Five Stars by Carmine Gallo is a book on The Communication Secrets to get from Good to Great. The author addresses that humans have skills that no computer or artificial intelligence will every have; critical thinking, creativity, and communication. Most of his book focuses on the communication piece. This is a vital skill in the corporate world.
“If you can persuade, inspire, and ignite the imagination of others, you will be unstoppable, irresistible and irreplaceable.”
He divides the book up into three sections:
-Why Great Communicators are Irreplaceable.
-Who’s Earned Five Stars
-How to Get From Good to Great.
Well worth the read. I suspect I will be referring back to this book often.

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Precise, concise communication is an important key to success when making business presentations, Ted talks, and when sharing ideas. This book presents how you go about doing that effectively and how you avoid typical common mistakes (many of which I have made myself over the years).

Some of the ideas seem self-evident:

* Focus on a single, concrete, and time-specific goal.
* Keep your presentation short. Make it too long, your audience will suffer.
* Don’t use a long word when a short one works.

I found the book very helpful, and I have since reading the book, used it to weed out several common mistakes from my own presentations. I know of many who would be greatly aided by reading this book and using its guidelines.

Highly recommended.

This book was written by the same author as Talk Like Ted. I think the author spent too long selling the reader on why they should read this book. A chapter on why would have been fine but it goes on for many chapters and I was anxious to get to the reason I chose this book - to learn to be a more persuasive communicator. I love business books that tell stories and share anecdotes. This book clearly does that well which makes it engaging and entertaining, although as an avid business reader, I knew many of the stories, but I had trouble finding the substance, the key take-aways that I could apply to my future communication and presentations. I am sure they are somewhere in each story but there wasn't a solid recap at the end of each chapter reinforcing the key messages. I think adding that in a future edition would be very valuable.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

A fantastic read with lots of tips and tricks for great communication, a great read, highly recommend!

I often read business books and think about how they could apply in a school setting. One that seems an excellent match – for teachers and for students – is the recent FIVE STARS by Carmine Gallo, bestselling author of Talk Like TED. Here, Gallo stresses "presentation literacy" and emphasizes the importance of communication, saying, "Mastering the art of persuasion – combining words and ideas to move people to action – is no longer a 'soft' skill. It is the fundamental skill to get from good to great in the age of ideas." Gallo splits the book into three main section, one that explains why great communicators are essential, another that profiles scientists, (e.g., Neil deGrasse Tyson) plus a variety of entrepreneurs and other professionals who excel at communication and finally, an outline of how to get from good to great. It's in that last section where Gallo devotes chapters to topics like The Pathos Principle, Three Act Storytelling Structure (situation, complication, resolution), The Big Picture, Smart Words and so on; similar points are often emphasized by our English teachers, especially. I found FIVE STARS to be an inspirational and useful guide which has potential as a One School, One Book type read. For example, as Junior Themes become more issue oriented, wouldn't it be interesting to encourage students to explore developing and sharing data with sites mentioned by Gallo like Kaggle? As we continue to develop critical thinking, creativity, and empathy amongst our students, FIVE STARS will be a valuable tool.

No longer a “soft” skill, the art of persuasion has become a necessity. If we are only as valuable as our ideas in this modern economy, we better learn how to market those ideas. That’s what this book does. It shows us how to communicate our ideas in the best possible way.

Gallo gives many real-life examples of situations and people who have learned the art of great communication. He stresses how important and relevant the skills are through stories of individuals and companies who have gotten this right.

He then lays it out clearly for the rest of us. And you know he knows his stuff. I thought he particularly shone in Part Three: How to Get from Good to Great. He gives lists and principles and how-to’s that any of us can follow, such as:

“There are three kinds of stories that you can—and should—incorporate in any conversation or presentation intended to move people to action. They are: Stories about personal experiences. Stories about real customers or clients. Stories about signature events in the history of a brand or company.”

At the end of these chapters, he also succinctly lists “Five-Star Principles” which sum up the highlights. From Chapter 12:

“Think of your next pitch or presentation as the logline to a Hollywood movie. If you had one sentence and one sentence only to pitch your idea, what would you say? Introduce your one big idea within 15 seconds of starting your presentation.”

I recommend this book for its practicality and its genius. Gallo cheers us on to succeed in whichever field our interests lie.

“Conquer the fear and you’ll replace it with the joy that comes with connecting with an audience. You should be thrilled to share your ideas. After all, they might change the world, and that’s exceptionally exciting.”

My thanks to Net Galley for the review copy of this book.

This is a wonderful book to help anyone improve their communication. I enjoyed it and would recommend it.

I had Carmine Gallo on my writer's radar. As soonas this book 'Five stars' came along, I was happy to know 'The communication Secrets tp get from Good to great'. I am a Toastmasters, hence my obvious interest in improving communication skills.
The author shares the formula of successful Hollywood movies and how the geniuses like steve Jobs, Da Vinci and Picasso have unlocked their best ideas. Communication skills is athe most valuable skill as perceived by the Master of Money, Warren Buffet.
How great speeches by forefathers of the nation have been in simple words using less than high school grade level words. Hemingaway app.

The power of stories, Aristotle's persuation through ethos, pathos and logos,
The analogy used by LinkedIn, the logline of Google, Indra Nooyi's Follow your Dream,
Beat the Greet, Dream Big

How 12 year old Alexa Cousin got her pet with Aristotl'e persuasion formula.

Using the knowledge learned in the book, on the book:
Setting - With AI and increasing computing abilities, human abilities like communication relegated to soft skills until now are very essential going forward. many professions now depend on persuasion. Using the techniques of many geniuses, astrophysicits, orators and creative artists we can crack the communication code.
Did the author sell his book with personal stories? There wasa reference to his books Talk like Ted and The Storyteller's Secret.