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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars
Rank: 10631
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.--This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.
Editorials
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
![]() | | | 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... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From Publishers Weekly | | Starred Review. Best-selling author Gladwell (The Tipping Point) has
a dazzling ability to find commonality in disparate fields of study. As he
displays again in this entertaining and illuminating look at how we make
snap... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From Booklist | | Gladwell writes about subtle yet crucial behavioral phenomena with lucidity
and contagious enthusiasm. His first book, The Tipping Point (2000),
became a surprise best-seller. Here he brilliantly illuminates an aspect of... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
![]() | | | This is a fascinating book about how people think | | (Mililani, Hawaii) January 18, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | Blink is a book with many interesting insights about the way people think
and make decisions. I learned that people have a hard time making
decisions because we are overwhelmed with too much information. People
need only... read full review |
![]() | | | BLINK Worth a Look | | (Santa Fe, New Mexico) January 28, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | New Yorker columnist Malcolm Gladwell noticed that when he wore his hair
cropped short, the police hardly noticed him, but when he let it grow out
into an Afro highlighting his Jamaican side more than his Caucasian half,... read full review |
![]() | | | So, Are Snap Judgments a Good Thing or Not? | | (Newton, MA) February 28, 2005 - 4.0/5 stars | | What made The Tipping Point a wonderful book is back on display in Blink.
At the same time, what made it unsatisfying is too. Gladwell is a gifted
writer whose sentences have the straightforward brilliance of E. B.
White's... read full review |
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