This may not be a helpful review....
937549
...because I haven't actually read the book.  I have, however, attended Daly's workshop on this material at the McCombs School of Business at UT.  It was the best damn how-to course on influence and gaining buy-in on your ideas I've ever taken.  And I've taken many.  This material is practical, usable, grounded in realistic scenarios, and consumable to the point that you actually remember a lot of it.  If the book is like the workshop, it is easily in the same league as John Kotter's book Buy-In. Maybe better.
3104838
Not any more substantive than the single review on here (with one star based on some sort of pricing complaint, I think), but may as well try to mitigate its effect.
4145476
I'll be honest here, I'm only submitting my somewhat of an opinion to offset the one star review that wasn't even based on the actual game experience. Try not to hate me for it if possible. There's already a better review of the game up here that's better than what I could ever do, so for a better understanding I'd read that one. As of now I'm only a few hours in, and trying to truly put up an official review at this point would be unfair to the game. So with that said, I'll submit an actual review once I finish the game. As for it's contents, there are unboxings up on youtube that do a good job. If this can come out even remotely helpful to some then I've done my job.
77599
I rely on Amazon customer reviews to make my purchases. Thus, I am quite concerned when it appears that some reviews may not be what is expected. That appears to be the case here and I am concerned that reviews for all cmsHome products may not be reliable. Read on and you will see why.

I recently purchased this product from CMS and a card enclosed offered a new free product for an honest review. However after responding to that offer, I received the following from cmsHome,

You are wondering what do you need to do to participate..it's EASY!!  You do need to qualify and you are part way there already.  We select reviewers from interested buyers who have already left a review on the product listing.  Understandably, it may take a little while to form an opinion.  When you have done that, please let us know and we will take a look at it.  Make sure that you tell us what you reviewed, and how we can identify your review.   If your review meets our requirements, you will be offered an excellent product free of charge, to purchase completely free with a promotion code in exchange for a review of that product. 

So, the offer is if a customer's review "meets our [cmsHome's] requirements, you will be offered an excellent product free of charge".

Is this an effort to provide a free product for a positive review? Decide for yourself if this cmsHome offer is trying to influence customer reviews.

In light of this, it appears you should take any ratings for CMS products with that proverbial grain of salt!
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DISCLOSURE: I was given the opportunity to review this product and received it discounted/free for my honest and unbiased opinion. I am not an affiliate of the manufacturer, seller, or Amazon; and I do not receive any monetary compensation for reviewing this item. I understand the importance of honest customer feedback because I rely a great deal on customer reviews myself. The integrity of each product review I write is based on my own personal feelings and/or opinions and not anyone elses. I hope what I have shared and described above from my own experience has helped you with your buying options.
2402850
Sorry Jay, the tone in your email requesting a "final" notice to review is unprofessional.  I am in the middle of moving to another state, and I have been only keeping up with important emails at this time.  I didn't feel your review was as important as emails from my new employer or moving company.  You have to realize that not everyone will send you a review on your product if it is good.  More likely, they will complain if it is bad.  I feel you were a bit pushy on this topic, and I'll leave it at that.  The disks are great.  They constant reminders to fill out this review were pushy and annoying.
1164552
Amazon really needs a neutral  "gift" choice for review so I am not damning an item by faint praise. I did not look at it before giving it as a gift. Filling this out is just to get it off my screen as a nag notice
597326
If this book doesn't scare the bejesus out of you, then perhaps might want to check yourself in for evaluation.
2087494
I'm not sure how I'm supposed to review a product that will either get a one star or a five star.  In the spirit of thinking positive, I'm giving it a five star and hoping never to be proven right or wrong...
192788
It is strange that 8 out of 10 five star reviews were written on January 4th, 2012. I find this too much of a coincidence and feel that those reading the ratings must do so with a very large grain of salt. The tone of the reviews sound the same, and they seem to provide little information regarding the book! Buyers who plan to purchase any book based on the ratings need to read all of the rating carefully.  Honest feedback is the backbone of Amazon and those who provide it are providing the community a great service.
330253
I didn't order this I don't know why it's asking me to review. We do own it though and it's pretty cool...
4774636
I am not here to review the book but to review the reviews so to speak as some of the reviews here seem personally motivated and/or are from admitted competitors.

Most who read the reviews are intelligent enough to see through this and discard some of them as agenda driven. It would seem the greater effort made to disparage the book and the author and the more time spent on building or promoting their "qualifications" in doing so the more personal the reasons.

My considered advice is to read through all the reviews and look for those that are not agenda driven or personally motivated then make your buying decision based on those.

As I am reviewing the reviews and not the book, and to remain neutral I gave the book four stars which is it's current average at the time of this posting.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.
680760
If you need to read a review to buy this record you probably won't get "It".

It's sort of like writing a review for Beethovan's 9th.
4353385
I was debating purchasing this item, because it's rated five stars and I thought my son might enjoy it. Then, I checked the reviews. Most of them seem to say the same things and none are critical of the product in any way. So, I checked out the reviewers - nearly all have either 1 or 2 reviews, giving five stars to each. I think there were only two actual people in the entire list. The odds of 50+ people only reviewing this one item seems pretty slim, and for all of them to give it five stars - call me skeptical, but I believe these reviews are either from fake or paid accounts.

It's a terrible practice, and I really hope that some day Amazon does something to drastically deter it.
1383248
I can't really write a review because I haven't read the book and do you know why? It's because I was not able to sample the authors writing via Amazon. The "look inside" feature showed the table of contents, a cover and some reviews....and that was it.

So when I clicked three stars it was to complain about this and has nothing at all to do with the author's writing (I didn't want to give a bad review to what might be a great book and I know one and two star ratings have an impact.)

Quite frankly when I see this it makes me a little suspicious. As an avid reader I can usually pick up a book and know within a few paragraphs if the book is for me. Are they hiding something?

Note to Amazon and authors....please ensure the "look inside" feature has some of the author's writing included.
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With that said, its NOT rocket science and I am NOT a professional reviewer, nor do I need a venue to blabber on as if I were.  If Amazon want's me to provide thoughts, they had better STOP telling me how many words I have to use.  I have better things to do with my time.  Otherwise, I will either NEVER say anything or STOP buying from Amazon.  I might just STOP buying from Amazon anyways, as I do NOT LIKE their politics.
1573443
...so take my review with a grain of salt.

What this book seems to be telling me is I have no business trying to teach myself math.  I suspect those with a natural aptitude will have no trouble with it, but I need more hand-holding than this text offers.  Though I'm not a total numb-nut - I've gone to Wikipedia while studying some sections and have found clearer, more enlightening explanations.