Daniel Pink formula: Personal Examples + Scientific Data = EFFECTIVE PERSUASION
Daniel Pink combines personal examples and scientific data to effectively persuade the audience that most occupations in today's world require the selling of ideas.
So while the idea that 1 in 9 American workers sells for a living might surprise you, I wondered whether it masked a still more intriguing truth. For instance, I’m not a “sales worker” in the categorical sense. Yet, as I wrote in the Introduction, when I sat down to deconstruct my own workdays, I discovered that I spend a sizable portion of them selling in a broader sense— persuading, influencing, and convincing others. (p. 19)