May 26, 2009 4:43 PM
Obama - smooth talking will get you far
From a review at the Wall Street Journal of a new book called The Gentle Art of Getting Ahead: A self-deprecating account of mastering tests, stuffing résumés and impressing the right people by Princeton graduate Walter Kirn:
"The trick: 'Establish a cadence, stretch it, vary it, return to it later in full force, and try not to think the words. That was the secret, I discovered. The words were interchangeable. . . their potency lay not in their meanings but in the patterns they cut into the air." Being a verbally agile quick study may be a parlor trick, but it's the kind that has taken a lot of people a long way. Just look in the White House.'"
Love,
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