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The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

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By: Malcolm Gladwell
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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 Business Leadership
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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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This book is excellent but i do feel and hope that the concepts of racism and discrimination are outdated or soon to be. Certainly in Australia where i live things are a bit different to the US. But still the findings of Malcolm Gladwell are brilliant & worth everyone reading/listening

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very interesting book. recommend to anybody who likes to contemplate about life. easy to listen.

interesting

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A great read you can't help but learn and be fascinated by finding out what you know and understanding what you don't.

Fantastic!

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Amazing book. Learned a lot! Incredible research and enlightening insights into the way we make decisions and form opinions.

Fantastic book!

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Thank you Mr, Gladwell. Your works have been just fantastic. This one, Blink, has been particularly striking to me, since, as a vision therapist, many of my patients are “spatially compressed,” or they succumb to “verbal override,” as you describe in this book — and they tend to to be chronically “tunnelled in.” These patients are too central (and not adequately peripheral) due to many factors, but notably including inadequate outdoor play, too much stress, and excessive screen time. Thank you for this work.

My Fourth Gladwell Audiobook!

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