How to Get Anyone to Do Anything [Hardcover]

R. Philip Hanes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2006

You can accomplish anything you can dream if you get someone else to do it! is the personal mission statement and secret weapon of the irrepressible R. Philip Hanes. A dynamic and visionary entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist whose CV includes posts at the National Endowment of the Arts and the Smithsonian, Hanes packs at least 10 lifetimes' worth of experience and achievement into a memoir of his first 80 years. HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING is not only the story of an exceptional life, it's a manual for how to make your own life exceptional.

Editorial Reviews

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if you follow the advice in HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING you can run the country. Or you can settle in for a delightful time with a man whose intelligence, humor, and wisdom have made him one of America's most influential citizens. In his company, you will find riches.-Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird"Phil Hanes has distilled the lessons of a long and productive life into a wonderful tale filled with pithy anecdotes and useful observations about how to accomplish your goals. It's a book well worth reading."-David Rockefeller, Sr., Chase Manhattan Bank, New York Museum of Art"There's more insight, humor, and common sense in HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING than there is in the entire Congressional Record. It's a Poor Richard's Almanac for our time."-James V. Kimsey, founding CEO of America Online, Inc.

From the Publisher

* The former CEO of Hanes Companies offers four essential strategies for launching and accomplishing virtually any business, career, or philanthropic endeavor. * Drawing on the personal challenge of a severe learning disability, the author shows readers how to see opportunities instead of obstacles by looking for help in all the right places. * A great gift for business grads, an inspiration for entrepreneurs and career changers, and a must for anyone hoping to jumpstart a seemingly impossible project.

"If you follow the advice in HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING you can run the country. Or you can settle in for a delightful time with a man whose intelligence, humor, and wisdom have made him one of America’s most influential citizens. In his company, you will find riches." — Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird

"Phil Hanes has distilled the lessons of a long and productive life into a wonderful tale filled with pithy anecdotes and useful observations about how to accomplish your goals. It’s a book well worth reading." — David Rockefeller Sr., former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and Chairman Emeritus of the Museum of Modern Art

"There’s more insight, humor, and common sense in HOW TO GET ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING than there is in the entire Congressional Record. It’s a Poor Richard’s Almanac for our time." — James V. Kimsey, founding CEO of America Online, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580086675
• ISBN-13: 978-1580086677
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,038,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unimpressive, November 28, 2006

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Stephanie Manley (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Get Anyone to Do Anything (Hardcover)

There are many good books available that contain information that is about self motivation. This book is primarily a recollection of memories with a few good nuggets of information thrown in. While I do not dispute any of Hanes ideas, I found the constant walk down memory to be distracting from the good information that is available within the book.

If you are looking for fundraising ideas, this may be a good choice for you, as one-third of the book is about fund raising. There is also some good information about interviewing for high level positions in the appendix of the book.

If you are looking for a book about motivating yourself and others, I would highly recommend another book. If you are looking for insight about fund raising, and interested in preping for a tough job interview I would suggest this book. Information contained in the book is quality, and solid, but there are many long passages to read inbetween the nuggets of knowledge that were intended for you to grasp from this book.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless and Self-Serving, April 3, 2006

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J. Thomas (Way out West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Get Anyone to Do Anything (Hardcover)

This book is ostensibly a how-to manual of persuasion, but the instructional part takes up about three paragraphs and can be summed up as: networking is good.

Thanks for the huge insight.

The rest of the book is a series of self-glorifying stories about how rich Hanes is and how many famous people he knows. The moral of all the stories boils down to this: when you need to raise a few million for your next project just call up that newspaper editor/Cabinet member/Congressman/university president/CEO that owes you one and pull some strings. How to go about collecting these people? They're the ones you went to Yale with and sip cognac with at the Club. This is a masturbatory autobiography with no educational or instructional value whatsoever. Read Cialdini's "Influence" instead.

4.0 out of 5 stars Learn How to get Anyone to do Anything (with you), February 18, 2011

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This review is from: How to Get Anyone to Do Anything (Hardcover)

A quick and very interesting read, especially for folks from Winston-Salem, NC. I wish I had gotten an opportunity to meet this interesting and powerful local figure during his incredible journey here.
JMS