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What is Blink About?
Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren’t as simple as they seem. It reveals that great decision-makers aren’t those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of “thin-slicing”-filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables. (Full Summary…).
Who is the Author of Blink?
Malcolm Timothy Gladwell CM is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker. Prior to joining The New Yorker, he was a reporter at the Washington Post.
Favorite Quote: “The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.” ― Malcolm Gladwell – Blink Quotes
Book Details
- Print length: 296 pages
- Audiobook: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Genre: Nonfiction, Psychology, Business, Science, Self Help
Book chapters
Chapter One – The Theory of Thin Slices: How a Little Bit of Knowledge Goes a Long Way
Chapter Two – The Locked Door: The Secret Life of Snap Decision
Chapter Three – The Warren Harding Error: Why We Fall for Tall, Dark and Handsome Men
Chapter Four – Paul Van Riper’s Big Victory: Creating Structure for Spontaneity
Chapter Five – Kenna’s Dilemma: The Right – and Wrong – Way to Ask People What They Want
Chapter Six – Listening with Your Eyes: The Lessons of Blink
Is Blink worth reading?
We give the book a thumbs up. 👍