarantees that your audiences cares at all. That is why making your ideas emotional is so important. Getting people to care through emotion is the key to helping sticky ideas spread.
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Do you feel that your ideas lose momentum quickly? You can use the tactics in this book to make your ideas "sticky." Sticky ideas are those that "are...
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