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Blink
- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
The landmark book that has revolutionized the way we understand leadership and decision making - from number-one best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell.
In his landmark best seller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant, in the blink of an eye, that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work, in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?
In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing", filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology and displaying all of the brilliance that made The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.
Critic reviews
"Gladwell's groundbreaking explication of a key aspect of human nature is enlightening, provocative, and great fun to read." ( Booklist)
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-01-24
Author's research and the way they brake down things
Intriguing, understandable, provides lots of insight and understanding. Challenges listener to question their behavior and perception
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- Anonymous User
- 08-06-22
Too American?
First thing, don't put music in your audiobook. It was a few minutes every beginning of chapter, very distracting and annoying.
The book started quite well, the marriage part was quite interesting. Then it went downhill.
The book continues to tell the super long scientific names of facial muscles, they bring no value at all as no normal person knows the names of all the facial muscles.
80% of the book is discussing racism and cops shooting. 20% would have been fine but I just got so tired of it.
I think everyone should know by now, autism is a spectrum. However this book made it seem like all autistic people are the same. And the reason why cops shoot innocent people is because they become temporarily autistic?? Not fair at all against autistic people. The stories in other chapters were also very boring, Coke chapter was alright.
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