Review of
Instaread Summary, Analysis & Review of Brian
Tracy’s The Art of Closing the Sale
Four out of five stars
If you were not
explicitly informed that the author of the book is a motivational speaker, it
would be apparent from the content of the key takeaways. For some of them are
simply retellings of what one hears from people who make their living telling
others how to succeed. The first key takeaway is a statement of the main point
made in nearly every motivational talk.
“Effective salespeople must like themselves first and
have a positive, proactive outlook.”
In fact, you could drop the “sales” prefix and this
sentence will apply to everyone.
From this
summary, it is clear that the book rises above some of the rather simplistic “rah-rah”
content that appears in other books written by motivational speakers. Tracy
clearly has had success in sales and although the advice is generic, is worthy
of reading.
After reading
the rest of the summary, it was no surprise to read the following first line of
the “Author’s Style” page.
“’The Art of Closing the Sale’ is written in a tone
similar to a motivational speech.”
The first
sentences of the third paragraph of the “Author’s Style” section are also
revealing.
“Tracy includes many assumptions based, presumably, on
personal experience. He does not cite sources even when he mentions survey
results or reports.”
My thought when I read that was, “Sounds like a
motivational speech to me.”
If you can
accept accurate sales advice that may be a bit preachy, undocumented and a bit
of a plug for services, then this book will likely be worthy of reading. Although
there should have been more analysis in the summary. There are 30 pages with a
lot of whitespace.
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