The Hardball Handbook: How to Win at Life

With his more than forty years€ experience observing people and politicians in our nation's capital€“ten of those years on Hardball, five nights a week€“Chris Matthews has learned from the pros what it takes to be a success. Now Matthews shows us what we can learn from the world€s most accomplished people and, more important, how we can emulate their best habits to improve our own lives.

In The Hardball Handbook, Chris Matthews focuses on four areas€“friendship, rivalry, reputation, and success€“and shows how we can cull the best traits of others and use them ourselves. Matthews takes us on a raucous road trip through political history and points out the best€“and worst€“behaviors of some of its most notable characters. Written in the assertive, good-natured style that is Matthews€s trademark, each chapter has something to teach us. Here are a few truths from The Hardball Handbook:

€ People would rather be listened to than listen.
€ People don€t mind being used; what they mind is being discarded.
€ People are more loyal to the people they€ve helped than the people they€ve helped are loyal to them.
€ Not everyone€s going to like you.
€ No matter what anybody says, nobody wants a level playing field.

Once you understand these and other universal truths€“and how to make them work for you€“you€ll be ready to win at life.