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Blink

The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

By Malcolm Gladwell

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| Audio CD | 9781586217198

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How do we make decisions--good and bad--and why are some people so much better at it than others? Thats the question Malcolm Gladwell asks and answers in the follow-up to his huge bestseller, The Tipping Point. Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Continue

How do we make decisions--good and bad--and why are some people so much better at it than others? Thats the question Malcolm Gladwell asks and answers in the follow-up to his huge bestseller, The Tipping Point. Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, he shows how the difference between good decision-making and bad has nothing to do with how much information we can process quickly, but on the few particular details on which we focus. Leaping boldly from example to example, displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Gladwell reveals how we can become better decision makers--in our homes, our offices, and in everyday life. The result is a book that is surprising and transforming. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

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  • Be a blinking marvel

    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Penguin £16.99, pp277 Love at first sight is one of our most endearing beliefs, but it is a romantic delusion. What's happening is not an unmediated explosion of energy and data whizzi ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • On second thoughts ...

    Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 304pp, Allen Lane, £16.99 This second book by the world's top journalist/business guru, makes a very attractive proposition. If we pay attention to his findings, Malcolm Gladwell says, ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • 3 people find this helpful

    Disappointing...

    thought it would be mind-blowing. ended up looping in a single message with various examples...

    thought it should be finished in a "blink"(!?)

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    Vivian said on Jun 14, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    A reasonable read but kinda crappy content, contradictory and lots were very obvious. Still, well written and did a lot with limited material

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    Simon Newstead said on Jul 6, 2008 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    Gladwell manages to bring together the most varied examples to get his point across. He's also a masterful storyteller, making stats and research (on subjects you would never dream of) fascinating.

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    SeanaMO said on Jan 4, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • Could we recognize a piece of art, or tell for sure that a couple is in the middle of a crisis or declare that a person is telling the truth or is lying in a blink?

    The reply is: it is possible. There are experts who are able to judge whether they are in front of a fake, a couple in the middle of ... (continue)

    Could we recognize a piece of art, or tell for sure that a couple is in the middle of a crisis or declare that a person is telling the truth or is lying in a blink?

    The reply is: it is possible. There are experts who are able to judge whether they are in front of a fake, a couple in the middle of a crisis, or that a person is telling the truth or not. What they have in common is that they trained themselves to listen to their heart and intuition (in seconds) without relying on their eyes only or on their prejudices and be right. The process that everyone of them use is the thin-slicing one.

    This is a very fascinating book on one of the most intriguing human abilities: know what's really going on simply in a blink.

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    Elena said on Feb 15, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • Gladwell's writing is compelling and the book is rich of case studies and examples. But it seems to me he's just moving around one thesis which is too difficult to develop in rigorous terms.

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    dario villa said on Sep 9, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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