Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

Robert B. Cialdini

A follow up to Influence, focused on the moment before the persuasion attempt rather than the attempt itself. The argument is that whether someone agrees with you is partly settled by what you put in their head right before you ask. It can read as manipulative. The more useful read is defensive. Knowing how attention gets primed makes you less easy to prime.