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Social commentator Malcolm Gladwell once again takes the pulse of contemporary experience and, in BLINK, comes up with this enlightening exploration of the role of rapid think...Read more
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Malcom Gladwell's Blink is a fast, excellent read
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Social commentator Malcolm Gladwell once again takes the pulse of contemporary experience and, in BLINK, comes up with this enlightening exploration of the role of rapid thinking in everyday life. Gladwell shows how what we call snap judgments, first impressions, or instinct are often right on target and get to the core truths. He reveals that experts call this process "thin-slicing"--the ability to dive for truth the way a basketball player grabs a loose ball on the court, cutting through layers and levels of knowledge that resist tortured analysis. He reports on current research in the fields of science and psychology, and their applications in marketing. Gladwell writes of the marriage therapist who can discern, by listening to three minutes of the parties talking to each other, whether their marriage will last, and how thin-slicing operates in a job interview or when an insurance company wants to identify which doctors are candidates for lawsuits. It might be a sense of structures and patterns, or a Sherlock Holmesian sensitivity to the messages we send out, or just the ability to filter out bad signals and bad information. Gladwell draws examples from the home, office, and school, and proceeds with care and caution through his material; his exposition is as engaging as it was in his previous book, THE TIPPING POINT. After reading Gladwell you will more likely trust your first impressions, but wonder what others are thinking, too.
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Explores the process by which people make decisions, explaining how the difference between good and bad decision making is directly related to the details on which people focus, and offers advice on how to improve decision making skills.
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"The author's great strength lies in his stories, and here he crafts a number of engaging ones....All these stories are nicely written and most inform and entertain at the same time...."
Kirkus Reviews (10/01/2005)
"BLINK moves quickly through a series of delightful stories, all about the backstage mental process we call intuition....My first impression of BLINK--in blurb-speak--was 'Fascinating! Eye-opening! Important!'....If you want to trust my snap judgment, buy this book: you'll be delighted."
New York Times Book Review - David Brooks (01/16/2005)
"[A] lively, wide-ranging pop treatise."
Entertainment Weekly (12/30/2005)
Social commentator Malcolm Gladwell once again takes the pulse of contemporary experience and, in BLINK, comes up with this enlightening exploration of the role of rapid thinking in everyday life. Gladwell shows how what we call snap judgments, first impressions, or instinct are often right on target and get to the core truths. He reveals that experts call this process "thin-slicing"--the ability to dive for truth the way a basketball player grabs a loose ball on the court, cutting through layers and levels of knowledge that resist tortured analysis. He reports on current research in the fields of science and psychology, and their applications in marketing. Gladwell writes of the marriage therapist who can discern, by listening to three minutes of the parties talking to each other, whether their marriage will last, and how thin-slicing operates in a job interview or when an insurance company wants to identify which doctors are candidates for lawsuits. It might be a sense of structures and patterns, or a Sherlock Holmesian sensitivity to the messages we send out, or just the ability to filter out bad signals and bad information. Gladwell draws examples from the home, office, and school, and proceeds with care and caution through his material; his exposition is as engaging as it was in his previous book, THE TIPPING POINT. After reading Gladwell you will more likely trust your first impressions, but wonder what others are thinking, too.
| Key Details | |
| Author: | Malcolm Gladwell |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Hachette Audio |
| Format: | Audio |
| ISBN-10: | 1586217194 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781586217198 |
| Additional Details | |
| Narrated by: | Malcolm Gladwell |
| Edition Description: | Unabridged |
| Size | |
| Thickness: | 1 in |
| Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
Explores the process by which people make decisions, explaining how the difference between good and bad decision making is directly related to the details on which people focus, and offers advice on how to improve decision making skills.
Industry Reviews
Kirkus Reviews (10/01/2005)
New York Times Book Review - David Brooks (01/16/2005)
Entertainment Weekly (12/30/2005)
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Malcom Gladwell's Blink is a fast, excellent read
Created: 09/22/05
Review For: Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (2005, Unabridged, Compact Disc)
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"Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking" is Malcom Gladwell's challenge for readers and society to follow intuition and glance. Gladwell cleverly and powerfully outlines the power of snap judgments - the key, as he puts it, is to analyze behaviors and situations using "thin slices" and "adaptive unconsciousness".
The struggle is simple and prevalent in business, life, relationships etc - simply put, people tend to over analyze and over think. Though this is a natural inclination, it is dangerous and time-consuming. Gladwell challenges us to act differently - but training ourselves and our surrounding to quickly adapt and interpret. But unlike most self-help books, Gladwell doesn't begin and end with a challenge - he walks readers through the need, the solution, etc - all in a thoughtful, well-developed manner.
I encourage readers not to form an opinion of the book based on the first chapter - which is slow and underdeveloped. The fundamental trouble with Gladwell's book (though I quite enjoyed it and found it quite powerful) is that, like all similar books, must be taken for what its worth. While its dangerous to always overthink - its equally dangerous to always rely on the adaptive unconscious. The true answer lays somewhere between the two extremes - Gladwell does a fine job allowing you to arrive there and I believe that is the goal he set out to achieve.
Also recommended:
The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book by Patrick Lencioni
The struggle is simple and prevalent in business, life, relationships etc - simply put, people tend to over analyze and over think. Though this is a natural inclination, it is dangerous and time-consuming. Gladwell challenges us to act differently - but training ourselves and our surrounding to quickly adapt and interpret. But unlike most self-help books, Gladwell doesn't begin and end with a challenge - he walks readers through the need, the solution, etc - all in a thoughtful, well-developed manner.
