Summary - Made To Stick: Based On The Book By Chip Heath And Dan Heath

SUMMARY

MADE TO STICK

BASED ON THE BOOK BY CHIP HEATH AND DAN HEATH

SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: BRIEF BOOKS PUBLISHING

CONTENT

Introduction: What Sticks?

Simple

Unexpected

Concrete

Credible

Emotional

Stories

Spotting and Applying SUCCESs

Overcoming the Curse of Knowledge

General Analysis

ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK

Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath explores why some ideas endure while others are forgotten. The book presents a framework built around the SUCCES checklist to transform ordinary ideas into memorable and impactful messages.

The book identifies the Curse of Knowledge, the difficulty to understand how it feels like to not know something, as a key barrier to effective communication. Made to Stick offers insights and examples on how to overcome this cognitive bias.

Made to Stick provides actionable strategies for communicators across various fields to ensure their ideas resonate with their audience, promote understanding, and drive action. By focusing on simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotion, and storytelling, the book aims to make ideas more likely to stick.

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Release date

Audiobook: March 6, 2025