Made To Stick: More Relevant Than Expected

Made To Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath is a great read for anyone who has to get a point across easily. Even in the introduction, the authors claim that parents can benefit from the book because they have to communicate certain topics very clearly to their children. However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that each chapter offers multiple relevant scenarios and topics that we (as students) can apply to our lives. Currently, many of us are either applying to jobs or internships and we need to become comfortable with explaining our point in a concise and compact way that gets to the core of what we want to say. By getting straight to the essence of responses to interview questions, we are able to focus our thoughts, because we then give more information without getting into too much detail. The authors refer to this as the "inverted pyramid."

Yesterday I was able to have a practice interview. This was the number one mistake I made: I had trouble formulating my thoughts into an "inverted pyramid" format. I would have many ideas pop up in my head after a question was asked, and I would fall into the pattern of somewhat addressing each topic or issue. I believe that especially after reading Made To Stick I will have a much better idea about how to make responses to questions much more memorable in a situation such as an interview. Chip Heath's other book, Switch has been on my "to read" list for over a year, and after realizing how interesting this book is, I will definitely have to make it a priority!