I encourage readers not to form an opinion of the book based on the first chapter - which is slow and underdeveloped. The fundamental trouble with Gladwell's book (though I quite enjoyed it and found it quite powerful) is that, like all similar books, must be taken for what its worth. While its dangerous to always overthink - its equally dangerous to always rely on the adaptive unconscious. The true answer lays somewhere between the two extremes - Gladwell does a fine job allowing you to arrive there and I believe that is the goal he set out to achieve.
Also recommended:
The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book by Patrick Lencioni
9 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Review For: Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (2005, Unabridged, Compact Disc)
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In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell offers his account of humanity's seemingly instantaneous judgment in critical situations. The book features a series of fascinating anecdotal case studies, skilled interweavings of psychological experiments, explanations, and unexpected connections which have become part of Gladwell's writing style since Tipping Point.
At the outset of Blink, he illustrates how incredibly complex decisions are often made in the matter of seconds: experts on Greek art, who had no vested interest in judging a rare 6th-century sculpture of a youth as authentic, sensed immediately that it was fake. But Gladwell points out that if expertise, or mere accumulated experiences sufficed, humans could unerringly trust these decisions made as rapidly as the blink of an eye, but, as he illustrates through several counterpuntal stories, such blinks can also be deceptive. It should be noted that he seems to stretch some of his examples to conform to his blink-of-an-eye theory.
Gladwell is an impressive synthesizer and is, in that sense, a model for both teachers and students. Because of his skills as a journalist, the book is accurate and informative -- complete with numerous anecdotes. Blink is a satisfying and informative read, but not as scholarly as some might have you believe.
At the outset of Blink, he illustrates how incredibly complex decisions are often made in the matter of seconds: experts on Greek art, who had no vested interest in judging a rare 6th-century sculpture of a youth as authentic, sensed immediately that it was fake. But Gladwell points out that if expertise, or mere accumulated experiences sufficed, humans could unerringly trust these decisions made as rapidly as the blink of an eye, but, as he illustrates through several counterpuntal stories, such blinks can also be deceptive. It should be noted that he seems to stretch some of his examples to conform to his blink-of-an-eye theory.
Gladwell is an impressive synthesizer and is, in that sense, a model for both teachers and students. Because of his skills as a journalist, the book is accurate and informative -- complete with numerous anecdotes. Blink is a satisfying and informative read, but not as scholarly as some might have you believe.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Thin slicing and other Jedi mind tricks
Created: 09/22/05
Review For: Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (2005, Unabridged, Compact Disc)
You don’t need to read this review. You’ve already made up your mind about the book Blink. You’ve received enough inputs from sources that you trust or don’t trust that your subconscious has already decided whether or not Blink is a good book. If this review agrees with your subconscious, you’ll agree with the review. If this review disagrees with your subconscious, you will attribute my opinions on this book to my incompetence. Why and how did you come to make such a hasty judgement on this book ? “Blink” seeks to answer those questions.
In this latest book, Gladwell (of “Tipping Point” fame) explores “thin slicing”, the theory that we only need a tiny bit of information or exposure to something to make a decision. The genius of Gladwell is that he examines how common people use thin slicing, usually unaware of the fact that they are thin slicing, and that he also examines subject matter experts using thin slicing to practice their chosen art with remarkable accuracy. Some examples of common people unknowingly thin slicing include speed daters who make remarkably sound choices about dating partners and police officers who, in “Matrix” like fashion, slow down time in the heat of a gunfight to make amazing decisions. Great examples of experts who practice thin slicing include the ability of a marriage counselor to determine whether a marriage will succeed or fail with 95% accuracy….based on 30 seconds of conversation between spouses.
It’s a fascinating book that has the potential to change the way you think about your own thoughts and interpret the actions and reactions of those you interact with.
In this latest book, Gladwell (of “Tipping Point” fame) explores “thin slicing”, the theory that we only need a tiny bit of information or exposure to something to make a decision. The genius of Gladwell is that he examines how common people use thin slicing, usually unaware of the fact that they are thin slicing, and that he also examines subject matter experts using thin slicing to practice their chosen art with remarkable accuracy. Some examples of common people unknowingly thin slicing include speed daters who make remarkably sound choices about dating partners and police officers who, in “Matrix” like fashion, slow down time in the heat of a gunfight to make amazing decisions. Great examples of experts who practice thin slicing include the ability of a marriage counselor to determine whether a marriage will succeed or fail with 95% accuracy….based on 30 seconds of conversation between spouses.
It’s a fascinating book that has the potential to change the way you think about your own thoughts and interpret the actions and reactions of those you interact with.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Blink review
Created: 10/09/09
Review For: Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (2005, Unabridged, Compact Disc)
) My 5 and a half car ride seemed very short listening to Malcolm Gladwell. I recommend it. If you like psychology and social sciences you will find this book interesting.
Should be required reading for all people. Amazing!!
Created: 02/22/09
Review For: Blink: The Power Of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (2005, Unabridged, Compact Disc)
) I love the pure science of this book. I have observed much of what the book talks about in my 22 year law enforcement career. I have also watched the media desensitize Americans toward whatever it is they choose. Not only the news media, but television as a whole. What was once taboo, (sex, homosexuality, unwed mothers, vulgarity, women in positions of power, etc.) is poured on anyone who watches. America is "primed" by the media. If you like this book, get "The Gift of Fear" by Gavin de Becker and see how it works. I bought "Blink" and "The Gift of Fear" after attending a conference where Janine Driver spoke on body language and suggested these books.
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