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Title: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
List Price: $15.99
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| Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Back Bay Books New Insights | | At a minimum, this book provided me very substatantial food for thought. It is an interesting study in disicion making - this really boosted my confidence concerning trusting myself more and not overanalyzing every step. | | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Back Bay Books Interesting | Blink by Malcolm Gladwell has a lot of interesting and unusual observations, mixed in with research and life stories that all tie together neatly. Some of it is fun, you get to take tests. You also have to figure out what people are saying to each other, when you suspect the words of the conversation have nothing whatever to do with what they are actually trying to tell each other. Thinking while talking and listening is a skill and this book helps develop that skill by teaching you to hear between the lines.
What's really great about this book is it is not boring and there are plenty clever tips you can add to your communications skill set. It also has some fascinating things to say about decision making and personal motives.
Though none of the information is really provocative, some of it very unusual. I thought the military decision making was especially interesting. All and all it was solid information delivered in an easy to read style that kept it interesting and entertaining as well as educational.
| | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Back Bay Books Blink is a must read! | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Although it is a quick read, it is a powerful one. It made me have more confidence in my "gut instinct" and that these instincts can be credible as well. Makes you analyze your judgements and opinions. Highly recommended for everyone. | | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Back Bay Books Major, MAJOR Disappointment; DRIFTS, BADLY!! | This book could probably be anywhere from a 1/3rd to a 1/4th as big as it is; if not a pamphlet. Maybe the 2d star I gave it is too altruistic. But I will credit it with a few good points.
For what it purports to write about, it's WAY WAY too heavily larded down with minutiae and details to the point of the reader starting to doze off, break concentration from Gladwell's aggregate point, or both. Gladwell really needs to take a course on/in brevity.
As much as I tried to give it a chance in spite of what the coverflap said of who the author's written for, I can understand why he writes for them and why they hired him.
Definitely near the bottom of my list of recommends. | | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Back Bay Books Great book, and given its price, great value | In short, it is a book about when we can rely on our instincts (gut feeling) and when we should use our head and think things through. It also touches on how and why our instincts are sometimes wrong or unreliable, and how we can try to "teach" it to work better.
Very interesting, with great options for further reading and great stories and examples throughout. | | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Back Bay Books Book Description | | Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea. Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making.In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like.--Barbara Mackoff | | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Back Bay Books Amazon.com | | Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea. Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making. In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like. --Barbara Mackoff |
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