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DiscountDelight - Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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Manufacturer: Little, Brown
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780316172325
ISBN: 0316172324
Label: Little, Brown
Manufacturer: Little, Brown
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2005-01-11
Publisher: Little, Brown
Studio: Little, Brown
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Summary: Blink: A good reading
Comment: This is an excellent book to read for people who don't know how to make a fast but right decision.
The power of thinking without thinking can help you to find out how can you decide something instantly. Listening with your eyes, the lessons of blink.. a great conclusion to read.
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Summary: Extremely Thought Provoking & Entertaining
Comment: If you're line of work involves evaluating people in any way shape or form, this is a must read. You won't view your job or how you assess what people bring to the table the same way ever again.
The book is a highly entertaining read. The central theme revolves around "thin slicing" or how people intuit what they're hearing or seeing. We all recognize that in most every decision making process we undertake, there is a "gut feel" that we have about which direction we should take. Why? Where does it come from and do we act upon it or not? Or, do we consciously reason our way to an alternative solution and if so-does that decision wind up being a good one?
The author uses a variety of examples to demonstrate why this process of "thin slicing" is so powerful. There are a number of intriguing studies woven throughout the book that will have you hungry to learn more. The implicit versus explicit views that we all possess, many of them conflicting, are discussed and analyzed via a number of intriguing case studies.
Yes the concepts introduced in Blink tend not to "fit" perfectly. The book doesn't satisfy some peoples need to have everything neatly summarized and laid out. But the book is extremely enlightening, thought provoking and leaves you hungry to learn more about the thought processes we all employ to make "people" decisions in life. I highly recommend it. You won't be the same after reading it.
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Summary: Great books
Comment: When I read "Blink" I found myself tearing through it in long spurts, driven by intense interest in the author's discussion of how we make snap judgments in light of the variety of circumstances life throws our way. Definitely a book I will recommend to friends.
BLINK was a fun read that made the case we all need to know when to trust our "thin-slicer" our innate capacity to make instant judgments-but we also need to sharpen its edge more keenly with experience and education. Gladwell's second entry into the aren't-our-brains-amazing genre (The Tipping Point, 2000)and his great strength continues to lie in his storytelling which is what makes this book fun and interesting. All these stories are nicely written and most inform and entertain at the same time, but they don't add up to anything terribly profound, despite the author's enthusiasm.
I purchased Amazon's recommended "Emotional Intelligence Quickbook" and enjoyed that one quite a bit as well. It has fascinating research and an online EQ test, which was neat.
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Summary: I Enjoyed a School Text? Say What?
Comment: Under normal circumstances, it's a given that all books you must read for classes are not enjoyed. (That's some thin slicing for those who have already read this book.) But here, I was skeptical because I really enjoyed the class I was supposed to read it for. Good thing I was!
This book demonstrates the idea that the first little snap judgments we make about things tend to be more accurate than the lengthy analyzations we make, and does it in a non preachy manner (even devoting an entire chapter strictly to its flaws). The chapters are more example-based than textbook-based, meaning that they consist of real people demonstrations (as if news articles are intermixed; was Gladwell a journalist?) of whatever the chapter's topic is. It's quite fascinating.
If for nothing else than a reason to reconsider your first thoughts on ANYTHING and learn how they might have been MORE ACCURATE, read this book!
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Summary: Where's the beef?
Comment: Blink is an entertaining read. Lots of interesting stories and anecdotes. It was also a quick read. Nothing too terribly deep or thought provoking to slow down for and contemplate. The actual "lessons learned" are few and far between, and not well tied together. I did find the book changed my perspective somewhat, but not in a significant way.
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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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