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Blink

The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

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Blink

By: Malcolm Gladwell
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
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Summary
 Intuition is not some magical property that arises unbidden from the depths of our mind. It is a product of long hours and intelligent design, of meaningful work environments and particular rules and principles. This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking and become better decision-makers in our homes, offices and in everyday life. Just as he did with his revolutionary theory of the tipping point, Gladwell reveals how the power of blink' could fundamentally transform our relationships, the way we consume, create and communicate, how we run our businesses and even our societies. You'll never think about thinking in the same way again.©2005 Malcolm Gladwell Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Psychology & Interactions Career Inspiring Leadership Business
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For Blink, Malcolm Gladwell, author of the bestselling The Tipping Point explores the extraordinarily perceptive and deceptive power of the sub-conscious mind. Gladwell's major claim is that decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as a decision made cautiously and deliberately. What we are actually doing is what Gladwell calls 'thin-slicing'. When we leap to a decision or have a hunch our unconscious is sifting through the situation in front of us looking for a pattern, throwing out the irrelevant information and zeroing in on what really matters. Our unconscious mind is so good at this that it often delivers a better answer than more deliberate and protracted ways of thinking. Much of this is utterly mysterious but some of the most astonishing and useful examples of thin-slicing can be learned.
Gladwell hopes to convince us that our snap judgements and first impressions can be educated and controlled so instead of merely praising the mysterious process of instinct and intuition he is interested in those moments when our instincts betray us, the situations where our powers of rapid cognition can go awry, where we fail to read the signs. Most disturbing of all is the degree to which culturally determined preconceptions and prejudices control us. Without reducing matters to racism and sexism Gladwell shows us that there are facts about people's appearance-their size or shape or color or sex-that can trigger a very similar set of powerful associations which explains why utter mediocrities (such as U.S. President Warren Harding) can sometimes end up in positions of enormous responsibility; or why tall people earn substantially more than their shorter colleagues; or why car salesmen unconsciously charge prices according to race and gender.
Gladwell's conversational prose style is concise, informative, accessible and entertaining. The stories, scientific findings and psychological tests are consistently surprising whether he is dealing with speed-dating, record promotions, police shoot-outs, the human face, or the reasons doctors get sued.
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MG never disappoints. Here he shows the dangers and the importance of instant decision making.

Canary in the Minefield

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Typically gripping, fascinating and enjoyable from Malcolm Gladwell. I love how he observes and explains subtle but huge and complex issues in an accessible way. Total absorbing.

Brilliant

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Loved it so much, I want to give it another listen to learn more. Brilliant

Fascinating and insightful

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Quite a useful and thoughtful listen on the whole. I am glad that I took the time to hear the whole thing. I guess I was not convinced by the title though. I kind of thought it would be more of a lesson on enhanced thought, which had some sort of NLP blink thing slanted into it. But is was a series of generally linked anecdotes, most of which were quite interesting and entertaining, so not so difficult to take in.

I liked the military man who messed up the war game by not playing by their rules. Glad someone in the US military had some capability to think out of the box! So - really did not learn anything unexpected or especially new - but it was a good listed and well read.

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Amazingly thought provoking. Well delivered with circuitous plots that grip and holds your attention. Listen.

Sensational

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